Syllabus | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Third Year | BDS

TOPIC

TEACHING GUIDELINES

DOMAIN

Hours

• Definition, Introduction, Objectives and Scope of Oral & maxillofacial Surgery
•  History taking,
• Examination of the patients
• Investigations
• Diagnosis.

• Recent Trends in Oral Surgery

• Latest Armamentarium

• Neurology of Facial Pain
• Historical aspects, definition, types of L.A., Indications and Contra Indication, advantage & disadvantage,advantages & disadvantages
• Local anaesthetic drugs, Classification.
•  Ideal requirements of L.A. solutions, composition and mode of action
•  Factors to be considered in the choice of particular mode of anaesthesia
•  Complications of L.A., its prevention and management.

• Future Trends in Pain Control
• Legal Aspects of Anaesthesia

• Application of TENS, Short wave diathermy, Ultrasonics etc

Anaesthesia of Mandible

• Anatomical consideration – Pterygomandibuar space – contetns, boundaries etc
• Infiltration
• Mental nerve block
• Inferior alveolar nerve block –Intraoral &Extraoral Techniques

• Advances in Mandibular Anaesthesia

• Anatomical considerations
• Infiltration
•  Infra orbital block,
• Posterior superior Alveolar
• Maxillary nerve block.
• Extra oral blocks – Indications & Technique.

• Advances in Maxillary Anaesthesia

• History of G.A.
• Indications of G.A., in oral-surgery
• Pre-anaesthetic evaluation of the patient
• Pre-medication
•  Types of G.A.including I.V. Sedation
•  States of G.A.
• common general anaesthetic agents
• Complications during and after anaesthesia.
• Post anaesthetic care of the patients.

• Ventilatory support
• Airway Management

• Central Line Application
• Tracheostomy

Nice to know

• Definitions
• Terminologies
• Generalconsiderations
• Effective measures in infection control
• Problems encountered in asepsis and infection control

• Advances in Sterilisation Methods

Dento-Alveolar Surgery

• Exodontia
  • GeneralConsideration
  • Indications &Contraindications
• Methods of Extraction:
  •  Principles of forceps extraction
  • Indications, Principles and surgical procedure of Trans alveolar extraction
• Principles and use of elevators.
• Complications of exodontias and management.
• Advances in Exodontia
• Dental Implantology
• Periradicular Surgery

Desirable to know