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DENTCL 666

Oral Medicine Clerkship – Spring

Course Director: Rolf Christensen
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Spring / 3

Course Overview

This course, the third in a series of three, provides students with the experience and skills necessary to provide complete dental care, from assessment through treatment, for patients with urgent and emergent oral health issues; developmental or acquired disabilities; chronic or acute orofacial pain; neurosensory, chemosensory or movement disorders; or oral problems caused by treatment of cancer.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

  1. Communicate effectively with patients of all ages and stages of life and in a culturally sensitive manner with diverse populations including patients with special healthcare needs.
  2. Using the patient interview, make an appropriate treatment or management plan applicable to the dental care setting that includes non-dental considerations for patients with special healthcare needs.
  3. Assess the structural and functional status of the head, neck, craniofacial, oral, oropharyngeal structures of patients that involve an assessment of orofacial pain, temporomandibular dysfunction, and risks of oral cancer.
  4. From a problem list, develop a differential diagnosis and a working diagnosis for each problem that does not have a definitive diagnosis.
  5. Compose a comprehensive staged and sequenced treatment plan, customized to the patient’s needs, desires, and financial restrictions, that contemplates non-dental considerations.
  6. Demonstrate good practices in case presentation and professional etiquette when consulting and collaborating with other members of the health care team.
  7. Effectively communicate with medical, behavioral, or dental specialists when there are problems and issues that require referral.
  8. Facilitate the effective diagnosis and management of the patient’s oral and maxillofacial diseases and conditions, by prescribing and evaluating diagnostic radiographic imaging (including CBCT).
  9. Identify problems and issues from the problem list that require referral to or collaboration with another health care professional.
  10. Collaborate with UW School of Pharmacy students to develop and execute care plans for patients’ pain, infection, dry mouth, and other patient-specific medication-related needs.
  11. Demonstrate diagnostic tests that can differentiate between the items on the differential diagnosis list and can verify the correct diagnosis.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-02, C-09, C-06, C-05, C-11, C-30, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-16, C-29, C-17, CE-04, C-14, C-28, C-04, C-08, C-15, C18, C-24, C-25, C-26, C-19, C-21, C-22, C-23, C-27

Date last updated: 2024-03-21

DENTCL 665

Dental Curriculum Threads

Oral Diagnosis & Treatment Planning Clerkship – Spring

Course Director: Stuart Taylor
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Spring / 3

Course Overview

This clerkship course focuses on the patient examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan, supported by a trusting relationship between the patient and the dentist. Students learn the foundational skills for performing a thorough and comprehensive patient assessment and oral examination; developing problem lists and differential diagnoses; creating a person-centered, multidisciplinary treatment plan that considers the patients desires, expectations, and financial limitations; communicating interprofessionally; and using oral and maxillofacial radiography and radiographic interpretation.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

  1. Perform a comprehensive patient history and examination.
  2. Differentiate normal clinical anatomy from pathology.
  3. Identify oral health risk factors.
  4. Interpret biopsychosocial problems or issues and their importance for oral health and a dental treatment plan.
  5. Interpret oral and maxillofacial radiographs that are taken in the clinic.
  6. Distinguish normal anatomy from pathology on dental and maxillofacial radiographs.
  7. Identify the most urgent treatment needs.
  8. Compose a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, person-centered treatment plan, customized to patient needs, desires and financial restrictions.
  9. Compare treatment plan options.

UWSOD Competencies: CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, C-05, C-11, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-16, C-29, C-17, C-07, C-14, C-28, C-04, C-08, C-15, C-19, C-20, C21, C-22, C-23, C-27, CE-05

Date last updated: 2024-03-09

DENTCL 664

Dental Curriculum Threads

Operative Dentistry Clerkship – Spring

Course Director: Pollene Speed McIntyre & JM Anderson
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Spring / 3

Course Overview

Operative dentistry plays a key role in disease control and the integration of comprehensive care in patient treatment. Students will diagnose and treat conditions of the human dentition that fall within the scope of operative dentistry. Emphasis is placed on preventive therapies for caries. In the daily clinical environment, the student and faculty will utilize the patient-assessment and treatment-planning process to ensure preventive and restorative procedures provided are appropriate for the patient’s comprehensive care.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

