Orthodontic Interdisciplinary Seminar II

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: ORTO 9101 to ORTO 9107, ORTO 9201 to ORTO 9203, ORTO 9205 to ORTO 9208. Co -requisites: ORTO 9301, ORTO 9303, ORTO 9304, ORTO 9307. This course is designed to train the Orthodontic graduate residents to evaluate all the dental aspects that need to be taken into consideration before the diagnosis and treatment planning of a case. A broad variety of lectures reviewing the important aspec ts of the clinical areas of Periodontics, Endodontics, and Prosthodontics, implants, occlusion and TMJ and their interrelationship with orthodontic treatment will be presented. Readings will be assigned for each lectures and the resident will actively part icipate during the presentation. Seminars with interdisciplinary staffing will be conducted where emphasis will be placed on the early diagnosis and detection of dental problems that will affect the orthodontic treatment and the adequate treatment sequence that should be followed. Each resident is responsible for presenting a clinical case that requires the multidisciplinary approach. Grading System: Passed (P), Fail (F)