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DOH401 Dental Clinical Practice 4A (24)

Abstract

This is a continuation of dental clinical practice from DOH331 and DOH332.  This subject is designed to provide students with the skills necessary to provide more complex and comprehensive clinical care. Fixed prosthodontics will be introduced into patient care. Students will also be introduced to periodontal surgical procedures in periodontal and restorative case management. Additionally, students will gain the requisite skills in diagnosis, treatment planning and case selection for general practitioner level paediatric care as well as an appropriate understanding of the referral pathways essential for optimal paediatric care.

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Session 1
InternalOrange Campus
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: DOH401
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)
DOH332

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

-be able to demonstrate continuing familiarity and competence in a clinical dental setting;
-be able to demonstrate continuing familiarity and 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 developing 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 understanding of the general principles of pharmacology and with particular relevance to dental care;
-be able to demonstrate understanding and clinical skills relevant to meeting a patient’s basic fixed prosthodontics requirements;
-be able to demonstrate an understanding of the context of surgical periodontics within overall patient care;
-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 an understanding of examination, diagnosis, treatment planning and the treatment skills required for the provision of dental treatment for children.

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 prosthesis
-Applied dental materials
-Ethics & professionalism
-Infection control
-Occupational health and safety
-Simple clinical fixed prosthodontics
-Introduction to periodontic and surgical procedures
-Introduction to paediatric behavioural and management strategies
-Introduction to clinical paediatric dentistry

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 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.