Clinical Case Studies I

Catalog description

This course is the first of a three-course sequence (Fall, Winter, Spring) designed to introduce dental students to the fundamentals of comprehensive treatment planning. Students learn how to gather, analyze, and interpret diagnostic information—including the patient’s medical and dental history, radiographs, photographs, and clinical findings to develop a properly phased, sequenced treatment plan. The focus of the fall course, in large groups, is on learning how to collect relevant information from the intraoral and extraoral exams, radiographic interpretations and medical history questionnaire, and how to formulate a treatment plan using critical thinking principles.