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Dental Caries
Rating: 4.1 out of 5(22 ratings)
215 students

Dental Caries

The Disease of an unhealthy oral cavity
Created byDr.Aditi Agrawal
Last updated 6/2023
English

What you'll learn

  • Develop a vocabulary of appropriate terminology related to the DENTISTRY
  • Will understand the meaning of dental caries by definition given by W.H.O and many more.
  • How to conclude about dental caries by understanding the Signs and Symptoms.
  • Know about the common sites or location of caries in oral cavity.
  • The most common index used for caries measurement.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of all the theories proposed to explain Dental Caries.
  • Will learn about the various factors responsible for Dental Caries.
  • Students will be able to acquire a deep knowledge and understading of classification of dental caries.
  • Histopathology of Dental Caries.
  • How to diagnose Dental Caries using various diagnostic aids.
  • Will about all the preventive methods that should be taken to prevent Dental Caries.

Course content

4 sections • 11 lectures • 1h 47m total length

  • Introduction5:01

    Discover the basics of dental caries, its causes, and prevention, while exploring tooth anatomy from crown to root—enamel, dentin, pulp, cementum, and supporting structures.

  • Definition1:54

    Dental caries is a microbial disease of the calcified tissues of the tooth, driven by a biofilm of metabolically active microorganisms that demineralizes the inorganic portion and forms cavities.

  • Sign and Symptoms2:59

    Explore the signs and symptoms of dental caries, including pulp inflammation causing toothache, hypersensitivity to hot and cold, visible holes or pits, and surface dissolution by microorganisms.

  • Sites of Dental Caries5:19

    Identify sites of dental caries, especially fissures on the occlusion surfaces of molars and premolars, with brown to black pits, and note gingival recession and overhanging restorations that promote decay.

  • Caries Measuring Index2:29

    Learn about the dmf index, a simple measure of caries based on decayed, missing, and filled teeth, its adult and child variants, and its use in monitoring oral health programs.

Requirements

  • Nothing special is required apart from full dedication to learn the topic.
  • In this course every topic is explained very clearly, so basic knowledge is enough

Description

Are you struggling for course on dental caries in Dentistry?? Then this course is for you..

This course will cover everything you need to know about dental caries under following heading:

1. Definition of Dental Caries.

2. Symptoms associated with Dental Caries.

3. Location of Dental Caries.

4. Commonly used index for Measuring Caries Activity.

5. Various Theories suggesting Caries mechanisms.

6. Factors responsible for Caries.

7. Classification of Dental Caries.

8. Histopathology of Dental Caries.

9. Various Diagnosis Aids for Caries Detection.

10. How to Prevent Caries.

11. Multiple choice questions

This course is completely theoretical but if the basics of caries are clear then practical knowledge will be automatically strong.

In this course each topic is covered in separate video to make the understanding smooth and easy. Also lot many pictures related to dental caries are there in each video to make the course interesting.

The complete content is developed using Animation, which will help you to understand the topic easily.

Viewing the videos and completing the supplementary readings will take approximately 12-15 hours, however it is advice to  complete one topic per day.

And at the last there is a self assessment activity with 25 multiple choice questions.

Who this course is for:

  • All those who are undergoing graduation in Dentistry

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