Digital Radiography Course

Digital Radiography Course is organized by Homestead Schools, Inc.

Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, you will be able to:
• List the effects of finger/thumb-sucking habits.
• Describe the etiology and management of buccal segment problems, such as retained primary tooth, intra-occluded primary molars, posterior crossbite with mandibular displacement, etc.
• Describe the etiology and management of labial segment problems, such as upper median diastema, dilaceration, retained primary incisor, etc.
• Describe the etiology, detection and management of ectopic maxillary canines.
• Provide some basic guidelines for treatment of crowding in Class I cases.
• Define crossbite, classify it into buccal and lingual, describe its etiology and indicate the need for treatment.
• Define anterior open bite, provide its etiology and suggest various treatments.
• List 4 active components of removable appliances and their characteristics.
• Provide indications for fixed appliances.
• List various fixed appliance types and describe their applications.
• List various special considerations in adult orthodontics and explain how these affect the course of treatment.
• Identify various surgical procedures involving maxilla and mandible in the orthodontic management of adults.
• Describe the pre- and postsurgical orthodontics in adults.
• Describe common clinical features of the cleft lip and palate.
• Describe the clinical features and possible effects of natal/neonatal teeth.
• Describe the etiology, clinical features and management of nursing caries.
• List the extrinsic and intrinsic factors involved in tooth discoloration.
• Describe the etiology and management of enamel hypoplasia and fluorosis.
• List the clinical features of three main types of enamel anomaly.
• Distinguish between the clinical features of hyperdontia and hypodontia.
• List the dietary and gastric regurgitation factors that lead to tooth surface loss.
• Describe the management of primary tooth trauma.
• Describe the management of permanent tooth trauma I and II, including reattachment of crown fragments, total or sub-total pulpotomy, induced apical closure, periodontal ligament injuries and dentoalveolar fractures.
• Classify permanent tooth trauma III into internal resorption, external resorption and replacement resorption.
• Describe the clinical features of the following medical conditions: down syndrome, childhood cancer, congenital cardiac disease and bleeding disorders.
• Describe the diagnosis of the following viral infections: primary herpetic gingivostomatitis, secondary (recurrent) herpes labialis, ocular herpes, herpes zoster and hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
• Describe the etiology, diagnosis and management of gingivitis.
• Provide classification of gingival overgrowth (localized gingival hyperplasia, drug-induced gingival overgrowth and hereditary gingival fibromatosis) and describe their management.
• Describe the etiology, diagnosis and management of mucosal disease: granulomas, traumatic lesions I and traumatic lesions II.
• Describe the etiology, diagnosis and management of assorted mucosal lesions: geographic tongue, lichen planus, orofacial granulomatosis, pericoronitis, denture stomatits, infective papilloma, and periapical infection.