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.

An elective course for the DMD curriculum regarding real world transitions from dental school to actual practice. Topics to be discussed include first steps after graduation prior to entering the work force (i.e. obtaining DEA license, NPI #, state license, etc), terminology (i.e. accounts receivable, production vs collections, contractual adjustment, etc), contract negotiation, public health/university practice, associateship, ownership, partnership, startup, DSO, debt management, and more.

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

A seminar course for graduate students in dentistry covering emotional and intellectual growth of children, and diseases and congenital anomalies of children.

This course provides information regarding the normal anatomy and function of the masticatory system and then highlights some of the common disorders related to dysfunction of this system. Emphasis is placed on tempormandibular disorders and how they are identified and management in the clinical practice. Other disorders associated with orofacial pain complaints will be discussed so that students are able to identify these conditions and successfully manage them or refer the patient to the appropriate health care provider.

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.

The purpose of this course is to present current thought and information on the major categories of oral disease which involve the oral mucosa, salivary gland, bone, and odontogenic tissues. The current classification of these disorders will be presented, and selected topics of current clinical importance will be discussed.

This course is designed to provide graduate students and dental residents with an advanced understanding of how various medical disorders and medical therapies can affect oral health and the delivery of dental care.

This is a lecture course which introduces basic concepts of normal human growth and development from birth through adolescence. Lectures emphasize the time-dependent changes that normally occur during physical and psychological maturation. A special emphasis is directed toward basic knowledge and understanding of craniofacial growth and development of the teeth and occlusion.

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.