Management of Attrition course for Dental Practice
Speciality
Oral Health
Location
Online
Delivery
Online
Time / Duration
40 minutes
Subject matter expert
eLearning for Healthcare
Provider
eIntegrity
Endorsed By
Faculty of Dental Surgery
This session covers the management of dental attrition.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Describe the relationship between bruxism and attrition
- Identify the presenting clinical features of attrition
- Describe different treatment options available to restore teeth worn by attrition
- Describe the Dahl approach
- Identify when to apply reversible treatment modalities in simple cases
- Explain when to use more complex treatment strategies in severe attrition
This session will discuss how to restore teeth worn by attrition.
Attrition may be defined as direct tooth-to-tooth wear. It differs to erosion (which is the acid dissolution of tooth substance) and abrasion (which involves other abrasives).
Entry Requirements / Prerequisites
Before commencing this session you should have:
- Knowledge of the aetiology and presentation of attrition, abrasion and erosion
- Completed the e-Den session in Module 8 Restoration of Teeth/Tooth Surface Loss/Management of Erosion (141-0365)
Instructors / Speakers
Alex Milosevic,
Consultant and honorary senior lecturer in restorative dentistry at Liverpool University Dental Hospital
Alex is a consultant and honorary senior lecturer in restorative dentistry at Liverpool University Dental Hospital. His main research interest is the epidemiology of tooth wear, especially prevalence and risk in adolescents and in eating disorders. Alex has lectured extensively across the UK and many parts of the world, reinforcing that wear and erosion are global dental problems.
Type
Course
Delivery
Online
Title
Management of Attrition course for Dental Practice
Speciality
Oral Health
Interest Areas / Topics Covered
Dental, -- DENTAL --
Location
ONLINE
Provider Type
Education Provider
Time / Duration
40 minutes
Location
Online
Posted By
eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
Reference
08_07_008
Access Duration (in months)
12
Modules this course belongs to
Similar Listings
- Oral Health | Clinical and Risk Asessment | What s...
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2025-01-03
- Location:Online
- This session examines the essential details that should be recorded in a patient's clinical notes for common dental procedures. Good practice guidelines surrounding the retention of patient records are also discussed together with the importance of confi
- Oral Health | Clinical and Risk Asessment | What i...
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2025-01-03
- Location:Online
- This session outlines the background to the development of health promotion, and the key principles and strategies underpinning health and oral health promotion.
- Oral Health | Clinical and Risk Asessment | What a...
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2025-01-03
- Location:Online
- The clinical record is not restricted to what is written in the clinical notes. This session looks at what also constitutes clinical records and how these can be kept safely for the required period of time. The benefits and drawbacks of computerised syste
- Oral Health | Clinical and Risk Asessment | What a...
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2025-01-03
- Location:Online
- This session outlines the basic skills required to deliver effective diagnoses. It will form an introduction to the further learning delivered within this programme that will complement these skills.
- Oral Health | Clinical and Risk Asessment | Use of...
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2025-01-03
- Location:Online
- This session describes current thinking on effective delivery of fluoride to the mouth, why fluoride toothpastes have been so successful in reducing caries, enamel solubility and how fluoride can both help to prevent it and reverse the early stages of dis
