| Education Objectives of the Programme : |
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| The postgraduate program is designed to prepare a dentist for a career in clinical pedodontics, research and teaching. The overall goal is to educate dentists to become competent clinical pediatric dentists who will serve the public and the profession at a high level of excellence. |
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| Outcomes of the Programme : |
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| Upon successful completion of this programme, students will be able to : |
| OP-1: | Identify and differentiate between normal timing and patterns of linear, orofacial, and psychological growth and development. |
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| OP-2: | Understand child behavior and anxiety. Manage children, whose behavior ranges from compliant to disruptive. |
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| OP-3: | Recognize the indications and contraindications for pharmacological behavior management behavior techniques for use with children. |
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| OP-4: | Communicate effectively with the child's parent(s) or caretaker. |
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| OP-5: | Create an accurate data base of child and parent information from which to formulate an accurate diagnosis. |
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| OP-6: | Diagnose common periodontal,systemic and genetic problems in children. |
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| OP-7: | Provide restorative care for primary and young permanent teeth in children. |
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| OP-8: | Treat pulpally affected primary and young permanent teeth. |
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| OP-9: | Diagnose and treat, when indicated, the developing occlusion of children. |
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| OP-10: | Treat children with special medical conditions in consultation with their physician and other health care providers. |
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| OP-11: | Diagnose and treat developmental anomalies of the young dentition. |
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| OP-12: | Recognize and manage medical emergencies encountered in children and adolescents undergoing treatment. |
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| OP-13: | Diagnosis and treat traumatic injuries to the developing dentition and orofacial structures |
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| OP-14: | Provide infant oral health care and helpful information to parents of young children |
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| OP-15: | Provide preventive therapies in children |
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| OP-16: | Provide radiographic and clinical diagnoses of oral-health status in child patient |
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| OP-17: | To gain knowledge about the physologic and pathologic eruption mechanisms of primary and permanent teeth |
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| OP-18: | To gain knowledge about the diet and nutritional habits in children and mothers |
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