  1. Use the patient assessment and treatment planning processes when providing comprehensive patient care.
  2. Perform the appropriate diagnosis and treatment for conditions of the human dentition that fall within the scope of operative dentistry.
  3. Perform disease control and preventive, chemotherapeutic, and restorative therapies for the human dentition based upon proper diagnosis.
  4. Complete basic Class II amalgams plus Class III and/or IV resin composite restorations.
  5. Integrate knowledge, decision-making, and clinical skills to provide quality patient care.
  6. Treat patients, faculty, staff, and peers in an ethical and professional manner.
  7. Exhibit self-improvement/self-directed learning by being prepared for the clinical experience and by self-assessing performance.
  8. Perform caries risk assessments for patients using the ADA “Caries Risk Assessment Form.”
  9. Explain the significance of the different levels of caries susceptibility.
  10. Determine restorability and prognosis of a patient’s individual teeth and their whole dentition.
  11. Perform high quality complex restorative procedures on patients, specifically Class II amalgams, Class III or IV resin composite restorations, build-up procedures, root caries restoration, and crown repairs, with minimal guidance from supervising clinical instructors.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-08, C-15, C-07, CE-04, C-14, C-28, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-16, C-17, C-05, C-11, C-30, C-19, C-21, C-22, CE-05

Date last updated: 2025-03-11

DENTCL 662

Dental Curriculum Threads

Periodontics Clerkship – Spring

Course Director: Diane Daubert
Credits: 1
Quarters/Yr of Program: Spring / 3

Course Overview

The periodontics clerkship prepares dental students to provide periodontal therapy within the scope of practice of general dentistry. In the didactic component, students expand their knowledge in preparation for clinical experiences. In the clinical component, students treat patients of a minimal-to-moderate difficulty level. At the end of the clerkship, the student will be able to diagnose periodontal disease, propose an appropriate treatment plan that addresses the patient’s periodontal needs, complete initial periodontal treatment, and determine when a referral to a periodontal specialist is necessary.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

  1. Clinically assess patients with periodontal diseases.
  2. Accurately identify radiographic findings needed for periodontal disease diagnosis.
  3. Design evidence-based treatment plans to address the periodontal needs and desires of dental patients in conjunction with their overall dental health needs.
  4. Demonstrate clinical skills and ethical values in periodontal therapy and treatment.
  5. Apply surgical concepts from all relevant specialties to prosthodontic procedures.
  6. Complete all the steps for the fabrication and delivery of an occlusal/night guard.
  7. Demonstrate oral hygiene instruction to patients.
  8. Perform periodontal prevention activities, caries risk assessment, and diet analysis on periodontics patients.
  9. Accurately self-assess the quality of one’s work.
  10. Coordinate care for the management of periodontal diseases.
  11. Identify patients in need of periodontal surgery.
  12. Manage advanced periodontal lesions.
  13. Explain the biology of periodontal regeneration.
  14. Demonstrate the use of the correct periodontal instruments for each clinical need.
  15. Refer a patient to a periodontal specialist when indicated.

UWSOD Competencies: CE-02, C-03, CE-06, C-02, C-09, C-05, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-17, C-14, C-28, C-15, C-18, C-24, C-25, C-26, C-20, C-22, C-23

Date last updated: 2024-03-09

DENTCL 661

Dental Curriculum Threads

Prosthodontics Clerkship – Spring

Course Director:  Sami Dogan & Kavita Shor
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Spring / 3

Course Overview

This is the third course in a three-part series that introduces students to clinical prosthodontics, building on the preclinical training from the first and second years of the curriculum. At the end of the clerkship, student dentists will be able to identify, treatment plan, and provide clinical care for the prosthodontic needs of patients.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

