Lesson 1Detailed Dental Story and Symptom Asking (Last Dental Visit, Past Treatments, Pain, Sensitivity)This part explains how to collect a focused dental story, including main complaint, past treatments, and old problems, to spot risk factors, guide check priorities, and build good talk with the patient.
Main complaint and story of current illnessPast dental care and treatment resultsPain, sensitivity, and function limitsDental fear, expectations, and past bad experiencesSelf-care ways and use of dental itemsLesson 2Hard Tissue and Bite Overview (Restorations, Wear, Bad Bite, Signs of Teeth Grinding)This part looks at checking teeth and bite, including fixes, decay, wear spots, loose teeth, and bad bite, plus clinic signs of teeth grinding that might affect gum health and preventive plans.
Mapping fixes and existing problemsChecking for decay and weakeningTooth wear, acid damage, and rub patternsBite relations and bad bite signsSigns of teeth grinding and extra habitsLesson 3Structured Medical Story Questions (Body Conditions, Medicines, Allergies, Pregnancy)This part centers on taking structured medical history, including body diseases, medicines, allergies, and pregnancy, stressing how they link to mouth findings, bleeding risk, and need for doctor talk.
Heart, hormone, and bleeding problemsBreathing, kidney, and liver conditionsMedicine check and mouth side effectsAllergies, bad reactions, and warningsPregnancy, breastfeeding, and health classLesson 4Decay Risk Check and Dry Mouth Check (Diet Look, Saliva Factors, Medicine Effects)This part shows decay risk and dry mouth checks, mixing diet look, saliva flow and quality, and medicine check to sort risk levels and help personal preventive and strengthening plans.
Diet memory and sugar intakeSaliva flow watch and easy testsMedicines that cause dry mouthRisk sorting and recordingPreventive ways for high-risk peopleLesson 5Gum Check Methods (Basic Gum Probe, Probing Way, Reading Pocket Depths and Bleeding on Probing)This part brings in gum check tools and ways, including basic gum probe and Williams probe, right probing angle and force, and reading pocket depths, bleeding, and splits to spot gum risk.
Probe design, marks, and setupProbing way and controlled pushRecording pocket depths and gum pullbackBleeding on probing and swelling signsGum probe coding and send-away levelsLesson 6Inside Mouth Soft Tissue Check (Gums, Tongue, Mouth Floor, Saliva Glands, Mouth Sores)This part covers step-by-step inside mouth soft tissue check, stressing full look and feel of gums, tongue, mouth floor, and saliva glands to find sores, infections, and early mouth cancer signs.
Full check order and light useLip and cheek gum checkTongue, mouth floor, and under surfacesSaliva gland work and tube opennessSpotting and describing mouth soresLesson 7Outside Mouth Check List (Face Balance, Lymph Nodes, Jaw Joint Check, Lips and Skin)This part details full outside mouth check, including look and feel of head and neck, to find odd things in balance, lymph nodes, jaw joint, lips, and skin that might show local or body disease.
Watch of stand and face balanceFeel of neck and under-jaw nodesJaw joint check for pain, sounds, and move rangeLook of lips, around-mouth skin, and edgeRecording and sending away odd findingsLesson 8Behavior and Life Way Questions (Tobacco, Alcohol, Diet, Mouth Clean Routines, Fear and Cost Worries)This part explains how to do a kind life way talk, looking at tobacco, alcohol, diet, mouth clean routines, and money or fear blocks, to fit preventive advice and help change ways.
Tobacco and nicotine item checkAlcohol take and heavy patternsDiet ways and sugar time exposureHome mouth clean tools and waysFear, cost worries, and reach blocksLesson 9Basic Chair Check of Plaque, Tartar, and Gum Swelling (Look Grading, Color Use, Plaque Score Ideas)This part outlines chair check of plaque, tartar, and gum swelling using look check, color agents, and basic plaque score ideas to measure film levels and push patient learning.
Look spot of plaque and tartarUse of color agents for film mapEasy plaque score recordingGum color, shape, and bleeding signsPatient talk using plaque scores
