UWA Handbook 2027

Unit Overview

Description

Clinical practice units introduce students to the advanced clinical aspects of Paediatric Dentistry. The unit is taken over two semesters and parts 1 and 2 must be completed to fulfil the requirements of the unit. Each student is required to demonstrate the diagnostic, therapeutic and management skills required of a dental specialist in this discipline area.

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Non-standard teaching period	UWA (Perth)	On-campus

The timetable for this teaching period is not currently available. Please see the Important Dates page for the timetable release date and other key date information.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) demonstrate autonomous specialist practice with personal and professional integrity, recognising the boundaries of the specialty and referring or seeking advice appropriately; (2) provide patient-centred specialist care that is compassionate and respectful of patients' best interests, dignity, and choices, incorporating awareness of moral, cultural, ethical, and legal responsibilities including the obligation to obtain and document valid informed consen; (3) apply relevant legislation to specialist dental practice including obligations related to record-keeping; (4) demonstrate leadership in supporting the professional development of the dental team and broader health community; (5) identify and interpret patient, parent, guardian, and carer expectations, preferences, and attitudes to inform specialist treatment planning and delivery, and support valid informed consent through clear communication of options, risks, benefits, and alternatives; (6) communicate effectively with patients, families, and carers across a range of ages, intellectual development levels, and social and cultural backgrounds, utilising appropriate technological and telecommunication aids; (7) produce clear and accurate health and legal reports, and interpret and communicate specialist knowledge and skills to dental and non-dental audiences.; (8) apply expert clinical reasoning and judgement to develop comprehensive diagnosis and treatment plans by interpreting and correlating findings from patient history, clinical examination, imaging, and diagnostic investigations; (9) manage complex cases, including medically compromised patients, with appropriate multidisciplinary engagement; (10) anticipate, recognise, and manage complications arising in the context of specialist dental practice; (11) collaborate effectively with relevant dental and health professionals to foster interprofessional practice in the planning and delivery of specialist dental care; (12) integrate culturally safe practices into specialist dental care, demonstrating critical awareness, respect for and responsiveness to the oral health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other diverse patient populations; (13) independently evaluate and formulate comprehensive, evidence-based treatment strategies for paediatric patients across the full range of preventive and therapeutic interventions, integrating patient-specific factors to justify and adapt specialist care; (14) critically appraise and synthesise evidence to select, apply, and evaluate psychological and behaviour modification techniques in the management of paediatric dental patients, adapting strategies to individual patient needs; (15) independently evaluate and justify the need for sedation and general anaesthesia for paediatric dental patients, integrating clinical findings and risk assessment to formulate and adapt safe management strategies; (16) critically appraise and formulate evidence-based management strategies for orofacial pain in paediatric patients, integrating clinical findings to justify diagnosis and adapt treatment within specialist paediatric dental practice; (17) synthesise and communicate specialist knowledge to advise and collaborate effectively with other practitioners providing oral health care to paediatric patients; and (18) evaluate oral health needs at an individual, community, and population level to formulate and justify advocacy strategies for the provision of oral health services for paediatric patients.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) case presentation

; (2) unseen cases viva; (3) viva voce; (4) clinical assessment and logbook; (5) cultural safety self-reflection; and (6) professional behaviour assessment. Further information is available in the unit outline.

To pass this unit, a student must: (a) achieve an overall mark of 50 per cent or higher for the unit; and (b) achieve the requisite requirements(s) or a mark of 50 per cent or greater, whichever is higher and specified in the unit outline, for the case presentation , unseen cases viva, viva voce, clinical assessment and logbook, cultural safety self-reflection, and professional behaviour assessment components.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Professor Robert Anthonappa

Unit rules

Co-requisites

Enrolment in

6 points Unit(s) DENT6854 Paediatric Dentistry Theory I Part 1

Note

Students are required to be registered with the Dental Board of Australia for the duration of the Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (90840).

Texts

Cameron, A. and Widmer, R. Handbook of Paediatric Dentistry, 4th edn: Mosby 2013

Andreasen, J. O. and Andreasen, F. M. Textbook and Color Atlas of Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth, 4th edn: Munksgaard 2007