511-201 Dental Studies 2

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Subject Description

This subject covers: preventive dentistry and community dental health; growth studies; dental materials science; cariology; oral function and occlusion; oral biology; and periodontology.

On completion of this subject, students should:

Comprehend: the principles of the relationship between oral health, behaviour and oral diseases; the processes of somatic, physiological and psychological growth and development; the properties and uses of dental materials; the range of oral functions and the principles involved in protecting oral tissues against diseases and the maintenance of oral functional integrity; and the fundamentals of the processes of dental caries.

Have developed skills in: understanding and counselling people; assessing growth and development; using dental materials; identifying oral functions; intercepting diseases in the periodontium, enamel, dentine and pulp and the effects of partial edentulousness.

Appreciate: the importance of history-taking, diagnosis and records for success in patient care; the principles of clinical practice; the implications of behaviour in the delivery of dental care; the desirability of the maintenance of oral health in treated patients.

Assessment

(A) One 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 1 (30%); (B) One 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2 (30%); (C) Assessment of written assignments, laboratory reports, practical and clinical work throughout the year (20%); and (D) Operative dentistry laboratory exercises and practical examination (20%). A pass in D is required for an overall pass in this subject. Viva voce examinations in special cases.

Students will be permitted to proceed to clinical work ONLY after having satisfactorily completed the preclinical units.

Prescribed Texts

• Schwartz R S, Summitt J B and Robbins JW 1996, Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry. A Contemporary Approach. Quintessence.