Wed 23 July 2025 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Dental trauma in young patients: diagnosis, initial management and planning for the future
Hear a presentation on 'Acute Trauma Management', 'Pulp therapy', 'Dental Trauma in the Mixed Dentition: The influence of Growth' and 'Managing the Immature Tooth with Pulp Necrosis'.
Acute Trauma Management
This Presentation will cover :
- Advice given to Parents/ Carers what to do at the scene of an accident
- Assessment of the patient with a possible head injury and whether they need a referral to Hospital or can treated at the Surgery
- Differences between trauma in the Primary, Mixed and Permanent dentition.
- Assessment, treatment and long-term considerations of primary trauma.
- Assessment of Traumatic Dental Injuries in the Permanent Dentition
- Repositioning and splinting of luxated teeth
- Initial Management of crown, root and crown-root fractures
Pulp therapy
This Presentation will cover :
- Pulp caps, Pulpotomies and Pulpectomies
- Monitoring of luxated teeth – When to commence endodontics and when to keep under observation
- Calcium hydroxide and Calcium Silicate Cements, Which one when?
Dental Trauma in the Mixed Dentition: The influence of Growth
A child undergoes significant physical and dental change from six to twelve years. Dentally the permanent dentition is not only erupting but each tooth is a different stage of maturation. More importantly children are growing both physically and behaviourally. It’s also when most dental trauma occurs from playground, bike and other age-based accidents.
The management of dental intrusion, dental avulsion and luxation and complicated crown fractures will be explored. Also, how the interrelationship between the child’s physical growth, dental development and behavioural maturity affects our treatment and outcomes. Complex cases and their long-term outcomes will be discussed
Managing the Immature Tooth with Pulp Necrosis
Apexification, Apexogenesis and Regenerative Endodontics – What do these terms mean, what are the differences and when can we undertake these procedures
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Assess dental traumatic injuries and plan appropriate treatment
- Learn how to reposition and splint injured teeth
- Treatment plan long-term to rehabilitate the damaged dentition
- Identify the specific problems that dental trauma in the mixed dentition presents and how to manage these issues
- Know when to intervene and when to monitor injured teeth
- Treatment plan long-term to rehabilitate the damaged dentition
- Be familiar with materials and techniques in dental trauma management
- Learn how to manage infected teeth with immature roots and open apices
Presented by Dr Luke Moloney and Associate Professor James Lucas
CPD hours: 6 clinical hours
RSVP by 16/07/2025
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Schedule
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TIME |
SESSION |
SPEAKERS |
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8:30 am |
Registration |
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9:00 am |
Acute Trauma Management |
Associate Professor James Lucas |
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10:15 am |
Q&A |
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10:30 am |
Morning Tea |
|
|
11:00 am |
Pulp therapy |
Dr Luke Moloney |
|
12:15 pm |
Q&A |
|
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
Dental Trauma in the Mixed Dentition: |
Associate Professor James Lucas |
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2:45 pm |
Q&A |
|
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3:00 pm |
Managing the Immature Tooth with Pulp Necrosis |
Dr Luke Moloney |
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4:00 pm |
Questions and final Wrap |
Dr Luke Moloney & |
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4:30 pm |
Close |
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Speakers
Dr Luke Moloney 
Dr Moloney is a specialist Endodontist in Camberwell and Brighton. He is a Consultant Endodontist at the Royal Children's Hospital, Department of Dentistry and is involved in post graduate education at the Melbourne Dental School in Endodontics and Paediatric Dentistry. Luke has presented throughout Australia and overseas on Endodontics and Dental Traumatology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, The Pierre Fauchard Academy and the International College of Dentists.
Associate Professor James Lucas 
Associate Professor Lucas completed his undergraduate and postgraduate training at the University of Melbourne.
He has worked in private general practice and is currently a paediatric dental specialist in private practice.
Dr Lucas was Deputy Director of the Dental Department of the Royal Children’s Hospital of Melbourne for 30 years and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics’, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne.
Dr Lucas has been actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate training and has lectured and conducted workshops extensively in Australia and overseas. Dr Lucas has been an examiner at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in both Paediatric Dentistry and Special Needs Dentistry for universities and also the Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons.
He has presented keynote lectures at international conferences on dental behavior, Restorative care, dental trauma and management of the medically compromised child. He has published articles on dental behavior, dental care of medically compromised children, teething in children and the use of dental implants in adolescents and young adults. His areas of research are growth and development, saliva, dental trauma and children with dento-facial anomalies.
He was co-chair in establishing the dental guidelines for management of those suffering with Epidermolysis Bullosa. These guidelines were published in 2020.
Dr Lucas was a visiting consultant at the National Hospital of Odontostomatology, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, for a period of ten years, where he is involved in the evaluation of a multidisciplinary approach to Cleft Care and also the incidence of cleft lip and palate in Southern Vietnam.
Dr Lucas is past president of the Australasian Academy of Paediatric Dentistry and also the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry.
Dr Lucas was awarded the honour of being made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2019
