Clinical Dentistry

The summer semester curriculum of the Operative Lab is designed to teach students how to prepare teeth to be restored with direct restorative materials. This pre-clinical exposure to Operative Dentistry is performed on a dentoform, and procedures simulate the clinical experience. Ergonomics, infection control, selection of armamentarium, preparation of treatment area, principles of cavity preparation, selection of restorative material, proper treatment planning, integration of the basic sciences relative to dental caries, and other conditions requiring restoration are all incorporated in the student's overall learning experience. See note on page 577 related to courses with a range of credit hours.

Comprehensive Treatment Planning Lecture.1cr. A post-preclinical course, Comprehensive Treatment Planning Lecture provides a transition for the dental student entering the clinic. Course work, lecture, and online activities will provide students with opportunities to engage in the process of data collection, analysis, evaluation, and synthesis involved in the planning of treatment and the maintenance of oral health rehabilitation. This course will build upon information learned in Operative, Operative Restorative, and Treatment Planning lectures. Through the review of the patient history, collection of clinical and radiographic data, the student will complete hard and soft tissue charting of existing conditions and application of the principles of risk assessment and management. Students will be assessed on development, sequencing, and presentation of treatment plan and technique for obtaining informed consent.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. It is designed for students to gain clinical experience in their progression toward clinical competence in various clinical disciplines, in the treatment of the adult, child, geriatric and special needs patient population in a diverse, multicultural, humanistic environment. Students are assigned rotation groups of 3 to 4 students each. They are assigned to the various clinical areas by groups. There are a number of components of the Clinical Rotation course for both D3 and D4 students. The students have daily assignments. D3 and D4 students are assigned on according to a predetermined schedule at the commencement of each semester. The rotation clinics are Community Dentistry and the Chronically Ill and Aged Program for D4 students; then for both D3 and D4 students Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Diagnosis, Radiology, Emergency Services, Orthodontics, and Pediatric Dentistry. Students are also assigned to the general clinic which is indicated on the schedule by the letter "C" for their rotation groups. The general clinic consists of Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, and Restorative Dentistry. The Clinical rotations are a major component of the Clinical curriculum of the College of Dentistry. In each of the clinical rotations listed, patients are scheduled by the department for the rotating student to treat, aside from the student's family of assigned patients, all with a patient centered comprehensive care approach. When the students are scheduled to the general clinic, they are required to appoint their assigned patients, directed by the faculty, to the appropriate discipline in their patients' proper sequence of comprehensive treatment. In addition to these rotations there is a Clinical Dentistry component to ensure that the students have a variety of experiences to enhance their knowledge of practice management and dental education.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. Department of Restorative Dentistry clinical rotation serves to provide maximum and efficient instruction in all phases of restorative dentistry. Our goal is to enable the student to demonstrate excellence in comprehensive patient care, to render the highest level of clinical restorative therapy to all patients, and to constantly upgrade procedures and treatment to keep abreast with modern procedures of therapy in Restorative Dentistry. For all clinical work to be approved, it must meet a quality standard determined by the department to be functional, properly contoured, promote health of the periodontium, be esthetically acceptable, and show promise of a reasonable length of service. Emphasis will be placed on the quality of service being rendered by the student. This department is responsible for the clinical disciplines of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. This rotation serves to familiarize the student with the Periodontal clinical examination, diagnosis and treatment planning format. The third student will have an introduction to the clinic floor in the Fall semester. This introduction will acclimate the students to the staff that will be assisting them with supplies and sterilization of the instruments on the clinic floor. The senior students will treat patients in the Summer, Fall and Spring Semester. The third and fourth-year competency goals are described in their respective clinical competency outlines.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. department expects that each student completing the didactic and clinical training in Endodontics will meet the established goals as described in the clinical syllabus.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. D-3 and D-4 students will be paired by the department. D-3 students will be required to observe each appointment with the D-4 student during the fabrication of a complete denture. The D-3 student must document each appointment on the appointed blackboard site (more information to come) and submit reflections on the appointment that they observed.

This course will continue where the D2 Evidence-Based Decision Making II and D2 Treatment Planning courses left off. The student will utilize the components of Evidence Based Decision-making in patient care and treatment planning. The purpose of this course is to apply the skills of critical thinking and appraisal of the scientific evidence to treatment decisions in an effort to enhance personal and professional satisfaction that you are doing the best for your patients and improve the quality of dental care. The evaluation of the data along with the clinical judgment and values of the clinician help the patient to make decisions about his/her individualized treatment. Clinical cases will be presented to the class by faculty in various disciplines in seminar style where they will discuss the evidence-based decision-making process to determine the treatment plan or completed treatment and/or treatment options. Basic concepts of treatment planning procedures will be presented to the students. Students will be divided into groups of 7- 8, select one case from their collective patient pool and present proposed treatment plan and decisions supported by evidence.