  1. Perform head-and-neck and dental examinations to facilitate proper diagnosis of all the patient’s oral and maxillofacial diseases and conditions.
  2. Incorporate risk assessment for and prevention of caries, periodontal disease, and head and neck cancer, including dietary and salivary analysis, into the assessment and treatment of prosthodontics, implant, and restorative dentistry patients.
  3. Facilitate the effective diagnosis and management of the patient’s oral and maxillofacial diseases and conditions by prescribing and evaluating diagnostic radiographic imaging (including CBCT), and by recommending biopsies, referrals, and other special evaluations.
  4. Diagnose defective or failing dental restorations, partially or fully edentulous ridges, soft tissue pathology, and occlusal discrepancies, particularly as they relate to the provision of prosthodontic, implant or restorative care.
  5. Assess both the impact of general health conditions on the provision of oral health care and the impact of oral health conditions on general health to safeguard the patient’s well-being.
  6. Describe the indications for use of a therapeutic acrylic occlusal splint and the advantages of its use to deliver an appropriate occlusal treatment.
  7. Explain the role and impact of dental implants in the rehabilitation of edentulous/partially edentulous patients
  8. Identify dental digital systems (CAD/CAM) that can be used in the planning, design, and treatment of teeth, implants, and fixed/removable prostheses.
  9. Perform tissue management such as tissue retraction techniques and electrosurgery.
  10. In a coordinated manner, integrate other dental specialties into a patient’s prosthodontic and restorative treatment.
  11. Design comprehensive sequenced and staged patient-centered dental treatment plans, incorporating preventive and prosthetic and/or restorative dental treatment, to address the needs and desires of the dental patient.
  12. Successfully manage problems associated with prosthodontic, restorative, and multidisciplinary cases of varying levels of treatment complexity.
  13. Accurately self-assess the quality of one’s own work.
  14. Incorporate sound ethical and legal principles into the performance of all clinical procedures.
  15. Provide current evidence-based prosthodontic and restorative care through the analysis and use of appropriate scientific and lay literature.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, C-04, C-08, C-15, C-07, C-14, C-28, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-29, C-05, C-11, C-30, C-24, C-19, C-20, C-21, CE-05

Date last updated: 2025-03-11

DENTCL 656

Dental Curriculum Threads

Oral Medicine Clerkship – Winter

Course Director: Rolf Christensen
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Winter / 3

Course Overview

This course, the second in a series of three, provides students with the experience and skills necessary to provide complete dental care from assessment through treatment for patients with urgent and emergent oral health issues; developmental or acquired disabilities; chronic or acute orofacial pain; neurosensory, chemosensory or movement disorders; or oral problems caused by treatment of cancer.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

1. Communicate effectively with patients of all ages and stages of life and in a culturally sensitive manner with diverse populations including patients with special healthcare needs.
2. Using the patient interview, make an appropriate treatment or management plan applicable to the dental care setting that includes non-dental considerations for patients with special healthcare needs.
3. Assess the structural and functional status of the head, neck, craniofacial, oral, oropharyngeal structures of patients that involve an assessment of orofacial pain, temporomandibular dysfunction, and risks of oral cancer.
4. From a problem list, develop a differential diagnosis and a working diagnosis for each problem that does not have a definitive diagnosis.
5. Compose a comprehensive staged and sequenced treatment plan, customized to the patient’s needs, desires, and financial restrictions, that contemplates non-dental considerations.
6. Demonstrate good practices in case presentation and professional etiquette when consulting and collaborating with other members of the health care team.
7. Effectively communicate with medical, behavioral, or dental specialists when there are problems and issues that require referral.
8. Facilitate the effective diagnosis and management of the patient’s oral and maxillofacial diseases and conditions, by prescribing and evaluating diagnostic radiographic imaging (including CBCT).
9. Identify problems and issues from the problem list that require referral to or collaboration with another health care professional.
10. Form collaborative care plans with UW School of Pharmacy students for managing patients’ pain, infection, dry mouth, and other patient-specific medication-related needs.

