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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences : Hygiene/Therapy
511-210 Clinical Dental Therapy (Therapy Stream) |
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Timetable: | All Year | |
Contact: | A total of 758 hours of lectures, preclinical restorative dentistry, clinical practicum, seminars and field clinical experience | |
Subject Description: | This subject covers the following areas: preclinical restorative dentistry; clinical practicum and applied dental therapy. On completion of this subject, the student should: Comprehend the techniques associated with operative dentistry; Demonstrate: an ability to apply the knowledge relevant to restoring teeth in a practical and clinical situation; the attainment of the degree of technical experience and skill required in the restoration of permanent and deciduous teeth at a clinical level; an ability to examine, record and identify general abnormalities of the oral cavity; prepare treatment plans and provide treatment as specified by the Dentists Act (1972) to patients at an appropriate standard; an ability to select and administer suitable preventive modalities to individual patients; an ability to evaluate critically, the response of treatment they have provided to their patients; an ability to describe referral pathways for patients who require treatment beyond the scope of the dental therapist; and a professional approach to dental therapy. | |
Assessment: | (A) Continuous grading of procedures performed in the pre-clinical laboratory (25); (B) One 2-hour written examination at the end of first semester (15%) and one 3-hour practical examination at the end of the preclinical restorative dentistry component of this subject (10%); (C) One 2-hour written examination at the end of the first semester clinical theory and practicum component of this subject (15%); (D) Continuous grading of clinical procedures performed during the clinical practicum and applied dental therapy components (10%); (E) A final clinical examination over one and a half days in the clinic and a 15-minute oral examination at the completion of this subject (25%). A pass is required in Sections A, B, D and E for an overall pass in the subject. | |
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