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Principles of Specialty 2 (DENT90016)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Melbourne Dental School
Specialist Coordinators
Endodontics - Professor Peter Parashos
Oral Medicine - Professor Michael McCullough
Orthodontics - Associate Professor Paul Schneider
Paediatric Dentistry - Professor David Manton
Periodontics - Professor Ivan Darby
Prosthodontics - Associate Professor Roy Judge
Special Needs Dentistry - Associate Professor Mina Borromeo
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Melbourne Dental School
Specialist Coordinators
Endodontics - Professor Peter Parashos
Oral Medicine - Professor Michael McCullough
Orthodontics - Associate Professor Paul Schneider
Paediatric Dentistry - Professor David Manton
Periodontics - Professor Ivan Darby
Prosthodontics - Associate Professor Roy Judge
Special Needs Dentistry - Associate Professor Mina Borromeo
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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The subject may be undertaken in the following specialties: Endodontics, Oral Medicine, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Special Needs Dentistry. Further details are below:
ENDODONTICS: Students participate in a weekly seminar/tutorial program (3-5 hours per week), which addresses basic and advanced topics in clinical endodontics and related biology, with a strong emphasis on current literature. Students present two seminars per semester, based on critical reviews of literature on assigned topics. Weekly reviews of current literature are also conducted.
ORAL MEDICINE: The subject covers basic clinical sciences in particular, oral pathology, oral medicine, oral radiology and relevant aspects of general and forensic pathology and general and forensic medicine. This includes participation in tutorials, presentation of seminars and participation in review meetings at various venues, including the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine.
ORTHODONTICS: A series of seminars, assigned readings and student-prepared assignments on the basic and applied sciences that form the basis of the specialty.
PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY: This subject covers the basic areas of Pediatric Dentistry: behaviour guidance, growth and development, interceptive orthodontics, diagnosis and treatment planning, prevention, trauma, restorative dentistry, pulp therapy, anaesthesia and sedation, oral surgery, and care of the medically compromised child. The curriculum incorporates lectures, seminars and case presentations given weekly and supplemented by the presentation of student assignments. A journal club, when students review the latest issues of several journals in the field, is held weekly.
PERIODONTICS: Students attend seminars each week in Periodontics which cover basic and clinical topics and include reviews of current literature. The biology of the periodontal tissues, the biological basis of periodontal diseases, their treatment, control and prevention and the inter-relationship between Periodontics and other areas of dentistry are covered at an advanced level. Oral implantology and aesthetic dentistry, as these relate to periodontal care, form a component of the curriculum.
PROSTHODONTICS:Seminars and student prepared assignments in the basic and applied sciences that form the basis of the specialty.
SPECIAL NEEDS DENTISTRY: The subject focuses on the oral health care of Special Needs patients: relationships between general health and oral health, chronic medical conditions, medical emergencies, oral manifestations of medical conditions, pharmacology and therapeutics, communication and behaviour management, oro-motor dysfunction, salivary dysfunction, rational dental treatment planning, preventive dentistry, advanced clinical dentistry techniques, sedation and general anaesthesia, portable dentistry, ethics, dental public health, and oral epidemiology. The curriculum will be covered by lectures, seminars, and assignments. A weekly journal club will involve students reviewing key Special Needs Dentistry journal articles and literature.
Intended learning outcomes
To provide seminars, assigned readings and student-prepared assignments on the basic and applied sciences that form the basis of the specialty.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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An overall pass mark must be achieved. This may be a combination of assessed student seminar presentations, written assignments and/or written examinations. All seminars are to be attended unless by prior arrangement with the specialty convener. | Throughout the teaching period | 100% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator David Manton Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Varies from 3 to 6 hrs per week depending on the specialty. Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Melbourne Dental School
Specialist Coordinators
Endodontics - Professor Peter Parashos
Oral Medicine - Professor Michael McCullough
Orthodontics - Associate Professor Paul Schneider
Paediatric Dentistry - Professor David Manton
Periodontics - Professor Ivan Darby
Prosthodontics - Associate Professor Roy Judge
Special Needs Dentistry - Associate Professor Mina Borromeo
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator David Manton Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Varies from 3 to 6 hrs per week depending on the specialty. Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Melbourne Dental School
Specialist Coordinators
Endodontics - Professor Peter Parashos
Oral Medicine - Professor Michael McCullough
Orthodontics - Associate Professor Paul Schneider
Paediatric Dentistry - Professor David Manton
Periodontics - Professor Ivan Darby
Prosthodontics - Associate Professor Roy Judge
Special Needs Dentistry - Associate Professor Mina Borromeo
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Varies from 4 to 8 hours of non-contact private study per week depending on the specialty.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Doctor of Clinical Dentistry
Last updated: 31 January 2024