This introductory lecture course is designed to provide the dental student with necessary knowledge of dental anatomy, dental morphology and basic dental occlusion for all succeeding courses in preclinical and clinical dentistry. This includes a detailed description and study of individual teeth, relationship of dentoform and function, mandibular movement and introduction to muscles of mastication. Lectures related to biomaterials are added as needed.
This introductory laboratory course is designed to provide the beginning dental student with skills manipulating wax to successfully replicate the dental anatomy of individual teeth as well as learning the relationships of form and function within the context of mandibular movement. These skills are learned by use of the dentoform as well as dental articulator. Laboratory experiences relating to dental biomaterials are introduced as needed.
This course is designed to review the biological basis for the concepts and treatment procedures of dental caries as an infectious disease and will provide didactic foundational knowledge for the clinical management of dental caries.
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 didactic course places an emphasis on the basic knowledge required for treatment planning, tooth preparation and the fabrication of indirect single unit dental restorations. This course also introduces and reinforces concepts in dental material sciences pertinent to the selection of an appropriate restorative material, and the correct handling of dental stones, dental investments, dental alloys and luting agents for dental restorations.
This preclinical course places an emphasis on preparing teeth and fabricating provisional restorations to restore them to their biologically correct form and function. Tooth preparations and fabrication of provisional extra-coronal restorations are performed on dental manikins. This course also introduces the student dentist to the process of fabricating a final extra-coronal restoration from impression through cementation. The restorations emphasized in this course are single unit posterior crowns.
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.
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.
As the final phase in the undergraduate clinical continuum, this course continues to emphasize primary care concepts and proficiency. In addition, more complicated rehabilitative type care and occlusal dysfunction problems are encountered by the student under faculty supervision. Clinic, 145 hours.
This course is designed to facilitate advanced comprehensive dental treatment on patients seeking complex esthetic and implant care in general practice. The use of a comprehensive analysis of a variety of problem based clinical situations are presented to encourage critical thinking in developing treatment plans and the predictability of treatment outcomes. Didactic exercises which aid in the development of clinical skills on patient data collection, treatment planning, and provisional restorations, and the most appropriate final prostheses will be discussed and researched.
