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 surgery, and how to record joint decisions and get proper, ethical informed consent.
Explaining diagnosis in simple terms for patientsDiscussing options and no-treatment choicePresenting risks, benefits, and unknownsChecking understanding and patient choicesRecording consent and refusal correctlyLesson 2Full outside-mouth examination: face balance, lymph nodes, jaw joint, movement range, lockjaw checkThis part details steps for outside-mouth examination, including face balance, feeling lymph nodes, jaw joint check, movement range, and lockjaw assessment, connecting findings to possible diseases and surgery access limits.
Looking at face balance and swellingFeeling nearby lymph node areasJaw joint feeling, sounds, and sorenessMeasuring jaw movement rangeLockjaw 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 needs 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 notes.
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 lists needs for preoperative lab tests, heart check, and medical okay, stressing work with doctors, reading key results, and surgery timing for patients with health issues.
Needs for blood count, clotting, and chemistryHeart risk grouping and heart tracing sendHormone and body process status checksWorking care with main doctorsTiming surgery after health improvementLesson 6Medical history check: ASA grouping, medicines, allergies, bleeding issues, smoking, body conditions affecting wound healingThis part focuses on organised medical history taking, ASA grouping, medicines, allergies, bleeding issues, 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 issues and blood thinner useBody diseases affecting wound healingLesson 7Anxiety and mind check: tested question sets, short mind therapy methods, talk and informed consent plansThis part deals with anxiety and mind check using tested tools, short chair-side mind therapy methods, talk plans, and how these guide numbing choice, consent quality, and around-surgery care.
Screen tools for dental fear levelsSpotting big signs for severe fearShort mind therapy and calm methods at chairTalk plans to build trustFitting numbing to fear 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 apart tooth sac cyst, tooth skin cyst, root cyst, and tooth tumour, and lists when to take sample or send for expert care.
X-ray signs of tooth sac cystsSigns pointing to tooth skin cystTelling root cyst from othersPatterns raising tooth tumour doubtNeeds for sample and expert sendLesson 9Inside-mouth examination: soft part look, gum status, tooth life tests, probing, bite and nearby tooth checkThis part covers organised inside-mouth examination, including soft part and gum check, life testing, bite analysis, and nearby teeth check to spot disease and factors affecting surgery planning.
Soft part and gum look methodGum mapping and probing waysPulp life and feel testing methodsBite analysis and work contactsCheck of nearby and opposite teethLesson 10X-ray check basics: reading wide-view x-rays for stuck teeth and diseaseThis part introduces wide-view x-ray reading rules, focusing on image quality, body marks, stuck teeth, and spotting disease key to surgery planning and avoiding problems.
Checking wide-view image quality and faultsFinding key face-bone marksLocating and grouping stuck teethSpotting common x-ray diseasesLinking x-ray and real findings
