511-401 Dental Studies 4

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Subject Description

This subject covers cariology; oral diagnosis and treatment planning; applied behavioural science; preventive dentistry; gerodontics; community dental health; growth studies and orthodontics; applied basic sciences; fixed prosthodontics; periodontics; paediatric dentistry; endodontics; removable prosthodontics; and general practice. This subject also includes a component on a supervised, group research project.

On completion of this subject, students should:

• comprehend the use of drugs in dentistry, differential diagnoses of oral diseases, the principles of extra-oral radiography and radiology, normal and abnormal growth, the principles of orthodontics, the relationship between oral and general health in elderly persons, the potential for control of dental caries and periodontal diseases by preventive strategies, and the delivery and evaluation of dental care in public and private sectors;

• have developed the communication and psychomotor skills necessary for providing total patient care in a general dental practice setting; skills in critical listening and case presentation; skills in the prevention of sports injuries to the mouth; and

• appreciate the concept and practice of ongoing total patient care in the prevention, identification, assessment and treatment of oral diseases as opposed to the episodic management of symptomatic oral problems; the need for the dentist to provide leadership in advocating and practising total patient care.

Assessment

(1) Two 3-hour written examinations at the end of Semester 2; (2) One 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2, assessment of practical, clinical and laboratory work on particular areas throughout the year and one 1-hour clinical photographic slide recognition examination; (3) One clinical examination during Semester 2 and viva voce examination at the end of the year; and (4) Two essays of 2,500-3000 words each. A pass in each of the first two written examinations in Section 1 and in each of Sections 2 and 3 is required for an overall pass in this subject. Additional viva voce and clinical examinations may be required.

Students will be permitted to proceed to clinical work ONLY after having satisfactorily completed the preclinical units. Students will NOT be permitted to continue with clinical work if progress in the clinic is unsatisfactory.

Prescribed Texts

• A Cameron and R Widmer, Handbook of Paediatric Dentistry. Mosby Wolfe, 1997.
• L Shaw ed., Self Assessment Picture Tests in Dentistry: Pediatric Dentistry. Wolfe, 1994.
• D M Williams, F S Hughes, E W Odell and P M Farthing, Pathology of Periodontal Disease. Oxford University Press, 1992.
• T G Wilson and K S Kornman, Fundamentals of Periodontics. Quintessence, 1996.