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Forensic Odontology 1 (DENT90039)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Contact information
Semester 1
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 taken by students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Forensic Odontology.
The formal teaching is given in one intensive teaching periods of 4 or 5 weeks duration. This compression of teaching is intended to assist and encourage interstate and overseas participants. The subject covers basic dental science and forensic medicine and pathology.
The subject's two major components are:
A. Basic Dental Science Unit
1. Embryology of human cranio-facial structures.
2. Anatomy of human cranio-facial structures.
3. Dental embryology.
4. Human tooth morphology.
5. Physical anthropology. Racial traits.
6. Comparative dental anatomy.
7. Dental histology.
8. Age changes to teeth and jaws.
9. Physical methods of study, eg. fundamentals of optics and the utilization of the electro-magnetic spectrum.
10. Data collection, storage, transmission and retrieval.
B. Forensic Medicine and Pathology Unit
1. History of Forensic Odontology.
2. Hazards of the mortuary and scene of crime.
3. The medico-legal autopsy and post-mortem changes.
4. Bite marks and other wounds to the external surface of the bodies of the living and deceased.
5. Identification using Molecular Biology DNA 'fingerprinting'.
6. Non-biological methods of identification.
7. Recording methods and preparation of reports.
8. Soft tissue injuries (the differential diagnosis of the causative agent).
9. Assessment and recording of cranio-facial injuries.
10. Field-kit.
11. Disaster victim identification (DVI).
12. Exhumation.
13. Forensic photography non-contact 3D measurement.
14. Forensic psychology/psychiatry - offender profiling.
Intended learning outcomes
This Subject is no longer available
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Two written examinations each of one and a half hours duration. Each paper to be devoted to one of the units (basic dental science and forensic medicine and pathology).
| End of semester | N/A |
One oral examination.
| Upon completion of the semester | N/A |
Two essays of approximately 3,000 words each, for each of the subject's units. The subjects and titles will be set at the beginning of each semester. This may take the form of critical reviews of the relevant literature.
| N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours No longer offered Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 contact information
Melbourne Dental School
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
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Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Additional delivery details
Intensive teaching period of approximately 4-5 weeks during semester 1.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
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Last updated: 31 January 2024