Introduction to Sports Dentistry is an elective course designed to educate about the opportunities available to become involved with sports teams in your community. The course topics will include: Types of dental injuries related to athletics, prevention of injuries, role of team dentist, types of sports guards and methods of fabrication of sports guards. Lecture: 10 hours; laboratory 6 hours, per course.
The clinical elective is a four-week rotation that allows the student to obtain in-depth exposure to radiation oncology with an expert preceptor (s) at a regional hospital. The student will experience the day-to-day activities of this specialty in the outpatient setting.
This lecture/preclinical course in operative dentistry is a continuation of RSD 810 and is designed to provide students with additional knowledge and hand skills for operative dentistry. This course is designed to continue educating the student regarding the diagnosis and treatment planning of oral health conditions. This course will teach the student additional tooth preparations and restorations and will expand upon restorative material choices for operative dentistry.
This course emphasizes clinical application of the principles taught in preclinical courses. Concepts of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as well as preventive measures are applied in the clinic with emphasis on the demonstration of competency in rendering primary care type treatment procedures.
This course is directed toward the examination, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment of various occlusal problems. The student will learn the skills needed to analyze the dental occlusion of patients and to plan successful occlusal therapy including restorative procedures and fixed prosthodontic treatment.
This course is a continuation of RSD 823 with emphasis on single tooth indirect intracoronal restorations and restorations of the endontically treated tooth.
This is a preclinical course with emphasis on dental hard tissue surgery and restorative procedures for single tooth indirect restorations. Clinical simula- tion procedures are performed on manikins and extracted teeth.
A continuation of RSD 821 as well as some clinical application of principles taught in RSD 824. The emphasis continues to be on the delivery of primary care type treatment with increasing competency and proficiency. Some emphasis is directed toward elementary experiences in rehabilitative type treatment procedures and occlusal dysfunctions. Clinic, 120 hours.
This course is designed to introduce current concepts in esthetic restorative dentistry to undergraduate dental students in their third year. The techniques presented will build upon previously developed restorative didactic and clinical knowledge, but incorporate additional dental techniques and materials developed specifically for esthetic dentistry. Current dental materials being used by this discipline will be discussed as they apply to specific topics. Lecture 16 hours; laboratory, 27 hours.
Students are provided current information on advanced restorative dentistry clinical procedures and materials. Emphasis will be given to diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment of the complex restorative dentistry patient. The format of the course will be "clinical case presentation." Lecture, 20 hours.
