511-502 Integrated Dental Practice

Credit Points

Coordinator

Semester

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Subject Description

Students undertake clinical experience in total patient care at both the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne and selected clinical teaching centres and hospitals; observational experience in private general practice; and assignments in special and general aspects of clinical dental practice.

On completion of this subject, the student should:

Comprehend: the philosophy of total oral health care for each patient and the interactions of general dental practice with speciality care in the overall treatment plan for the individual; the diversity of clinical techniques and materials available for dental treatment; the limitations of each treatment modality.

Have developed: skills in the examination, diagnosis, treatment planning and management of any individual seeking routine dental health care; expertise in providing general dental care; skills in evaluating success and failure in clinical dentistry; the ability to communicate with patients about their oral health status, treatment options and potential outcomes.

Appreciate: the role and responsibilities of the general dental practitioner in the provision of comprehensive total patient care; the need for referral for specialist advice or intervention; the need for constant evaluation of techniques, peer review of processes, and the application of scientific rigour and principles to the resolution of clinical problems.

Assessment

Clinical examinations at the end of the year in: (A): endodontics, general practice, fixed prosthodontics, and removable prosthodontics (20%); (B) oral anatomy, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and oral radiology (20%); (C) paediatric dentistry, growth studies, orthodontics and care of the special patient (20%); (D) periodontics, cariology, gerodontics, preventive dentistry and community dentistry (20%); and (E) integrated treatment planning (20%). A pass in each of A, B, C, D and E is required for an overall pass in the subject.