Information presented in this course is designed to introduce the second year Dental Student to clinic operations and policies at the College of Dentistry. Faculty members will present lectures uniquely designed to transition students from the preclinical setting to the clinic environment. Additionally, selected staff and invited guests will present information relevant to clinical success.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. This course is designed for students to gain clinical experience in their progression toward clinical competence in various clinical disciplines, in the treatment of the adult, child, geriatric and special needs patient population in a diverse, multicultural, humanistic environment. Students are assigned rotation groups of 3 to 4 students each. They are assigned to the various clinical areas by groups. There are a number of components of the Clinical Rotation course for both D3 and D4 students. The students have daily assignments. D3 and D4 students are assigned on according to a predetermined schedule at the commencement of each semester. The rotation clinics are Community Dentistry and the Chronically Ill and Aged Program for D4 students; then for both D3 and D4 students Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Diagnosis, Radiology, Emergency Services, Orthodontics, and Pediatric Dentistry. Students are also assigned to the general clinic which is indicated on the schedule by the letter "C" for their rotation groups. The general clinic consists of Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, and Restorative Dentistry. The Clinical rotations are a major component of the Clinical curriculum of the College of Dentistry. In each of the clinical rotations listed, patients are scheduled by the department for the rotating student to treat, aside from the student's family of assigned patients, all with a patient centered comprehensive care approach. When the students are scheduled to the general clinic, they are required to appoint their assigned patients, directed by the faculty, to the appropriate discipline in their patients' proper sequence of comprehensive treatment. In addition to these rotations there is a Clinical Dentistry component to ensure that the students have a variety of experiences to enhance their knowledge of practice management and dental education.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. D-3 and D-4 students will be paired by the department. D-3 students will be required to observe each appointment with the D-4 student during the fabrication of a complete denture. The D-3 student must document each appointment on the appointed blackboard site (more information to come) and submit reflections on the appointment that they observed.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. This rotation serves to familiarize the student with the Periodontal clinical examination, diagnosis, and treatment planning format. The third student will have an introduction to the clinic floor in the Fall semester. This introduction will acclimate the students to the staff that will be assisting them with supplies and sterilization of the instruments on the clinic floor. The senior students will treat patients in the Summer, Fall and Spring Semester. The third and fourth-year competency goals are described in their respective clinical competency outlines.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. The department expects that each student completing the didactic and clinical training in Endodontics will meet the established goals as described in the clinical syllabus.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. Department of Restorative Dentistry clinical rotation serves to provide maximum and efficient instruction in all phases of restorative dentistry. Our goal is to enable the student to demonstrate excellence in comprehensive patient care, to render the highest level of clinical restorative therapy to all patients, and to constantly upgrade procedures and treatment to keep abreast with modern procedures of therapy in Restorative Dentistry. For all clinical work to be approved, it must meet a quality standard determined by the department to be functional, properly contoured, promote health of the periodontium, be esthetically acceptable, and show promise of a reasonable length of service. Emphasis will be placed on the quality of service being rendered by the student. This department is responsible for the clinical disciplines of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring of the next year. This course is designed for students to gain clinical experience in their progression toward clinical competence in various clinical disciplines, in the treatment of the adult, child, geriatric and special needs patient population in a diverse, multicultural, humanistic environment. Students are assigned rotation groups of 3 to 4 students each. They are assigned to the various clinical areas by groups. There are 7 components of the Clinical Rotation course for both D3 and D4 students. The students have daily assignments. D3 students are assigned on according to a predetermined schedule at the commencement of each semester. The rotation clinics are Community Dentistry and the Chronically Ill and Aged Program for D4 students; then for both D3 and D4 students Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Diagnosis, Radiology, Emergency Services, Orthodontics, and Pediatric Dentistry. Students are also assigned to the general clinic which is indicated on the schedule by the letter "C" for their rotation groups. The general clinic consists of Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, and Restorative Dentistry. The Clinical rotations are a major component of the Clinical curriculum of the College of Dentistry. In each of the clinical rotations listed, patients are scheduled by the department for the rotating student to treat, aside from the student's family of assigned patients, all with a patient centered comprehensive care approach. When the students are scheduled to the general clinic, they are required to appoint their assigned patients, directed by the faculty, to the appropriate discipline in their patients' proper sequence of comprehensive treatment. In addition to these rotations there is a Clinical Dentistry component to ensure that the students have a variety of experiences to enhance their knowledge of practice management and dental education.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring of the next year. Department of Restorative Dentistry clinical rotation serves to provide maximum and efficient instruction in all phases of restorative dentistry. Our goal is to enable the student to demonstrate excellence in comprehensive patient care, to render the highest level of clinical restorative therapy to all patients, and to constantly upgrade procedures and treatment to keep abreast with modern procedures of therapy in Restorative Dentistry. For all clinical work to be approved, it must meet a quality standard determined by the department to be functional, properly contoured, promote health of the periodontium, be esthetically acceptable, and show promise of a reasonable length of service. Emphasis will be placed on the quality of service being rendered by the student. This department is responsible for the clinical disciplines of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring of the next year. The department expects that each student completing the didactic and clinical training in Endodontics will meet the established goals as described in the clinical syllabus.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring of the next year. This rotation serves to familiarize the student with the Periodontal clinical examination, diagnosis and treatment planning format. The third student will have an introduction to the clinic floor in the Fall semester. This introduction will acclimate the students to the staff that will be assisting them with supplies and sterilization of the instruments on the clinic floor. The senior students will treat patients in the Summer, Fall and Spring Semester. The third and fourth year competency goals are described in their respective clinical competency outlines.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring of the next year. D-3 and D-4 students will be paired by the department. D-3 students will be required to observe each appointment with the D-4 student during the fabrication of a complete denture. The D-3 student must document each appointment on the appointed blackboard site (more information to come) and submit reflections on the appointment that they observed.

