Comprehensive Care Family Dentistry

Catalog description

In this course, students will focus on developing their family of patients in conjunction with other members of their care team as lead by the faculty team leader as they provide comprehensive general dentistry to adults with diverse ethnic, linguistic, socioeconomic backgrounds, and patient-specific unique oral health needs. Students will continue to participate in case presentations, conduct oral evaluations, derive diagnoses, formulate comprehensive treatment plans, and perform general dentistry in a care team-based delivery model. There will be emphasis on diagnosis and treatment planning, completion of initial urgent procedures, and further develop the completion of Phase 1 therapy, disease control mitigation of risk, and initiation of preventive care in the patient family.