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Special Needs Pediatric Clinic and Operating Room (2)

Course Description: This course aims to equip students with the necessary skills to care for and manage children with special needs, including those with health and immunological issues, as well as children with intellectual and physical disabilities. It also covers providing specialized treatment for each category. Students will manage cases of children with physical disabilities under the supervision of faculty members from the Pediatric Dentistry Department at the dental clinics of the College of Dentistry. Children requiring hospitalization for treatment will be managed in the hospital's outpatient dental clinics for a single day or undergo full hospitalization for several days, depending on the case. The course also addresses the treatment of children with psychological problems, employing gradual methods to help them accept and become accustomed to treatment.

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1- Identification of all types of intellectual and motor disabilities in children, how to treat them, and the indications and contraindications for those methods.
2. Identifying how to manage children with hemophilia and various blood disorders, as well as heart, respiratory, and all types of immune deficiency disorders, and methods of collaborating with hematology and pediatrics consultants.
3- Description of diagnostic procedures and therapeutic plans for children with special needs in their various components
4- Developing the ability to solve clinical problems and analyze information obtained from examination results and radiological analyses to form a final diagnosis and formulate treatment plans for all cases.
5. Providing complete care for patients with special needs with absolute impartiality, integrity, commitment to ethical values, legal methods, and respect for the needs of patients and their guardians.
6. Developing the skill of documenting and entering clinical and diagnostic data into patient files using the software programs used in dental school clinics.
7- Applying pharmacological and auxiliary non-pharmacological methods for child treatment acceptance, using various means such as sedation, partial hypnosis, nitrous oxide, and full anesthesia.
8. Performing preventive and surgical and non-surgical treatments for comprehensive dental restoration for children with intellectual and motor disabilities and other systemic diseases.

Course outputs :

A - Knowledge
1. Identifying and monitoring the problems that patients with special needs complain about.
2. Recognizing how to treat children with hemophilia, various blood disorders, heart disease, respiratory diseases, and all types of immunodeficiency, and methods of collaborating with hematology and pediatrics consultants.
3. Description of diagnostic procedures and treatment plan for children with special needs, including their simple and complex components.
B – Cognitive Skills
1- Inferring, analyzing, and reasoning with data from the medical history, clinical examination, and imaging to assist in:
– Reaching the final diagnosis and
- Developing a treatment plan for all cases, simple and complex
G – Interpersonal skills and responsibility (if any)
Practicing pediatric dentistry and providing comprehensive care for patients with special needs with complete objectivity, integrity, and adherence to ethical values and legal methods in all circumstances, respecting the needs of patients and their families, and showing leadership spirit and the ability to communicate with them.
D – Communication, Information Technology, and Numeracy Skills (if any):
Entering and documenting clinical data in the patient's file using information technology programs followed in dental clinics
(E) Motor Skills (if applicable)
1. Application of pharmacological and adjunctive non-pharmacological methods for pediatric treatment acceptance, using various means such as motion suppressants, partial sedation, nitrous oxide, and general anesthesia.
2. Performing preventive, surgical, and non-surgical treatments for comprehensive dental restoration in children with intellectual, motor disabilities, and other systemic diseases.

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Last updated: 2026-04-27