UWSOD Competencies: C–01, C-10, C-02, C-09, C-06, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-04, C-08, C-15, CE-04, C-14, C-28, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-16, C-29, C-17, C-05, C-11, C-30, C-18, C-24, C-25, C-26, C-19, C-21, C-22, C-23, C-27

Date last updated: 2026-01-07

DENTCL 655

Dental Curriculum Threads

Oral Diagnosis & Treatment Planning Clerkship – Winter

Course Director: Stuart Taylor
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Winter / 3

Course Overview

This clerkship course focuses on the patient examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan, supported by a trusting relationship between the patient and the dentist. Students learn the foundational skills for performing a thorough and comprehensive patient assessment and oral examination; developing problem lists and differential diagnoses; creating a person-centered, multidisciplinary treatment plan that considers the patients desires, expectations, prognosis and financial limitations; communicating interprofessionally; and using oral and maxillofacial radiography and radiographic interpretation.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

1. Perform a comprehensive patient history and examination.
2. Differentiate normal clinical anatomy from pathology.
3. Identify oral health risk factors.
4. Assess the impact of medical problems or issues on oral health and a dental treatment plan.
5. Interpret oral and maxillofacial radiographs that are taken in the clinic.
6. Distinguish dental/maxillofacial radiological normal anatomy from pathology.
7. Identify the patient’s most urgent treatment needs.
8. Compose a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, person-centered, appropriately sequenced treatment plan, customized to patient needs, desires, and financial restrictions.
9. Present treatment plan options to fellow students, faculty, and patients.
10. Communicate effectively with patients and professional colleagues.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-04, C-08, C-15, C-07, C-14, C-28, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-16, C-29, C-17, C-05, C-11, C18, C-24, C-25, C-26, C-19, C-20, C-21, C-22, C-23, C-27, CE-05

Date last updated: 2025-01-04

DENTCL 654

Dental Curriculum Threads

Operative Dentistry Clerkship – Winter

Course Director: Pollene Speed McIntyre & JM Anderson
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Winter / 3

Course Overview

Operative dentistry plays a key role in disease control and comprehensive care. In this course, students will diagnose and treat conditions of the human dentition that require operative dentistry. In the daily clinical environment, students will utilize patient assessment and treatment planning processes to ensure preventive and restorative procedures are appropriate for patient comprehensive care. We emphasize preventive therapies for caries.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

1. Use the patient assessment and treatment planning processes in providing comprehensive patient care.
2. Perform the appropriate diagnosis and treatment (preventive, chemotherapeutic, and restorative) for conditions of the human dentition requiring operative dentistry.
3. Create Class I and II amalgams, Class I-IV composite resin restorations, and complex restorations.
4. Act ethically and professionally.
5. Accurately self-assess clinical performance.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-07, C-14, C-28, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-16, C-17, C-19, C-22

Date last updated: 2025-01-04

DENTCL 652

Dental Curriculum Threads

Periodontics Clerkship – Winter

Course Director: Diane Daubert
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Winter / 3

Course Overview

Periodontics Clerkship prepares dental students to provide periodontal therapy within the scope of practice of general dentistry. In the didactic component, students expand their knowledge of periodontology in preparation for clinical experiences. In the clinical component, students treat patients including diagnosis, treatment planning, and periodontal therapy of minimal-to-moderate-difficulty level. At the end of the clerkship, the student dentist will be able to identify and describe the periodontics needs of patients, propose a treatment plan, complete treatment, and determine when to refer to a periodontal specialist.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

1. Clinically assess patients with periodontal diseases.
2. Accurately identify radiographic findings for periodontal disease diagnosis.
3. Formulate an evidence-based treatment plan for the periodontal care/treatment of patients.
4. Design treatment plans to address the periodontal needs and desires of the dental patient in conjunction with their overall dental health needs.
5. Demonstrate clinical skills and ethical values in periodontal therapy/treatment.
6. Describe the integration of endodontic, periodontal, orthodontic, and oral surgery concepts in prosthodontics procedures.
7. Explain indications for and the use of dental materials in periodontics dentistry.
8. Complete all the steps for the fabrication and delivery of an occlusal/night guard.
9. Perform periodontal prevention activities, caries risk assessment, and diet analysis on the periodontics patients.
10. Accurately self-assess the quality of one’s work.
11. Coordinate care for the management of periodontal diseases.
12. Explain concepts of periodontal surgery.
13. Manage advanced periodontal lesions.
14. Explain the biology of periodontal regeneration.
15. Explain when a patient should be referred to a periodontal specialist.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-02, C-09, C-06, C-05, C-11, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-17, C-07, C-14, C-28, C-04, C-15, C-18, C-24, C-25, C-26, C-20, C-21, C-22, C-23

