Lesson 1Patient counselling and shared decision-making: discussing options, dangers, gains, and getting informed agreementThis part teaches how to advise patients on their condition, other choices, risks, benefits, and after-surgery care, plus how to record joint choices and get strong, legal informed consent that respects Ghanaian cultural values.
Explaining condition in simple terms patients understandTalking about other options and doing nothingShowing risks, gains, and unknowns clearlyChecking if patient gets it and their wishesRecording agreement and refusal correctlyLesson 2Full outside mouth check: face balance, neck glands, jaw joint, movement range, lockjaw checkThis part covers outside mouth exam steps, like face balance, feeling neck glands, jaw joint check, movement measure, and lockjaw assessment, connecting findings to possible sickness and surgery access limits in local practice.
Looking at face balance and swellingFeeling neck gland chainsJaw joint feeling, noises, and sorenessMeasuring jaw movement rangeLockjaw check and surgery accessLesson 3CBCT uses and reading: checking tooth place, link to lower jaw nerve, bone shell, sore spread, and surgery plansThis part shows when to use CBCT, how to read 3D pictures for tooth place, nerve closeness, bone shell, and sore size, and how to fit findings into exact surgery plans suitable for Ghanaian resources.
Clinical uses and ray safety reasonsFinding tooth place in 3DChecking link to lower jaw nerveLooking at bone shells and bone amountMeasuring sore size and spread limitsLesson 4Risk spotting and recording: nerve harm risk, break, infection, sinus link, bleeding, numbing risksThis part teaches how to spot, measure, and record surgery risks like nerve harm, break, infection, sinus link, bleeding, and numbing issues, using standard forms and clear patient notes in everyday Ghanaian clinics.
Mapping lower jaw and tongue nerve riskChecking break and bone strength riskLooking at infection and sinus link riskBleeding risk, blood thinners, and stop-bleedNumbing-related and breath way risk factorsLesson 5Preoperative lab and health clearance: when to ask for blood tests, heart check, and specialist sendThis part lists when to do preoperative lab tests, heart checks, and health clearance, stressing work with doctors, reading key results, and surgery timing for patients with health issues common in Ghana.
Reasons for blood count, clotting, and chem testsHeart risk grouping and heart trace sendHormone and body process status thoughtsWorking care with main doctorsTiming surgery after health fixLesson 6Health history check: ASA grouping, medicines, allergies, bleeding issues, smoking, body conditions affecting sore healingThis part focuses on ordered health history taking, ASA grouping, medicines, allergies, bleeding issues, smoking, and body sicknesses that change sore healing, infection risk, and numbing or drug choice in local contexts.
Using ASA body status groupingRecording medicines and mixesSpotting allergies and bad reactionsBleeding issues and blood thinner useBody sicknesses affecting sore healingLesson 7Worry and mind check: tested question sets, short mind therapy tricks, talk and informed agreement waysThis part handles worry and mind check using tested tools, short chair-side mind therapy tricks, talk ways, and how these guide numbing choice, agreement quality, and around-surgery care in Ghanaian patients.
Screen tools for dental worry levelsSpotting big signs for strong fearShort mind therapy and relax chair methodsTalk ways to build trustFitting numbing to worry typeLesson 8Diagnosis choices for crown-around dark spot: tooth sac cyst vs tooth skin cyst vs root cyst vs tooth tumour featuresThis part reviews x-ray features of crown-around dark spots, telling tooth sac cyst, tooth skin cyst, root cyst, and tooth tumour apart, and lists when to cut sample or send for specialist care in Ghana.
X-ray signs of tooth sac cystsSigns pointing to tooth skin cystTelling root cyst from othersPatterns raising tooth tumour doubtReasons for sample cut and specialist sendLesson 9Inside mouth check: soft part look, gum status, tooth life tests, poking, bite and nearby tooth checkThis part covers ordered inside mouth check, including soft part and gum assessment, life testing, bite study, and nearby teeth check to spot sickness and factors affecting surgery plans in daily practice.
Soft part and gum look protocolGum mapping and poking waysPulp life and feel testing methodsBite study and work contactsCheck of nearby and opposite teethLesson 10X-ray check basics: reading wide mouth x-rays for stuck teeth and sicknessThis part brings in wide mouth x-ray reading rules, focusing on picture quality, body marks, stuck teeth, and spotting sickness key to surgery plans and avoiding problems in resource-limited settings.
Checking wide mouth picture quality and faultsSpotting main face bone marksFinding and grouping stuck teethKnowing common x-ray sicknessesLinking x-ray and real findings
