Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Volume 4 page 141)
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Year 3 Dental Science.
Note: Students will be permitted to proceed to clinical work ONLY after having satisfactorily completed the preclinical units.
Contact: 534 hours, including lectures, tutorials, clinical and laboratory work.
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject, students should:Comprehend: the application of epidemiology to solving dental public health problems; the value and use of topical fluorides and other caries preventive measures; normal and abnormal growth and its assessment; the principles of intra-oral radiography and radiation protection; use of dental materials in a clinical setting; basic medical and surgical principles and pain management through the use of local analgesia; the principles of patient management; the principles of conservative management of destructive lesions of the teeth and their supporting structures; the sequelae of the loss of part of the dentition and partial denture therapy; the principles of occlusion and occlusal analysis.
Have developed: skills in collection, analysis and presentation of oral health data; skills in communication, counselling and patient management; skills in clinical oral examination, diagnosis and treatment planning of simple cases; skills in intra-oral radiography and local analgesia administration; psychomotor skills in the conservative treatment of dental caries and periodontal diseases; clinical skills for the treatment of partially dentate patients.
Appreciate: the needs and difficulties associated with instituting effective preventive programs at an individual and community level; the concepts of total patient care and the dentist's responsibility for the safe and effective management of persons in the dental situation; the need for precision, accuracy and self-evaluation.
Content:
Community Dental Health, Preventive Dentistry, Growth Studies and Orthodontics, Radiography and Radiology, Introductory Medical and Surgical Principles, Local Analgesia, Conservative Dentistry, Periodontics, Endodontics, Removable Prosthodontics, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning, Occlusal Analysis and Clinical Practice.
Assessment:
Two 3-hour written examinations at the end of the year (30 per cent each); clinical, practical and written work throughout the year (20 per cent); a 15-minute viva voce examination (10 per cent ); specific written assignments (no more than 3, 10%).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Volume 4 page 141)
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