Date last updated: 2025-01-04

DENTCL 651

Dental Curriculum Threads

Prosthodontics Clerkship – Winter

Course Director:  Sami Dogan & Kavita Shor
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Winter / 3

Course Overview

This is the second course in a three-part series that introduces students to clinical prosthodontics, building on the preclinical training from the first and second years of the curriculum. At the end of the clerkship, student dentists will be able to identify, treatment plan, and provide clinical care for the prosthodontic needs of patients.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

1. Perform head-and-neck and dental examinations to facilitate proper diagnosis of all the patients’ oral and maxillofacial diseases and conditions.
2. Incorporate risk assessment for, and prevention of: caries, periodontal disease, and head and neck cancer, including dietary and salivary analysis, into the assessment and treatment of prosthodontics, implant, and restorative dentistry patients.
3. Facilitate the effective diagnosis and management of the patient’s oral and maxillofacial diseases and conditions by prescribing and evaluating diagnostic radiographic imaging (including CBCT), and by recommending biopsies, referrals, and other special evaluations.
4. Diagnose defective or failing dental restorations, partially or fully edentulous ridges, soft tissue pathology, and occlusal discrepancies, particularly as they relate to the provision of prosthodontic, implant or restorative care.
5. Assess both the impact of general health conditions on the provision of oral health care and the impact of oral health conditions on general health to safeguard the patient’s well-being.
6. Describe the indications for use of a therapeutic acrylic occlusal splint and the advantages of its use to deliver an appropriate occlusal treatment.
7. Explain the role and impact of dental implants in the rehabilitation of edentulous/partially edentulous patients.
8. Identify dental digital systems (CAD/CAM) that can be used in the planning, design, and treatment of teeth, implants, and fixed/removable prostheses.
9. Perform tissue management such as tissue retraction techniques and electrosurgery.
10. In a coordinated manner, integrate other dental specialties into a patient’s prosthodontic and restorative treatment.
11. Design comprehensive sequenced and staged patient-centered dental treatment plans, incorporating preventive and prosthetic and/or restorative dental treatment, to address the needs and desires of the dental patient.
12. Successfully manage problems associated with prosthodontic, restorative, and multidisciplinary cases of varying levels of treatment complexity.
13. Accurately self-assess the quality of one’s own work.
14. Incorporate sound ethical and legal principles into the performance of all clinical procedures.
15. Provide current evidence-based prosthodontic and restorative care through the analysis and use of appropriate scientific and lay literature.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, C-04, C-08, C-15, C-07, C-14, C-28, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-29, C-05, C-11, C-30, C-24, C-19, C-20, C-21, CE-05

Date last updated: 2025-01-04

DENTCL 646

Dental Curriculum Threads

Oral Medicine Clerkship – Autumn

Course Director: Rolf Christensen
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Autumn / 3

Course Overview

This course, the first in a series of three quarters, provides students with the experience and skills necessary to provide complete dental care, from assessment through treatment, for patients with urgent and emergent oral health issues; developmental or acquired disabilities; chronic or acute orofacial pain; neurosensory, chemosensory or movement disorders; or oral problems caused by treatment of cancer.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

