Clinical Dentistry-I

Course Code
DDS503
Course Title
Clinical Dentistry-I
Course Description

The purpose of this course is to reinforce and refine patient management skills that students have been introduced to in the fourth year courses. It is designed to observe, evaluate, and subsequently assist students in understanding and practicing proper comprehensive patient care and management. This course focuses on refinement and integration of clinical skills. It does not contain any formal theoretical lecturing. Students are assigned in clinical blocks for patient care and treatment planning. These treatment plans and completed treatment are discussed, and are evaluated as to the rationale and sequences used. Taught by an interdisciplinary faculty, this course considers strategies and approaches for the integration of isolated dental procedures into an appropriately sequenced treatment plan for comprehensive patient care.

Prerequisites
DDS406, DDS401, DDS402, DDS403, DDS404, DDS405, DDS408, DDS409, DDS407, DDS410, DDS411, DDS412, DDS413, DDS414, DDS415, DDS416
Credits
6
Course Type
Clinical/Field training
Offered
Fall