Periodontal Treatment for Patients with Special Needs
A Course for Community Dental Practitioners
A look at the risk factors and treatment implications when planning periodontal treatment for patients with special needs.
Aims & Objectives:
- To understand who we should be treating and how we should be treating them.
- To describe the periodontal implications for medically and physically compromised patients.
- To provide practical treatment planning and discuss the advice to be given to relatives and carers.
Programme:
| 09.00 | Registration |
| 09.30 | Welcome and Introductions |
| 09.45 | Periodontal Diagnosis |
| 10.15 | Medical History and Periodontal Disease |
| 10.45 | Coffee |
| 11.15 | Aetiology of Periodontal Disease |
| 11.45 | Special Needs - Special Periodontal Problems |
| 12.15 | Periodontal Implications for Medically & Physically Compromised Patients |
| 12.45 | Lunch |
| 13.45 | Treatment Options in Periodontics |
| 14.45 | Tea |
| 15.00 | Practical Periodontal Solutions for Special Needs Patients |
| 15.45 | Plenary Session and Discussion |
| 16.30 | Close |