511-422 Dental Practice 4

Successful completion of all Year 3 subjects.

This subject is comprised of five modules.

Restorative Dentistry: General practice - enhancement of clinical skills; implant dentistry - role of implants in treatment planning; endodontics and fixed prosthodontics.

Growth and Development: Orthodontics - recognition of normal and aberrant growth; skeletal and occlusal patterns; diagnosis of malocclusion, treatment planning and biomechanics of tooth movement; Paediatric Dentistry - effects of physical and psychological growth and development on dental health and treatment of the child; diagnosis and treatment planning for the child. Special Needs Dentistry - short series of lectures on topics including management of the compromised elderly patient, and 2 clinical sessions.

Oral Medicine, Pathology and Surgery: Oral Medicine and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology.

Oral Health Sciences: Community Dental Health - the institutions involved in delivery of dental care in Australia and issues related to the dental workforce; application of behavioural sciences to management of common psychological and psychosocial features in dental practice; Cariology and Prevention - a short series of lectures; Periodontics - treatment of severe periodontal cases following on from treatment undertaken in earlier years.

Advanced Dental Study 1: Background research and literature reviews of a research project which can be undertaken in any of the above areas (in italics).

(1) Restorative Dentistry: Continuing assessment of pre-clinical and clinical work in endodontics and fixed prosthodontics throughout the year; a practical examination of no longer than 3 hours covering endodontics at the end of the February intensive teaching period; a practical examination of no longer than 3 hours in prosthodontics at the end of Semester 1. (A pass in each of the practical examinations is required to be able to proceed to clinical practice in Semester 2.) One clinical examination of no longer than 3 hours in general practice dentistry during Semester 2 and continuing clinical assessment throughout the year; one 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2; an integrated multiple station Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) of no more than 20 minutes at the end of Semester 2. (2) Growth and Development: Continuing assessment of pre-clinical and clinical work; one 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2; an integrated multiple station OSCE of no more than 20 minutes at the end of Semester 2. (3) Oral Medicine, Pathology and Surgery: Continuing internal assessment consisting of four problem-based multimedia short answer tests of one hour each; One 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2; a viva voce examination of no more than 30 minutes at the end of Semester 2; an integrated multiple station (OSCE) of no more than 20 minutes at the end of Semester 2. (4) Oral Health Sciences: One 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2; continuing clinical and written assessment; one 30-minute case presentation; an integrated multiple station OSCE of no more than 20 minutes at the end of Semester 2. (5) Advanced Dental Study 1: Assessment (pass/fail) will be conducted at the end of Semester 2 and will be based on an oral presentation of a literature review related to the research project. A pass in each of Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 is the required pass for an overall pass in Dental Practice 4. Students will be permitted to proceed to clinical work only after having satisfactorily completed the pre-clinical units.