1. Communicate effectively with patients of all ages and stages of life and in a culturally sensitive manner with diverse populations including patients with special healthcare needs.
2. Using the patient interview, make an appropriate treatment or management plan applicable to the dental care setting that includes non-dental considerations for patients with special healthcare needs.
3. Assess the structural and functional status of the head, neck, craniofacial, oral, oropharyngeal structures of patients that involve an assessment of orofacial pain, temporomandibular dysfunction, and risks of oral cancer.
4. From a problem list, develop a differential diagnosis and a working diagnosis for each problem that does not have a definitive diagnosis.
5. Compose a comprehensive staged and sequenced treatment plan, customized to the patient’s needs, desires and financial restrictions, that contemplates non-dental considerations.
6. Demonstrate good practices in case presentation and professional etiquette when consulting and collaborating with other members of the health care team.
7. Effectively communicate with medical, behavioral, or dental specialists when there are problems and issues that require referral.
8. Facilitate the effective diagnosis and management of the patient’s oral and maxillofacial diseases and conditions, by prescribing and evaluating diagnostic radiographic imaging (including CBCT).
9. Identify problems and issues from the problem list that require referral to or collaboration with another health care professional.
10. Form collaborative care plans with UW School of Pharmacy students for managing patients’ pain, infection, dry mouth, and other patient-specific medication-related needs.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-02, C-09, C-06, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-04, C-08, C-15, CE-04, C-14, C-28, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-16, C-29, C-17, C-05, C-11, C-30, C-18, C-24, C-25, C-26, C-19, C-21, C-22, C-23, C-27

Date last updated: 2024-09-23

DENTCL 645

Dental Curriculum Threads

Oral Diagnosis & Treatment Planning Clerkship – Autumn

Course Director: Stuart Taylor
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Autumn / 3

Course Overview

This clerkship course focuses on the patient examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan, supported by a trusting relationship between the patient and the dentist. Students learn the foundational skills for performing a thorough and comprehensive patient assessment and oral examination; developing problem lists and differential diagnoses; creating a person-centered, multidisciplinary treatment plan that considers the patients desires, expectations, and financial limitations; communicating interprofessionally; and using oral and maxillofacial radiography and radiographic interpretation.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to do the following:

1. Perform a comprehensive patient history and examination.
2. Differentiate normal clinical anatomy from pathology.
3. Identify oral health risk factors.
4. Assess the impact of medical problems or issues on oral health and a dental treatment plan.5. Interpret oral and maxillofacial radiographs that are taken in the clinic.
6. Distinguish dental/maxillofacial radiological normal anatomy from pathology.
7. Identify the patient’s most urgent treatment needs.
8. Compose a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, person-centered, appropriately sequenced treatment plan, customized to patient needs, desires, and financial restrictions.
9. Present treatment plan options to fellow students, faculty, and patients.
10. Communicate effectively with patients and professional colleagues.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-04, C-08, C-15, C-07, C-14, C-28, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-16, C-29, C-17, C-05, C-11, C-18, C-24, C-25, C-26, C-19, C-20, C-21, C-22, C-23, C-27, CE-05

Date last updated: 2024-09-24

DENTCL 642

Dental Curriculum Threads

Periodontics Clerkship – Autumn

Course Director: Diane Daubert
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Autumn / 3

Course Overview

Periodontics Clerkship prepares dental students to provide periodontal therapy within the general dentistry scope of practice. In the didactic component, students expand their knowledge of periodontology in preparation for clinical experiences. In the clinical component, students treat patients including diagnosis, treatment planning and periodontal therapy of minimal-to-moderate difficulty level. At the end of the clerkship, the student dentist will be able to identify and describe the periodontal needs of patients, propose a treatment plan, complete treatment, and determine when to refer to a periodontal specialist.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to do the following:

1. Clinically assess patients with periodontal diseases.
2. Accurately identify radiographic findings for periodontal disease diagnosis.
3. Design evidence-based treatment plans to address the periodontal needs and desires of the dental patient in conjunction with their overall dental and medical health needs.
4. Demonstrate clinical skills and ethical values in periodontal therapy/treatment.
5. Describe the integration of endodontic, periodontal, orthodontic, and oral surgery concepts in prosthodontic procedures.
6. Explain indications for and the use of dental materials in periodontics dentistry.
7. Demonstrate oral hygiene instruction to patients.
8. Complete all the steps for the fabrication and delivery of an occlusal/night guard.
9. Perform periodontal prevention activities, caries risk assessment, and diet analysis on the periodontics patient.
10. Accurately self-assess the quality of one’s work.
11. Coordinate care for the management of periodontal diseases.
12. Explain the concepts of periodontal surgery.
13. Manage advanced periodontal lesions.
14. Explain the biology of periodontal regeneration.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-02, C-09, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-04, C-15, C-07, C-14, C-28, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-17, C-05, C-11, C-18, C-24, C-25, C-26, C-20, C21, C-22, C-23

