In this course, dental students participate in preclinical seminars on dental treatment of mentally, medically, and physically disabled patients. Topics to be discussed include geriatrics, special needs adults with mental and physical disabilities, special needs pediatric patients, hospital-based patients, and those in recovery groups due to substance abuse. Discussion will include the etiology, prevalence, and modifications to treatment for these patients.

This Community-Based Service elective is designed to give students greater opportunities to provide dental services to diverse, underserved populations. The goals of this course are to expand development of a service ethic and to meet some of the needs of populations who do not have access to dental care. The majority of the time requirements for this course will be rotations to community clinics where students will work under the supervision of a College of Dentistry faculty providing dental services.

This community-based service learning elective is designed to afford students greater opportunities to provide a broad spectrum of dental educational, clinical and public health services to diverse, underserved populations in an international setting. The majority of time requirements for this course will be in a foreign country at designated community sites potentially working with other health care professionals. Activities will include but are not limited to assessing both community and patient needs and providing services based on the needs assessment and community goals.

A seminar course on nature and physiologic control of physical growth, for graduate students in dentistry.

The course will explore the current leadership dilemma in the health professions (specifically). The purpose is to prompt the extension of the role of oral health professionals to serve as leaders who engage a richer "public good" agenda as part of their role as doctor/teacher. The course will concentrate on important issues such as leadership development and theories of leadership; team building; personality preferences and leadership; peer assessment; transformational and transactional leadership; stress management; leading change; negotiation; and giving and receiving feedback.

This lecture/seminar course is designed to provide students with an overview of the basic principles of study design and protocol development, with a focus on clinical and translational research. It also is designed to expose students to the interplay between patient care and clinical/translational research and to provide the students with tools that will assist them in dissemination of their research findings.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.

CDS 813 is the first in a series of conjoint courses to improve the management of patients by student dentists. The course is co-directed by the patient care Team Leaders. Special didactic and clinical activities are included to provide the student with an introduction to clinical protocol and to the fundamentals of patient management. The course spans both semesters of the academic year, and includes all clinical activities and interactions with Team Leaders. Lecture Hours: 1 Clinic Hours: 27.

This course is an introduction to the clinical application of dentistry with a focus of attention to dental ergonomics, basic dental assisting procedures, preventive dentistry, infection control, application of sealants, fluoride varnish and oral isolation techniques. It is designed to prepare students to function in dental environments, safely and efficiently and to prepare them for the school-based sealant experience.