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.

The purpose of this first-year course is to present current information on a wide variety of topics ranging from interprofessional collaborative care, culture and society, computer resources, sexual harassment awareness, minority health issues, gender and age as factors in health care, alcohol and substance abuse, along with other subjects of relevance to students enrolled in the dental curriculum. In some cases, the course content applies directly to didactic and clinical courses in the curriculum.

This course is designed to help students gain an appreciation for the significant opportunities as well as challenges the aging population will bring to their oral health practice. This course will provide students basic knowledge and information in gerontology/geriatric dentistry.

CDS 823 is the second in a series of conjoint courses designed to improve the management of patients by student dentists. The course is directed by the patient care Team Leaders with other faculty. Special didactic and clinical activities are included to improve and maintain the students' ability to manage patients safely and efficiently. One of the primary goals of this course is to improve students' ability to interact with patients in an empathetic and professional manner.

The purpose of this course is to prepare the student for clinical dentistry by presenting techniques of examination and diagnostic procedures that ultimately lead to diagnosis and treatment planning.

This course focuses on ethical practice in clinical dentistry. In the life of a health-care clinician circumstances arise daily which are ethical in nature. The dentist, and the patient, must respond to these circumstances in ways that result in the best for all parties concerned. This course will explore the duties assumed by dentists in becoming a provider of oral health care for patients. In doing so, the major question to be addressed is, "How do dentists interact with their patients for the good of both?"

This course is designed to teach and prepare the student dentist the principles of nitrous oxide-oxygen inhalation sedation and intravenous sedation in dentistry including a clinical training on venipuncture and intravenous drugs administration techniques. The management of emergencies associated with these techniques and an introduction to the principles of general anesthesia are also included.