DENT 6305      Operative Dentistry I Lecture
An introduction to the prevention and principles of the restorative treatment of dental caries.
Credits: 1 hours
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DENT 6306      Transitions: An Introduction to the Profession and Practice of Dentistry
This course is the first in a sequence of courses throughout the dental education curriculum designed to prepare the graduate dentist in the skills and values of ethics, professionalism and practice management. The courses use self-assessment and strategic planning as foundations and lead the students through identification of personal and professional aspirations, and culminate in building each student's competence in dental practice management.
Credits: 1.5 hours
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DENT 6310      Clinical Assisting
An introduction to the principles and techniques of chairside dental assisting, clinical protocols and procedures, basics of communication, and handling professional stress. Students will then assist third and fourth year students in various clinical areas after appropriate preperation. Offered: Fall
Credits: hours
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DENT 6312      Dental Behavioral Science I
An introduction to the basic principles of behavioral science as they relate to oral self-care. Topics include basic principles of human behavior, adherence and motivational interviewing. Students will complete an in-depth motivational project and a communation basic skills exam with selected patients.
Credits: 1-2 hours
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DENT 6314      Introduction To Oral Diagnosis
An introduction to the principles and techniques of oral diagnosis. Topics include patient history and examination and various diagnostic techniques. Students will perform an oral diagnosis on selected classmates and clinic patients after appropriate preparation.
Credits: hours
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DENT 6315      Preventive Periodontics
This course introduces preventive theory and the instrumentation skills necessary to provide patient care. Students are introduced to fundamental clinical procedures including plaque control, gingival assessment, and periodontal probing. Basic periodontal instrumentation skills are introduced.
Credits: hours
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DENT 6316      Dental Morphology
This lecture/laboratory course introduces the student to the anatomy of the oral cavity and structures of the stomatognathic system. A thorough review of dental anatomy and dental terminology of the primary and permanent dentition will be presented. The students' knowledge of dental morphology will be reinforced by constructing wax models of permanent dentition.
Credits: 3 hours
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DENT 6317      Dental Occlusion
This lecture/laboratory course will review the principles of occlusion and the anatomy and function of the stomatognathic system. The course will also provide an introduction to temporomandibular disorders and pathological changes caused by the occlusion. The practical application of gnathologic instruments is demonstrated in the laboratory, followed by occlusal treatments useful in the management of temporomandibular disorders. The judicious use of gnathologic instruments in dental reconstruction and occlusal therapy will be reviewed. Offered: Spring.
Credits: 3 hours
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DENT 6318      Dental Biomaterials
This course combines the sciences of chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, and engineering to explain the use and behavior of a variety of materials used in dentistry. The purpose of the course is to provide an expanded overview and a clinically-focused approach to the selection and application of biomaterials used throughout dentistry. Semester Offered: Fall.
Credits: 1 hours
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DENT 6328      Clinical Decision Making in Denistry
An experiential course that uses current controversies in to facilitate development of skills needed for making valid decision in clinical dentistry. Students will apply basic principles of database searching, research design and methodology to the critical analysis of contemporary dental literature. DENT 325 is a one-hour course that will: 1) Provide you with sufficient information to perform week on the portions of the national boards that deal with research design and methodology; and , 2) give you skills sufficient to search for, locate, and evaluate valid information related to clinical questions in contemporary dentistry.
Credits: 1,2 hours
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DENT 6350      Introduction To The Histopathology Of Oral Tissues
A comparison of the microscopic anatomy of healthy and diseased oral tissues.
Credits: 2.5 hours
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DENT 6390      Dental Research Experience
This independent study course focuses upon experience gained in both an area of dental research as well as the process of research in working with an established dental researcher.
Credits: 1 hours
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DENT 6410      Operative Dentistry II Lecture
A continuation of DENT 6305. Principles of cavity preparation, materials and techniques are stressed.
Credits: 1 hours
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DENT 6411      Operative Dentistry III Lecture
A continuation of DENT 6410.
Credits: 1 hours
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DENT 6412      Anesthesiology I Lecture
Infiltration and regional anesthesia; technique of injections; complications of local anesthesia; a brief overview of conscious sedation.
Credits: 1 hours
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DENT 6414      Pathology I Lecture
The general etiology of disease; circulatory and metabolic disorders; degenerative processes; inflammation; infection and immunity; tumors; and organ system pathology.
Credits: 4 hours
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DENT 6415      Pathology II
A study of developmental defects, inflammatory diseases, and neoplasia of the oral region.
Credits: 2 hours
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DENT 6416      Complete Removable Prosthodontics
This course will introduce the dental student to concepts and procedures involved in the rehabilitation of the completely edentulous patient. Information presented will include proper clinical examination techniques, an evaluation of the findings and their impact on treatment and treatment options. The student will become familiar with the clinical steps involved in the fabrication of complete dentures and the rationale supporting these procedures. Laboratory steps as they relate to clinical treatment procedures will also be discussed. There will be additional information presented regarding single complete dentures, immediate dentures, overdentures, implant-retained complete dentures, and rebasing and relining techniques.
Credits: 1 hours
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DENT 6417      Removable Partial Prosthodontics
A 3 credit hour combined lecture and laboratory course. In lecture students will study terminology and all aspects of removable partial denture design theory to provide health, longevity, and esthetics of the prosthesis and periodontium. In the laboratory the student will learn to plan, design, and prepare the mouth for a prosthesis. They will demonstrate understanding of concepts and methods by applying them to the solution of problems. They will: Develop critical thinking and problem solving related to diagnosis, planning and treatment; Make decisions based on current, empirical, and published evidence. Offered: Spring
Credits: 3 hours
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DENT 6420      Periodontics I
It is the scope of this course to introduce the basic disease mechanisms involved in the evolution of the inflammatory periodontal lesion; i.e., the interaction of the host tissues with the oral microbial flora. The course will cover the entire range of possible periodontal diseases, ranging from simple marginal gingivitis to AIDS related necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis. Further, the course will continually reinforce the science of periodontology and its overwhelming relationship to the clinical practice of periodontics.
Credits: 2 hours
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