The curriculum for Clinical Implant Lecture and Laboratory is a continuation of the Pre-Clinical Implant Laboratory and Lecture courses. This series of lectures and pre-doctoral clinical laboratory simulation procedures prepares students for the clinical practice in Implant prosthodontics. The course will continue the application and mastery clinical, and laboratory competencies in overdenture implant dentistry

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. Our goal is to enable the student to demonstrate excellence in comprehensive patient care, to render the highest level of clinical restorative therapy to all patients, and to constantly upgrade procedures and treatment to keep abreast with modern procedures of therapy in Restorative Dentistry. For all clinical work to be approved, it must meet a quality standard determined by the department to be functional, properly contoured, promote health of the periodontium, be esthetically acceptable, and show promise of a reasonable length of service. Emphasis will be placed on the quality of service being rendered by the student. This department is responsible for the clinical disciplines of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. This rotation serves to familiarize the student with the Periodontal clinical examination, diagnosis, and treatment planning format. The third student will have an introduction to the clinic floor in the Fall semester. This introduction will acclimate the students to the staff that will be assisting them with supplies and sterilization of the instruments on the clinic floor. The senior students will treat patients in the Summer, Fall and Spring Semester. The third and fourth-year competency goals are described in their respective clinical competency outlines.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. The department expects that each student completing the didactic and clinical training in Endodontics will meet the established goals as described in the clinical syllabus.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. D-3 and D-4 students will be paired by the department. D-3 students will be required to observe each appointment with the D-4 student during the fabrication of a complete denture. The D-3 student must document each appointment on the appointed blackboard site (more information to come) and submit reflections on the appointment that they observed.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. This course is designed for students to gain clinical experience in their progression toward clinical competence in various clinical disciplines, in the treatment of the adult, child, geriatric and special needs patient population in a diverse, multicultural, humanistic environment. Students are assigned rotation groups of 3 to 4 students each. They are assigned to the various clinical areas by groups. There are a number of components of the Clinical Rotation course for both D3 and D4 students. The students have daily assignments. D3 and D4 students are assigned on according to a predetermined schedule at the commencement of each semester. The rotation clinics are Community Dentistry and the Chronically Ill and Aged Program for D4 students; then for both D3 and D4 students Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Diagnosis, Radiology, Emergency Services, Orthodontics, and Pediatric Dentistry. Students are also assigned to the general clinic which is indicated on the schedule by the letter "C" for their rotation groups. The general clinic consists of Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, and Restorative Dentistry. The Clinical rotations are a major component of the Clinical curriculum of the College of Dentistry. In each of the clinical rotations listed, patients are scheduled by the department for the rotating student to treat, aside from the student's family of assigned patients, all with a patient centered comprehensive care approach. When the students are scheduled to the general clinic, they are required to appoint their assigned patients, directed by the faculty, to the appropriate discipline in their patients' proper sequence of comprehensive treatment. In addition to these rotations there is a Clinical Dentistry component to ensure that the students have a variety of experiences to enhance their knowledge of practice management and dental education.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. Department of Restorative Dentistry clinical rotation serves to provide maximum and efficient instruction in all phases of restorative dentistry. Our goal is to enable the student to demonstrate excellence in comprehensive patient care, to render the highest level of clinical restorative therapy to all patients, and to constantly upgrade procedures and treatment to keep abreast with modern procedures of therapy in Restorative Dentistry. For all clinical work to be approved, it must meet a quality standard determined by the department to be functional, properly contoured, promote health of the periodontium, be esthetically acceptable, and show promise of a reasonable length of service. Emphasis will be placed on the quality of service being rendered by the student. This department is responsible for the clinical disciplines of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. D-3 and D-4 students will be paired by the department. D-3 students will be required to observe each appointment with the D-4 student during the fabrication of a complete denture. The D-3 student must document each appointment on the appointed blackboard site (more information to come) and submit reflections on the appointment that they observed.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. This rotation serves to familiarize the student with the Periodontal clinical examination, diagnosis and treatment planning format. The third student will have an introduction to the clinic floor in the Fall semester. This introduction will acclimate the students to the staff that will be assisting them with supplies and sterilization of the instruments on the clinic floor. The senior students will treat patients in the Summer, Fall and Spring Semester. The third and fourth year competency goals are described in their respective clinical competency outlines.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. The department expects that each student completing the didactic and clinical training in Endodontics will meet the established goals as described in the clinical syllabus.

