General Development and Management Flashcards

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What is development?

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Orderly and relatively enduring changes over time in physical and neurological structures, though processes and behaviours

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What is maturation?

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Universal sequence of biological events occuring in the body and brain that permits a psychological function to appear

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What is a term infant?

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Born at gestational age between 37 and 42 completed weeks

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What is a neonate?

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Birth to 4 weeks old

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What is an infant?

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4 weeks to 1 year

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What is a toddler?

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1 year to 3 years

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What is a preschooler?

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3 years to 5 years

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What is a school child?

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5 years to 16 years

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What is an adolescent?

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12 years to 18 years

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What is a personal child health record?

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National standard health and development record given to parents at a child’s birth

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Describe the eating habits of a child from birth to 18 months

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Birth to 6 months - Breast or bottle fed
6 to 12 months - Weaning foot (no salt or honey)
12 to 18 months - Can eat family dinners
18+ months - Weaned

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Name 5 types of child development

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1, Motor

  1. Cognitive
  2. Perceptual
  3. Language
  4. Social
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Describe gross motor development skills

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Abilities required in order to control the large muscles of the body for walking, running, sitting and crawling etc

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Describe gross motor development from 8 to 18 months old

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8 months - Sitting without support
8-9 months - Hands and knees crawling
8-10 months - Standing with assistance
11 months - Standing along
12 months - Walking with assistance
8-18 months - Walking alone
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What is fine motor development?

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Can be defined as coordination of small muscle movements which occur e.g usually in fingers and coordination in the eyes

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Name 3 clinical implications of motor development

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  1. Oral hygeine instruction
  2. Getting in the chair
  3. Detection of non-accidental injury
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What is cognitive development?

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Development of intelligence, conscious thought and problem solving ability which begins at infancy

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Describe 3 theories of cognitive development

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Cognitive Theory - Focus on thinking interpretation, learning and remembering
Behaviourism - Directed by environmental influences
Psychodynamic Theory - Man has instinctive drives, aggression-activity

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Name 3 clinical implications of cognitive development

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  • OHI (motivation varies by age group)
  • Children under stress may not act according to developmental stage
  • Children develop understanding with age
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What is perceptual development?

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  • Infants perceive the world to make sense of it

- Research into development of sensory and perceptual abilities is important

21
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Name 2 key components of perceptual development

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  1. Hearing

2. Vision

22
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Describe 4 stages of hearing development

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6-8 weeks - Responds to sounds
4 months - Move or react when someone speaks or makes noise
1 year old - Recognise their own name
7 years old - Can determine which messages merit attention

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Describe 5 stages of vision development

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Neonate - Poor colour discrimination and limited visual fields
9-12 months - Child can spot small objects and visually alert to new people
2 years - Optic nerve myelinization complete
3 years - Retinal tissue is mature
6 years - Scan less of an object, fixate on detail

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Name 3 clinical implications of perceptual development

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  1. By 7 years knows what merits attention
  2. May fixate on visual details rather than overall picture
  3. Behavioural management method indications
25
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What is speech?

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Verbal expression of language including articulation

26
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What is language?

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Broader than speech and refers to the entire system of expressing and receiving information in a way that is meaningful

27
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Describe the development stages of speech and language

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6 months - Babble
12 months - Mama and dada
18 months - Single words with meaning
1-2 years - Uses 10 to 20 words and understands “no”
2-3 years - Identify body parts, 450 word vocabulary and understand time
3-4 years - Can tell story, sentences, vocabulary of 1000 words

28
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What is the clinical implication of language development?

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Age appropriate communication with children

29
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What is social development?

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Development of personality and acquisition of social attitudes and skills from infancy through maturity

30
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Describe social development from infancy to adolescence

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Infancy - Make eye contact, smile and laugh
Early childhood - Learn sharing and turn taking
School years - Friendship more important, fairness and equality important
Adolescence - Socially centred with friendships taking priority

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Describe common fears for children from 9 months to 16 years

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9-12 months - Loud noise and separation
2-4 years - Imaginary objects
4 years - Dark and unknown
5-6 years - Social and school fears
6-16 years - Injury, death and natural events
32
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Describe 3 types of parenting styles

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Authoritarian - Rules and order
Permissive - Few rules and freedom for child
Authoritative - Try to show responsibility for behaviour

33
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Name 5 dental implications of parenting styles

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  1. Communication
  2. Type of examination
  3. Behaviour management
  4. Oral hygeine instruction
  5. Detection of non-accidental injury
34
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What is a child?

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Individual who is in the process of developing language, intellect, motor skills and personality

35
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What is the aim when treating a child?

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Successfully complete treatment as required and have the patient, parent and dental team consider it as a positive experience

36
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Name 4 things to consider when treating a child

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  1. Individuals
  2. Relationships
  3. Dental visit
  4. Potential problems
37
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What individuals are involved during a child’s visit to a dental surgery?

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  1. Child
  2. Parent
  3. Dentist
  4. Dental nurses
38
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Why are parents important during a child’s visit to the dentist?

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  • Decide when to bring child to the dentist, where they go
  • Decide what food children eat
  • Part of the preventive regime
  • Required to give consent for the child
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Describe how the dentist and dental team are important during a child’s visit to the dentist

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  • Should be able to put young patients and parents at easy
  • Show interest in problems and communicate effectively
  • First impressions are very important
40
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Name 5 ways the parent-child relationship can have implications for dentistry

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  1. Parental perceptions are passed to child
  2. Attitudes to dental health
  3. Dietary habits
  4. Overprotective parents
  5. Parental anxiety is passed to the child
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Name 5 ways to assess the child and parent attitudes to dental care

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  1. Past dental history
  2. Previous extractions and GA
  3. Acceptance of oral health advice
  4. Attendance for treatment
  5. Compliance with oral hygeine regime
42
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Describe the key components of parent management during a child’s visit to the surgery

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  • Keep parents informed
  • Never deny parent access to the child
  • Be prepared to separate child from the parent to discuss sensitive issues
43
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Name 4 potential problems parents throw up during a child’s visit

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  1. Repeating orders
  2. Answering for the child
  3. Attentions divided
  4. Interferes with dentist-patient relationship
44
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Name 4 classifications of co-operation

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  1. Pre-cooperative
  2. Potentially cooperative
  3. Cooperative
  4. Lacking cooperative ability
45
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What is pre-cooperation?

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A child which cannot cooperate due to age

46
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What is potentially cooperative?

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A child who is not currently cooperating but has the potential to cooperate

47
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What is lacking cooperative ability?

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A child which some sort of impairment which prevents cooperation e.g hearing impairments

48
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What are 2 ways to promote positive behaviour?

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  1. Positive verbal and non verbal communication
    Show interest in child
    Give well state instructions
    Communicate on child level
  2. Realistic and achievable treatment goals
49
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Name 5 warning signs during a child’s visit

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  1. Persistent rinsing, coughing or spitting out
  2. Mouth closing and fidgeting
  3. Blunt refusal to co-operate
  4. Tears
  5. Feeling sick or pain