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Specialist Dental Practice 2 (DENT90075)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2 (Early-Start)
Melbourne Dental School
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject introduces students to the specialty areas of dental practice related to the provision of complex dental care including fixed prosthodontics and implants, clinical prosthodontics including crowns and bridges, overdentures and clinical endodontics. Students will learn about the principles and clinical and laboratory techniques associated with these areas of clinical dental practice.
Intended learning outcomes
Students should:
- be able to perform an endodontic examination;
- be able to formulate an accurate endodontic diagnosis;
- have developed skills to assess the endodontic case difficulty and be able to decide if a patient should be referred;
- be able to perform endodontic treatment in more complicated cases;
- have developed further clinical skills in restoring broken down teeth with indirect restorations – full coverage fused metal crowns, all metal crowns, direct core build up and cast post cores;
- be able to apply the principles of osseointegration of implants;
- be familiar with different implant components and their usage in a clinical setting;
- have developed skills in providing patient centred care to patients requiring complex restorative procedures.
Generic skills
Students should:
- be able to access new knowledge from different sources, analyse and interpret it in a critical manner
- develop skills in effective communication with teaching staff and peers
- develop effective organizational skills and time management
- develop skills in team work and develop skills of workplace safety
- be able to identify and address their own learning needs.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Successful completion of all Semester 1 (Teaching Blocks 1 and 2) DDS third year subjects:
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DENT90076 | Child and Adolescent Oral Health 2 | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
DENT90078 | Clinical Dental Practice 4 | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
18.75 |
DENT90080 | Dental Research Project 3 | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
DENT90081 | Oral Medicine & Special Needs Dentistry | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DENT90083 | Specialist Dental Practice 1 | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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1 x written paper on Prosthodontics and Endodontics
| At the end of Block 4 | 40% |
1 x OSCE exam on Prosthodontics and Endodontics
| At the end of Block 4 | 40% |
Continuing clinical assessment of patient log book. | Throughout Blocks 3 and 4 | 20% |
Hurdle requirement: 75% attendance at Lectures; 100% Practical Classes (including Laboratory Sessions), & Clinical Sessions | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Completion of endodontic treatment on 3 teeth (one of which must be a multi-canal tooth) and completion of fixed prosthodontics treatment of 3 crowns and 1 cast post and core and submission of all endodontic and fixed prosthodontics case logs are required to sit the 2 hour written exam at the end of Block 4.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2 (Early-Start)
Principal coordinator Kenny Chong Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 115 hours (indicative) Teaching period 28 June 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 9 July 2021 Census date 31 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021 Semester 2 (Early-Start) contact information
Melbourne Dental School
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
115 contact hours (indicative) and 35 non-contact hours(indicative)
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
Rosenstiel ST, Land MF and Fujimoto J 2006 Contemporary Fixed Prosthodontics 4th ed, Mosby Elsevier
Torabinejad M, Walton RE 2009 Endodontics: Principles and Practice 4th ed, Saunders, Philadelphia, Pa., London
Worthington P, Lang BR and Rubenstein, JE 2003 Osseointegration in Dentistry: An Overview, Quintessence
Last updated: 31 January 2024