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Clinical Dental Practice 3 (DENT90073)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On 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 2 (Extended)
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 is a continuation of first semester subject "Clinical Dental Practice 2" and has the following components: Cariology, Periodontology, General Practice Clinic, Treatment Planning and Removable Prosthodontics.
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 understand 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;
- understand the process of caries management by risk assessment;
- provide appropriate pain management through the use of local analgesia;
- understand the sequelae of the loss of all or part of the dentition, and complete and partial denture therapy.
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 organisational skills and time management;
- develop skills in team work and 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 1st Semester (Teaching Blocks 1 and 2) 2nd 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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Continuing clinical assessment of patient care in removable prosthodontics | Throughout Teaching Blocks 3 and 4 | 10% |
Viva voce on treatment planning - 45 minutes viewing of case, followed by 15 minute viva voce
| At the end of Teaching Block 3 | 20% |
Continuing clinical assessment of patient care in general practice | Throughout Teaching Blocks 3 and 4 | 20% |
Continuing clinical assessment of patient care in periodontics | Throughout Teaching Blocks 3 and 4 | 10% |
Case presentation of one general practice patient (presentation of patient record without the patient present) [emphasis on treatment planning, periodontology, cariology and conservative dentistry]
| At the end of Teaching Block 4 | 20% |
1 x written paper on periodontology and treatment planning (including removable prosthodontics)
| At the end of Teaching Block 4 | 20% |
Formative Assessment/Feedback: Continuing formative feedback on clinical sessions in periodontology and general practice | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Formative feedback on the treatment planning case viva voce | At the end of Teaching Block 3 | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: 75% attendance at Lectures; 100% attendance at Seminars/Tutorials, Practical Classes, Clinical Sessions and Treatment Planning | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2 (Extended)
Principal coordinator Felicity Crombie Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 177 (indicative) Teaching period 27 June 2022 to 28 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 8 July 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 (Extended) contact information
Melbourne Dental School
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
177 contact hours (indicative), 64 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.
Carr AB and Brown DT 2010 McCraken’s Removable Partial Prosthodontics 12 th ed, Mosby
Davenport JC et al 2000-2001 Clinical Guide to Removable Partial Dentures (series of articles in the British Dental Journal)
Fejerskov O and Kidd E 2008 Dental Caries - The Disease and its Clinical Management 2 nd ed, Munksgaard
Grant AA and Johnson W 1992 Removable Denture Prosthodontics 2 nd ed, Churchill Livingstone
Jordan RE, Abrams L and Kraus BS 1992 Kraus' Dental Anatomy and Occlusion 2 nd ed, Mosby
Klineberg I 1991 Occlusion: Principles and Assessment Wright
Malamed SF 1990 Handbook of Local Anaesthesia 3 rd ed, Mosby
McCord JF and Grant AA 2000 A Clinical Guide to Complete Denture Prosthetics (series of articles in the British Dental Journal)
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
Schwartz RS, Summitt JB and Robbins JW 2001 Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry. A Contemporary Approach 2 nd, ed, Quintessence
Zarb GA, Hobkirk J, Eckert S and Jacob R (eds) 2012 Prosthodontic Treatment for Edentulous Patients: Complete Dentures and Implant-Supported Prostheses, 13 th ed, Mosby, St Louis
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Doctor of Dental Surgery
Last updated: 31 January 2024