Clinical Case Studies III

Catalog description

This course is the third of a three-course sequence (Fall, Winter, Spring) designed to introduce dental students to the fundamentals of comprehensive treatment planning. Students will 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 spring course is to individually use and analyze the relevant collected information from the intraoral and extraoral exams, radiographic interpretations and medical history questionnaire, to formulate a treatment plan using critical thinking principles.