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DOH402 Dental Clinical Practice 4B (24)

Abstract

This subject is a continuation of DOH 401. This subject is designed to provide students with full development of skills necessary to provide more complex and comprehensive clinical care for adults, teenagers and children.  Additionally students will gain the required skills in the management of patients requiring minor surgical procedures and gain additional knowledge and experience in dental therapeutics.

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Session 2
InternalOrange Campus
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: DOH402
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject information

Duration Grading System School:
One sessionHD/FLSchool of Dentistry and Health Sciences

Enrolment restrictions

Restricted to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Dental Science course.
Prerequisite(s)
DOH401

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

-be able to demonstrate continuing competence in a clinical dental setting;
-be able to demonstrate continuing  competence in diagnosis and treatment planning for clinical dentistry;
-be able to demonstrate continuing development of skills in the management of patients with periodontal disease;
-be able to demonstrate developed knowledge and continuing development of skills relevant to the provision of simple safe local anaesthesia;
-be able to demonstrate continued development of clinical skills relevant to the provision of simple dental restorations;
-be able to demonstrate continued development of clinical skills required for the provision of relief of pain and simple endodontic treatment;
-be able to demonstrate continued development of clinical skills relevant to the provision of removable partial dentures;
-be able to demonstrate continued development of clinical competence relevant to the management of simple dental extractions;
-be able to demonstrate the ability to apply dental therapeutics competently within the clinical setting;
-be able to demonstrate understanding and continued development of clinical skills relevant to meeting a patient’s fixed prosthodontic requirements;
-be able to demonstrate an understanding of specific behavioural and management strategies required for the provision of optimal oral health care for children;
-be able to demonstrate continuing development of clinical competency relevant to the management of dental treatment for children;
-be able to demonstrate continuing development of knowledge and skills in the management of patients requiring minor oral surgery procedures.

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:

-Diagnosis and treatment planning
-Periodontics
-Simple restorative dentistry
-Local anaesthetics
-Simple pain relief procedures
-Clinical endodontics
-Exodontia
-Basic removable prosthetics
-Applied dental materials
-Ethics & professionalism
-Infection control
-Occupational health and safety
-Dental therapeutics
-Simple clinical fixed prosthodontics
-Introduction to periodontic and surgical procedures
-Paediatric behavioural and management strategies
-Clinical paediatric dentistry
-Clinical minor oral surgery

Work Place Learning

This subject contains a Workplace Learning component. Please contact the subject coordinator for further information.

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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.