Dentistree ~ Oral Surgery Training

The oral surgery study program is not a university based postgraduate program, it is a 12-month study program for dentists who have special interest in oral surgery. It consists of in-depth study, once a week lectures on topics pertaining to oral surgery practice. Lectures, case demonstrations, case presentations, hands-on experience, consultations and discussions are among the activities of the program. Examination, diagnosis and treatment planning of oral surgery patients, and development of sound clinical judgment is emphasized in the program.

Goals

1. To provide a foundation of professional knowledge associated with surgical skills, to enable dentists to diagnose and treat competently the various disorders related to the practice.
2. To stimulate the dentists to recall basic science information and to correlate it with the disease process occurring in and about the oral cavity, particularly those leading themselves to surgical care.
3. To train dentists to examine their case findings critically and intelligently, and to diagnose with competence.
4. To guide dentists in developing a sense of confidence in their own skills and clinical judgment, and to encourage the desire for continued self-study and self-improvement.
5.  To help dentists become familiar with and evaluate critically the scientific publications pertaining to oral surgery.
6. To filter out the dentists with special interest in research.
7. To train dentists to select cases that lie within the limits of their surgical ability and experience, and to exclude or refer those that they are not fully competent to manage.

Objectives

• To administer a local anesthetic effectively and safely.
• To be able to extract teeth in uncomplicated cases and recover root fragments affectively and efficient.
• To prepare the mouth to receive a prosthesis, which may entail bone and soft tissue surgery.
• To be able to take care or manage infections of the oral cavity resulting from dental diseases.
• To perform a root canal/apicoectomy combination procedure.
• To recognize, treat, and prevent, wherever possible, syncope and shock that might result from surgery.
• To treat and control hemorrhage from oral surgical procedures.
• To perform a biopsy of suspected lesions or neoplasms and submit the properly prepared specimen to a pathologist.
• To reduce and immobilize fractures of the teeth, alveolus, and uncomplicated fractures of the jaws.
• To be familiar with the hospital operating room and capable of managing the hospitalized oral surgery patients.
• To utilize sedatives, analgesics and antibiotic medications, when necessary, with confidence.
• To be aware of the relationship between oral and systemic disease pathophysiology, to request medical consultation when appropriate, and to refer for medical treatment when necessary.
• To diagnose and refer, when appropriate, oral and facial deformities that may be amenable to oral surgical management.

Lecturer

Roland M. Polintan, D.D.M.
(preceptor Oral Surgery Study Program)

Roland M. Polintan completed his dental education at the University of the Philippines, College of Dentistry in 1971. Joined the faculty staff as clinical instructor in prosthodontics and oral surgery, and later joined the staff in the Department of Hospital Dentistry, UP-PGH Medical Center. He attended clinical residency preceptorship at the St. Luke’s Monteagle Medical Center in San Francisco, California and also served as faculty at the Puget Sound Institute of Technology in Seattle, Washington. Aside from the preceptorship programs in oral surgery, he presently holds the following positions as visiting affiliate of the medical staff, St. Luke’s Medical Center., chairman and program director of the Kadebu Oral Surgery Center in Malolos, Bulacan., member of the medical staff of St. Paul Hospital in Bocaue, Bulacan., member of the medical staff at Mary the Queen Hospital in Plaridel, Bulacan, and PDA-Dolfenal lecturer.

Roland M. Polintan, D.D.M.

• Graduated class 1971, U.P. College of Dentistry
• Faculty, U.P. College of Dentistry 1972-1975
• Faculty, U.P. – PGH Medical Center 1975-1982
• Faculty, Puget Sound Institute of Technology
• Seattle, Washington 1982-1983
• Oral Surgery Preceptorship Program, St. Luke’s Monteagle Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 1983-1985

Present Positions:

• Affiliate member of the medical staff, St. Luke’s Medical Center Quezon City
• Chairman and Program Director, KADEBU Oral Surgery Center Malolos,
  Bulacan
• Member of the medical staff, St. Paul Hospital, Bocaue, Bulacan
• Visiting consultant, Nazarenus Hospital, Meycauayan, Bulacan
• Member of the medical staff, Mary the Queen Hospital, Plaridel, Bulacan
• PDA-Dolfenal lecturer in Oral Surgery
• Preceptor, Oral Surgery Study Program: Dentistree, Quezon City

Class Schedule

Starts on December 4, 2007

Tuesdays  8 AM – 12 NOON