This first-year preclinical course in esthetic dentistry is designed to provide a beginning student with the basic skills for cavity preparation and restorative techniques for using tooth-colored restorative materials. This course, together with the complementary lecture series course, RSD 816, is directed at preparing the student for patient care in esthetic 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.
In this course, the materials science, proper r manipulation and biocompatibility of a wide variety of dental biomaterials are examined. The durability and biocompatibility of similarly utilized materials are compared. Diagnosis of the causes of clinical materials-related failures is emphasized. Lecture, 40 hours.
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.
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.
