511-301 Dental Studies 3

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This subject covers the following areas: community dental health; preventive dentistry; growth studies and orthodontics; radiography and radiology; introductory medical and surgical principles; local analgesia; operative dentistry; periodontics; endodontics; removable prosthodontics; general practice and diagnosis and treatment planning; and occlusal analysis and clinical practice.

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 all or part of the dentition and complete 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.

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Prescribed Texts:

• Goaz P W and White S C 1987, Oral Radiology, Principles and Interpretation, 2nd ed. Mosby.
• Thylstrup A and Fejerskov O 1994, Textbook of Cariology, 2nd ed. Munksgaard.
• Horsted-Bindlev P and Mjor I A 1988, Modern Concepts in Operative Dentistry, Munksgaard.
• Kidd E A M and Smith B G N 1990, Pickard's Manual of Operative Dentistry, 6th ed. Oxford Medical.
• Ranly D M 1988, A Synopsis of Craniofacial Growth, 2nd ed. Appleton and Lange.