511-326 Dental Practice 3

Successful completion of all Year 2 subjects.

This subject is comprised of three modules.

Restorative Dentistry: The formulation of an integrated treatment plan for simple cases needing a combination of periodontal, conservative and/or removable prosthetic dental treatment; completion of complex forms of conservative dental treatment; restoration of badly damaged teeth; taking and making diagnoses from 'routine' dental radiographs; selection and use of dental materials; treatment of a fully edentulous patient; principles of complete denture construction; the formulation of appropriate treatment plans integrating removable prostheses; the principles and prescription of a partial denture design; construction of a simple acrylic denture; principles of occlusion and communication with members of the dental team.

Oral Health Practice: Continued emphasis on the primary prevention of dental caries and the prevention and treatment of periodontal diseases; measurement of the oral diseases in the community using epidemiological and statistical tools; designing, conducting and presenting dental research in the form of a basic oral health survey.

Growth and Development: The principles relating to the normal growth process, particularly dental and skeletal development and maturation; social and behavioural development of children and adolescents; growth prediction and its clinical application; recognition of normal and aberrant growth and occlusal patterns; the diagnosis of malocclusion and the extrapolation to future treatment needs; biomechanical and clinical aspects of orthodontics.

(1) One 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 1; (2) Two 2-hour written examinations at the end of Semester 2; (3) Practical laboratory examinations and a 15-minute viva voce examination at the end of Semester 2, continuing laboratory and clinical assessment; (4) Performance in seminars, one written assignment of no more than 1000 words and group presentation and written research project of no more than 3000 words. A pass in Section 3 and in each of the written examinations in Section 2 is required for an overall pass in this subject. Students will be permitted to proceed to clinical work only after having satisfactorily completed the preclinical units.

• I Klineberg, Occlusion: Principles and Assessment. Wright, 1991.
• P W Goaz and S C White, Oral Radiology: Principles and Interpretation. 3rd edn, Mosby 1994.
• D M Ranly, A Synopsis of Craniofacial Growth. 2nd edn, Appleton and Lange, 1998.
• A Thylstrup and O Fejerskov, Textbook of Clinical Cariology. 2nd edn, Munksgaard, 1994.
• H Takei, M G Newman and F A Carranza Jr, Carranza's Clinical Periodontology. 9th edn, Saunders, 2002 OR.
• J Lindhe, T Kagging and N Lang, Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry. 4th edn, Munksgaard, 2003 OR.
• T G Wilson and K S Kornman, Fundamentals of Periodontics. Quintessence, 2002.