This course is designed to help prepare the D-4 Dental Student to take the (ADEX) American Dental Examination administered by The Commission on Dental Competency Assessments. After reading the complete manual provided by CDCA Faculty members that participate in the administration of the examination will present lectures based on the stated criteria for successfully passing the examination. The information given will also be based on their personal experiences and observations of candidates during the examination. Each session will have time available for questions related to the manual.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. This course is designed for students to gain clinical experience in their progression toward clinical competence in various clinical disciplines, in the treatment of the adult, child, geriatric and special needs patient population in a diverse, multicultural, humanistic environment. Students are assigned rotation groups of 3 to 4 students each. They are assigned to the various clinical areas by groups. There are a number of components of the Clinical Rotation course for both D3 and D4 students. The students have daily assignments. D3 and D4 students are assigned on according to a predetermined schedule at the commencement of each semester. The rotation clinics are Community Dentistry and the Chronically Ill and Aged Program for D4 students; then for both D3 and D4 students Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Diagnosis, Radiology, Emergency Services, Orthodontics, and Pediatric Dentistry. Students are also assigned to the general clinic which is indicated on the schedule by the letter "C" for their rotation groups. The general clinic consists of Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, and Restorative Dentistry. The Clinical rotations are a major component of the Clinical curriculum of the College of Dentistry. In each of the clinical rotations listed, patients are scheduled by the department for the rotating student to treat, aside from the student's family of assigned patients, all with a patient centered comprehensive care approach. When the students are scheduled to the general clinic, they are required to appoint their assigned patients, directed by the faculty, to the appropriate discipline in their patients' proper sequence of comprehensive treatment. In addition to these rotations there is a Clinical Dentistry component to ensure that the students have a variety of experiences to enhance their knowledge of practice management and dental education.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. Department of Restorative Dentistry clinical rotation serves to provide maximum and efficient instruction in all phases of restorative dentistry. Our goal is to enable the student to demonstrate excellence in comprehensive patient care, to render the highest level of clinical restorative therapy to all patients, and to constantly upgrade procedures and treatment to keep abreast with modern procedures of therapy in Restorative Dentistry. For all clinical work to be approved, it must meet a quality standard determined by the department to be functional, properly contoured, promote health of the periodontium, be esthetically acceptable, and show promise of a reasonable length of service. Emphasis will be placed on the quality of service being rendered by the student. This department is responsible for the clinical disciplines of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. This rotation serves to familiarize the student with the Periodontal clinical examination, diagnosis and treatment planning format. The third student will have an introduction to the clinic floor in the Fall semester. This introduction will acclimate the students to the staff that will be assisting them with supplies and sterilization of the instruments on the clinic floor. The senior students will treat patients in the Summer, Fall and Spring Semester. The third and fourth year competency goals are described in their respective clinical competency outlines.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. The department expects that each student completing the didactic and clinical training in Endodontics will meet the established goals as described in the clinical syllabus.

This course is a three-semester course given over the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, with the final grade being calculated and credit submitted in the Spring. D-3 and D-4 students will be paired by the department. D-3 students will be required to observe each appointment with the D-4 student during the fabrication of a complete denture. The D-3 student must document each appointment on the appointed blackboard site (more information to come) and submit reflections on the appointment that they observed.