Restorative Comprehensive Care I: Operative Dentistry

Catalog description

The overall purpose of this course is to facilitate the transition of students from the pre-clinic laboratory to the clinic setting. Students are expected to demonstrate competency in the surgical treatment of dental caries prior to being certified ready for patient treatment. Treatment planning in Operative Dentistry will be discussed, which includes the diagnosis of dental caries and other dental abnormalities; and the understanding of different treatment options relating to the diagnosis. The course will provide exercises that simulate the preparation and restoration of individual teeth exhibiting moderate to extensive destruction resulting from dental caries. These simulation exercises will include the preparation and restoration of teeth utilizing dental amalgam, intra-coronal and partial veneer cast gold, porcelain, and composite resin. The course will also provide a foundation of knowledge that is necessary for restoring individual teeth exhibiting moderate to extensive destruction resulting from dental caries. The principles, rationale, technique for and indications, contraindications, advantages, and disadvantages of restoring these lesions with dental amalgam, intra-coronal and partial veneer cast gold, porcelain, and composite resin will be presented.