Lesson 1Patient counselling and shared decision-making: talking about options, risks, benefits, and getting informed consentThis part shows how to advise patients on diagnosis, options, risks, benefits, and what to expect after, and how to record shared decisions and get proper informed consent that is legal and ethical.
Explaining diagnosis in simple terms for patientsTalking about options and no-treatment choiceShowing risks, benefits, and unknownsChecking understanding and patient choicesRecording consent and refusal correctlyLesson 2Full outside mouth examination: face balance, lymph nodes, TMJ, movement range, trismus checkThis part details steps for outside mouth examination, including face balance, feeling lymph nodes, TMJ check, movement range, and trismus assessment, connecting findings to possible illness and surgery access limits.
Looking at face balance and swellingFeeling regional lymph node areasTMJ feeling, sounds, and sorenessMeasuring jaw movement rangeTrismus check and surgery accessLesson 3CBCT uses and reading: checking tooth position, link to lower jaw nerve, bone covering, lesion size, and surgery planningThis part explains when CBCT is needed, how to read 3D images for tooth position, nerve closeness, bone covering, and lesion size, and how to use findings for exact surgery planning.
Clinical uses and radiation reasonsFinding tooth position in 3DChecking link to lower jaw nerveLooking at bone covers and bone amountMeasuring lesion size and spread limitsLesson 4Risk spotting and recording: nerve damage risk, break, infection, sinus link, bleeding, numbing risksThis part explains how to spot, measure, and record surgery risks, including nerve damage, break, infection, sinus link, bleeding, and numbing problems, using standard forms and clear patient records.
Mapping lower jaw and tongue nerve riskChecking break and bone strength riskLooking at infection and sinus link riskBleeding risk, blood thinners, and stopping bleedNumbing-related and airway risk factorsLesson 5Preoperative lab and medical okay: when to ask for blood tests, heart check, and specialist sendThis part outlines when to do preoperative lab tests, heart check, and medical okay, stressing work with doctors, reading key results, and surgery timing for patients with health issues.
Reasons for blood count, clotting, and chemistryHeart risk grouping and ECG sendHormone and body function considerationsWorking care with main doctorsTiming surgery after health improvementLesson 6Medical history check: ASA grouping, medicines, allergies, bleeding problems, smoking, body conditions affecting wound healingThis part focuses on structured medical history taking, ASA grouping, medicines, allergies, bleeding problems, smoking, and body diseases that change wound healing, infection risk, and numbing or drug choice.
Using ASA body status groupingRecording medicines and mixesSpotting allergies and bad reactionsBleeding problems and blood thinner useBody diseases affecting wound healingLesson 7Anxiety and mind assessment: tested questionnaires, short CBT methods, talk and informed consent waysThis part deals with anxiety and mind assessment using tested tools, short chairside CBT methods, talk ways, and how these guide numbing choice, consent quality, and around-surgery care.
Screening tools for dental anxiety levelsSpotting warning signs for bad fearShort CBT and relaxation chairside waysTalk ways to build trustFitting numbing to anxiety typeLesson 8Diagnosis difference for crown-around dark spot: dentigerous cyst vs odontogenic keratocyst vs root cyst vs ameloblastoma featuresThis part reviews x-ray features of crown-around dark spots, telling apart dentigerous cyst, odontogenic keratocyst, root cyst, and ameloblastoma, and outlines when to biopsy or send for specialist care.
X-ray signs of dentigerous cystsFeatures suggesting odontogenic keratocystTelling root cyst from othersPatterns raising ameloblastoma suspicionReasons for biopsy and specialist sendLesson 9Inside mouth examination: soft tissue look, gum status, tooth life tests, probing, bite and nearby tooth checkThis part covers structured inside mouth examination, including soft tissue and gum assessment, life testing, bite analysis, and check of nearby teeth to spot illness and factors affecting surgery planning.
Soft tissue and gum look protocolGum charting and probing waysPulp life and sense testing methodsBite analysis and function contactsCheck of nearby and opposite teethLesson 10X-ray check basics: reading wide x-rays for stuck teeth and illnessThis part introduces rules for wide x-ray reading, focusing on image quality, body landmarks, stuck teeth, and spotting illness relevant to surgery planning and problem avoidance.
Checking wide image quality and mistakesFinding key face and jaw landmarksLocating and grouping stuck teethSpotting common x-ray illnessesMatching x-ray and clinical findings
