DENTAL TERMINOLOGY AND ANATOMY

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Integrated Pre-Clinical Sciences. Students immediately begin collaboration with their colleagues to conceptualize and value their roles as health care providers. Students are introduced to a diverse “family of patients” with a varying complexity of needs. Course instruction and team-based learning will relate to this family and their care. This course integrates corresponding biomedical coursework to introduce basic concepts of dental anatomy. The didactic component includes nomenclature, timing of tooth development and eruption, the form and function of primary teeth, and an introduction to dental materials and basic restorative techniques Students will be evaluated on the mastery of laboratory skills and simulation of reconstructive dentistry procedures as they relate to our patient “family” . Foundational knowledge of direct restorative materials is presented. Projects in this course include the use of composite in building teeth to partial and full contour using additive and subtractive techniques. Formative and summative assessments will be used to frequently appraise students’ progress as patient-centered practitioners, evidence-based and critical thinkers, and Lifelong Colleagues. DMD 5321 RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY 1 Integrated Pre-Clinical Sciences. Radiation physics, radiation, biology, hygiene and safety theories with an emphasis on the fundamentals of oral radiographic techniques and basic interpretation of radiographs. Includes exposure to intraoral radiographs, quality assurance, radiographic anatomy, basic radiographic interpretation, basic radiographic pathology description, patient selection criteria, and other ancillary radiographic techniques. This is a fast-paced exciting course, which has been designed to provide the most authentic clinical simulation possible to provide the participant with the smoothest transition to live patient care possible. The…