Dental Course

Oral surgery in children.

The scope of oral surgical interventions in children is very broad. 

It starts with simple extractions of aprimary teeth, treatment of infections and includes also more complicated extractions in cases with ankyloses of primary or permanent molars. 

Especially in cases with very early ankylosis of primary molars and subsequently displaced permanent successors and close proximity to delicate structures such as the mandibular nerve, extractions may need a lot of experience and can be very demanding for treatment planning. 

Eruption disturbances in the permanent dentition often require a careful diagnostic and therapeutical approach. 

There are different reasons for non-eruption such as odontomas, cysts tumors, and ectopic positions etc. that need surgical treatment. 

Eruption problems often need surgical exposure, placement of a traction device or extraction of obstacles. 

Also supernumerary teeth can cause multiple complications and need to be removed in many cases. 

Another wide surgical field in children is treatment alterations in the soft tissues. 

This includes frenectomies, excisions of mucoceles, fibromas and other pathologies. 

Cases with congenitally missing permanent teeth or tooth loss after trauma can benefit of tooth transplantations. 

This method is very successful and can spare the patient from having prosthetic reconstructions or open gaps in the dental arch. The lecture will be very clinical with numerous examples and videos of surgical interventions in children and young adolescents that are not so common in daily practice.