Cariology and Operative Dentistry Clinic

Catalog description

This course will transition students from preclinical simulation exercises in contemporary and classical restorative procedures to patient care. Students will treatment plan complex cases based upon caries risk assessment. This will include techniques promoting remineralization such as dietary analysis, in-office and at home therapies. In addition, there will be a manikin simulation program which includes competency testing in porcelain veneer preparations and onlay restorations. The course provides the formal parameters for student evaluation in patient caries management under faculty supervision in the general dentistry clinics. The didactic portion of the course will consist of assigned current literature pertinent to the practical application of Cariology and Operative Dentistry. This course is open only to students in the Doctor of Dental Surgery program. Core curriculum.