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Child and Adolescent Oral Health 2 (DENT90076)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)

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This subject is a continuation of Child and Adolescent Oral Health 1 (Semester 2 of 2nd year). It will be conducted as a pre-clinical and clinical subject and has 2 components: Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject. students should have achieved competencies in:



  • assessing human growth and development from childhood, through adolescence and early adulthood;
  • accurate history-taking, clinical oral examination and patient management of children and adolescents;
  • intra-oral radiography procedures and local analgesia administration in the child patient;
  • basic treatment planning for child and adolescent patients.

Generic skills

Students should:

  1. be able to access new knowledge from different sources, analyse and interpret it in a critical manner;
  2. develop skills in effective communication with teaching staff and peers;
  3. develop effective organizational skills and time management;
  4. develop skills in team work and develop skills of workplace safety;
  5. be able to identify and address their own learning needs.

Last updated: 31 October 2023