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Clinical Dental Practice 2 (DENT90070)
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
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 (Extended) |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject has the following components: Cariology, Periodontology, General Practice Clinic, Local Analgesia and Treatment Planning.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- understand the importance of diagnosis, treatment planning and accurate record taking in total patient care;
- apply the principles of practice in a clinical environment;
- appraise the patient/health professional relationship and its implications for behaviour in the delivery of dental care;
- understand the importance of the maintenance of oral health on the completion of a course of planned dental treatment;
- apply the concepts of total patient care and understanding the dentist's responsibility for the safe and effective management of persons in the dental situation;
- apply precision, accuracy and self-evaluation in patient care;
- appraise the risks and hazards to protect and maintain a dentist's health;
- apply the principles involved in protecting oral tissues against diseases and the maintenance of oral functional integrity;
- discuss the philosophy underpinning the prevention and treatment of oral diseases;
- understand the fundamentals of the processes of dental caries and periodontal diseases;
- understanding the process of caries management by risk assessment;
- provide appropriate pain management through the use of local analgesia.
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;
- develop skills in professional communication.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Successful completion of all first year DDS subjects.
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 computer-based assessment in periodontology, general practice and treatment planning
| During semester 1 | 10% |
1 x written exam on local anaesthesia, cariology, general practice and treatment planning
| At the end of Block 2 | 30% |
Continuing clinical assessment of patient care in general practice clinic | Throughout Blocks 1 and 2 | 40% |
Continuing clinical assessment of patient care in periodontology clinic | Throughout Blocks 1 and 2 | 20% |
Hurdle requirement: 75% attendance at Lectures; 100% attendance at Seminars/Tutorials, & Clinical Sessions | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Formative Assessment/Feedback: Formative feedback on the computer-based assessment in periodontology, general practice and treatment planning at the end of Block 1.
Continuing formative feedback on clinical sessions in periodontology and general practice.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 (Extended)
Principal coordinator Felicity Crombie Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 118 (indicative) Teaching period 24 January 2022 to 3 June 2022 Last self-enrol date 4 February 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022
Time commitment details
118 contact hours (indicative) and 48 non-contact hours (indicative)
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
Students are required to read the relevant material as posted on LMS prior to each lecture/seminar/tutorial.
Fejerskov O and Kidd E 2008 Dental Caries - The Disease and its Clinical Management 2 nd ed, Munksgaard
Geboy MJ, Muzzio TC and Stark AM 1985 Communication and Behavior Management in Dentistry Williams and Wilkins
Jordan RE, Abrams L and Kraus BS 1992 Kraus' Dental Anatomy and Occlusion 2 nd ed, Mosby
Kidd EAM and Joyston-Bechal S 1997 Essentials of Dental Caries: The Disease and its Management 2 nd ed, Oxford University Press
Kidd EAM and Smith BGN 1996 Pickard's Manual of Operative Dentistry 7 th ed, Oxford University Press
Locker D 1989 An Introduction to Behavioural Science and Dentistry, Routledge
Malamed SF 1990 Handbook of Local Anaesthesia 3 rd ed, Mosby
Mitchell DA and Mitchell L 1991 Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry Oxford University Press
Mount GJ 1994 An Atlas of Glass Ionomer Cements: A Clinician's Guide 2 nd ed, Dunitz
Murray JJ (ed) 1996 Prevention of Oral Disease 3 rd ed, Oxford University Press
Nizel AE 1989 Nutrition in Preventive Dentistry: Science and Practice, 3 rd ed, Saunders OR Lindhe J, Kagging T and Lang N 2008 Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry 5th ed, Munksgaard
Takei H, Newman MG and Carranza FA Jr 2006 Carranza's Clinical Periodontology 10 th ed,
Thomson H 1990 Occlusion 2 nd ed, Wright
Thylstrup A and Fejerskov O 1994 Textbook of Clinical Cariology 2 nd ed, Munksgaard
Walqvist ML (ed) 1988 Food and Nutrition in Australia 3 rd ed, Nelson
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Doctor of Dental Surgery
Last updated: 31 January 2024