511-210 Clinical Dental Therapy

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Subject Description

This subject covers preclinical restorative dentistry 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 Acts within Australia; an ability to select and administer suitable preventive modalities to individual patients; an ability to evaluate critically, the response to 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) Continuing assessment of procedures performed in the pre-clinical laboratory (35%); (B) One 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 1 covering the preclinical and clinical theory components of this subject (20%). (C) Continuing assessment of clinical procedures performed during the applied dental therapy component (20%); (D) 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, C and D for an overall pass in the subject.

Prescribed Texts

• Cameron A and Widmer R (eds) 1997, Handbook of Paediatric Dentistry. Mosby.
• Horsted-Bindslev P and Mjor I A 1988, Modern Concepts in Operative Dentistry. Munksgaard.
• McDonald R E and Avery D L 1994, Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent. 6th ed. Mosby.
• Wei SHY (ed) 1988, Paediatric Dentistry: Total Patient Care. Lea and Febiger.