Oral Surgery Preceptorship Course Outline

I. CASE DOCUMENTATON

Objective:  To be able to extract vital information regarding the patients medical/dental health and to properly document and evaluate patient history.
 

• History Taking
  • General Medical History
  • General Dental History
  • History of Present Illness (HPI)
  • Evaluating the Chief Complaint
  • Charting and Documentation
  • Initial Disease Impression
  • Tentative Diagnosis

II. PRE OPERATIVE DIAGNOSTICS

Objective:  To be able to analyze and know what specific pre-operative tools to use to properly arrive at a sound diagnosis.
      To construct a concrete treatment plan.

• Diagnostics
  • Caries detector
  • Vitality Testing
  • Model casts (if necessary)
  • Dental radiography
    • Panoramic, cephalometric and periapical radiographs
    • Dental Scan / Dental CT scan

 

III. PROBLEM BASED DIAGNOSIS OF CLINICAL DISEASE

Objective:  To identify and manage the common clinical problems which arise before and after surgery.

• Symptomtology
  • Bleeding
  • Pain
  • Inflammation
  • Swelling

 

• Pathophysiology of Diseases
  • Pathways of inflammatory disorders
    • Autoimmune, neoplastic, developmental and traumatic

IV. SURGICAL PRINCIPLES

Objective:  To be able to understand the underlying general principles of surgery.

• Wound healing
  • Soft tissue
  • Bone
  • Nerve
• Flap design
• Suturing
• Wound care
• Management of complications

V. OPERATING ROOM DECORUM AND SET-UP

Objective:  To aid the surgeon on what to expect in the O.R.

• Asepsis technique
• Positioning
  • 4 handed Dentistry
  • 6 handed Dentistry
• Instrumentation
• Proper drapin

VI. SURGICAL THERAPEUTICS

Objective:  To be able to know and understand the proper medications to give on a specific case.

• Medication and dosage computation
• Proper dressing techniques

VII. SURGICAL TECHNIQUES

Objective:  To train the surgeon on the various surgical techniques as to approach and position.

• O.R. Surgeries