Date last updated: 2024-09-23

DENTCL 641

Dental Curriculum Threads

Prosthodontics Clerkship – Autumn

Course Director: Sami Dogan and Kavita Shor
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Autumn / 3

Course Overview

This course introduces students to clinical prosthodontics, building on the preclinical training from the first and second years of the curriculum. At the end of the clerkship, student dentists will be able to identify, treatment plan, and provide clinical care for patients’ prosthodontic needs.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to do the following:

1. Perform head-and-neck and dental examinations to facilitate proper diagnosis of patients’ oral and maxillofacial diseases and conditions.
2. Incorporate risk assessment for and prevention of caries, periodontal disease, and head and neck cancer, including dietary and salivary analysis, into the assessment and treatment of prosthodontics, implant, and restorative dentistry patients.
3. Facilitate the effective diagnosis and management of the patient’s oral and maxillofacial diseases and conditions, by prescribing and evaluating diagnostic radiographic imaging (including CBCT), and by recommending biopsies, referrals, and other special evaluations.
4. Diagnose defective or failing dental restorations, partially or fully edentulous ridges, soft tissue pathology, and occlusal discrepancies, particularly as they relate to the provision of prosthodontic, implant or restorative care.5. Assess both the impact of general health conditions on the provision of oral health care and the impact of oral health conditions on general health to safeguard the patient’s well-being.
6. Describe the indications for use of a therapeutic acrylic occlusal splint and the advantages of its use to deliver an appropriate occlusal treatment.
7. Explain the role and impact of dental implants in the rehabilitation of edentulous/partially edentulous patients.
8. Identify dental digital systems (CAD/CAM) that can be used in the planning, design, and treatment of teeth, implants, and fixed/removable prostheses.
9. Perform tissue management: tissue retraction techniques and electrosurgery.
10. In a coordinated manner, integrate other dental specialties into a patient’s prosthodontic and restorative treatment.
11. Design comprehensive sequenced and staged patient-centered dental treatment plans, incorporating preventive and prosthetic and/or restorative dental treatment, to address the needs and desires of the dental patient.
12. Successfully manage problems associated with prosthodontic, restorative, and multidisciplinary cases of varying levels of treatment complexity.
13. Accurately self-assess the quality of one’s own work.
14. Incorporate sound ethical and legal principles into the performance of all clinical procedures.
15. Provide current evidence-based prosthodontic and restorative care through the analysis and use of appropriate scientific and lay literature.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, C-04, C-08, C-15, C-07, C-14, C-28, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-29, C-05, C-11, C-30, C-24, C-19, C-20, C-21, CE-05

Date last updated: 2024-09-24

DENTCL 644

Dental Curriculum Threads

Operative Dentistry Clerkship Autumn

Course Director: Pollene Speed and JM Anderson
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Autumn / 3

Course Overview

Operative dentistry plays a key role in disease control and comprehensive care. In this course, students will diagnose and treat conditions of the human dentition that require operative dentistry. In the daily clinical environment, students will utilize patient assessment and treatment planning processes to ensure preventive and restorative procedures are appropriate for patient comprehensive care. We emphasize preventive therapies for caries.

Learning Objectives

The student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

1. Use the patient assessment and treatment planning processes in comprehensive patient care.
2. Perform the appropriate diagnosis and treatment (preventive, chemotherapeutic, and restorative) for conditions of the human dentition requiring operative dentistry.
3. Create Class I and II amalgam restorations, Class I through IV composite resin restorations, and complex restorations.
4. Act ethically and professionally.
5. Accurately self-assess clinical performance.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-07, C-14, C-28, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-16, C-17, C-19, C-22

Date last updated: 2024-09-23