Module Catalogue 2024/25

Pre Requisite Comment

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Co Requisite Comment

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Aims

The aim of this module is for students to engage with and demonstrate understanding and knowledge of the literature and evidence base underpinning advanced clinical periodontology and implant dentistry management of patients.

Outline Of Syllabus

This module considers the following areas through directed self-study, interactive seminars and reflective practice

Periodontics
• Management of advanced and rapidly progressing Periodontitis
• Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) treatment planning (Endodontics, Prosthodontics, Orthodontics, Paediatrics)
• Localised recession- diagnose causes and manage
• Aesthetic optimisation
• Adjunctives, antimicrobials and photodynamic therapy
• Principles of surgical periodontal therapy
• Surgical technique: access surgery
• Surgical technique: Regeneration? mucogingival surgery (free gingival, connective tissue grafts, coronally advanced flaps, tunnelling techniques)
• Biomaterial science relevant to periodontics and implant dentistry
• Managing complications (post-operative pain, infections, tooth loss, mobility)
• Medicolegal considerations and risk management
• Business considerations
• Outcomes/epidemiology
• Health economics- financial and political constraints of healthcare systems

Implant dentistry
• Surgical anatomy and age-related changes of the jaws
• Healing processes following tooth extraction and insertion of dental implants
• General health, lifestyle factors and local pathological processes affecting the patient’s tolerance to implant procedures and maintenance of implants
• Indications, contraindications and alternatives to implants
• Principles of prosthodontically driven planning for implants
• Principles of implant surgery (including guided bone regeneration)
• Local anaesthetic techniques for implant surgery
• Post-operative care and advice
• Manage surgical complications (including acute pain and sepsis)

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students will be able to:

1. Discuss the classical and contemporary literature underpinning the principles of advanced periodontal disease prevention and management and dental implant treatment.
2. Describe the surgical approaches used in the management of periodontal diseases and conditions.
3. Explain the management of cross-speciality conditions/procedures such as endo-perio lesions (endodontics) and crown lengthening (prosthodontics)
4. Discuss the financial and health economics of periodontal therapy and dental implant treatment.
5. Explain the stages involved in the planning and placement of dental implants.

Intended Skill Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students will be able to:

1. Identify and critically appraise literature on the aetiology, diagnosis and management of advanced periodontal disease/conditions and dental implants.
2. Critically appraise and synthesise evidence from a range of sources.
3. Identify levels of evidence and identify gaps in the body of knowledge.
4. Present information to professional colleagues and discuss/defend findings.
5. Utilise best evidence to inform clinical diagnosis, treatment planning and methods of care in the management of advanced periodontal disease/conditions and dental implants.

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Seminars and clinical case-based discussions will normally comprise of short presentations and/or small group discussions to draw on students’ understanding and own experiences as clinicians covering key themes underpinning delivery of advanced periodontics and implant dentistry. This will specifically address the following outcomes: IKOs 1-5.

Methods of assessing the clinical needs of patients will also be discussed and links made to desired clinical outcomes, design of treatment strategies, treatment planning and the management of patients. This will address the following outcomes: ISOs 1-5.

Students will undertake independent study, which will involve reading, application of the knowledge and skills in their clinical practice and by engaging in critical reflection. This will consolidate the achievement of the outcomes discussed above.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The learning outcomes are demonstrated by the students' ability to successfully undertake and pass the module assessment that requires them to apply their knowledge and understanding of advanced periodontics and implant dentistry (skills outcomes), and critically appraise both the literature and their approach to clinical practice within this context (knowledge outcomes). In the examinations, candidates will be expected to formulate an opinion to manage a clinical based scenario and support or defend this position through application and critique of the supporting literature of advanced periodontics and the implant dentistry management of patients. This maps to the module outcomes: IKOs 1-5 and ISOs 1-5.

To pass this module students must obtain a scaled mark of 50% or above for each summative assessment.

General Notes

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