course-year: second-winter

Implant Dentistry

Course Director: Mats Kronstrom
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Winter / 2

Course Overview

This course provides students with the opportunity to gain knowledge in implant dentistry to aid the development of their competency in managing the restoration of partial or complete edentulism using implant procedures. The preclinical and didactic portions of the course are designed to prepare students for the core of the clinical implant dentistry education curriculum at the UW School of Dentistry. The clinical activity will be directed by the Department of Restorative Dentistry and will operate as part of the comprehensive care system.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Discuss the history of implantology.
2. Explain the basic science of osseointegration.
3. Manage patient selection, treatment planning, and the restorative phase of the implant treatment.
4. Restore implants with single-unit restorations and overdentures using the correct components and managing the clinical procedures.
5. Explain surgical considerations for the partially and fully edentulous patient.
6. Explain the surgical placement and restorative procedures step-by-step.
7. Explain the surgical and prosthetic complications of implants.
8. Restore a single-tooth implant in the laboratory.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-03, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-17, C-14, C-24, C-25, C-26, C-19, C-20, C-21, CE-05

Date last updated: 2024-01-03

Fixed Prosthodontics 2

Course Director: Yen-Wei Chen
Credits: 4
Quarters/Yr of Program: Winter / 2

Course Overview

This is the second course in a three-course sequence of preclinical fixed prosthodontics. The lectures and laboratory exercises emphasize the restoration of endodontically treated teeth, preparation of multiple abutment teeth for fixed prostheses, preparation of complete ceramic crowns, and general fundamentals in treatment planning for fixed prostheses. Projects emphasize the various designs and materials for post-and-core foundation restorations as well as multiple-abutment tooth preparations for posterior fixed prostheses and multiple-unit provisional restorations. Lectures integrate the disciplines of fixed prosthodontics, endodontics, and periodontics, and they also incorporate the material sciences into laboratory techniques and clinical procedures.

Learning Objectives

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

1. Describe the procedures for the restoration of endodontically treated teeth.
2. Demonstrate how to properly restore endodontically treated teeth using post-and-core systems.
3. Describe the procedures for the fabrication of provisional restorations for anterior endodontically treated teeth using temporary posts.
4. Demonstrate how to properly prepare multiple teeth for a fixed partial denture.
5. Describe the use of dental materials in the fabrication of provisional and metal restorations in fixed partial dentures.
6. Describe all necessary procedures to submit the case to a commercial dental laboratory–to fabricate fixed partial dentures.
7. Demonstrate how to properly prepare complete ceramic crowns.

UWSOD Competencies: C-10, C-03, C-02, C-15, C-19, C-20, C-21, C-23

Date last updated: 2024-01-03

Operative Dentistry 4

Course Director: Alireza Sadr
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Winter / 2

Course Overview

The course prepares students for advanced operative dentistry to restore the lost form, function, and esthetics of teeth due to caries, trauma, and erosive tooth wear. The focus of the course is on advanced composite restorations and adhesive dentistry, but other direct restorations are also covered. The course emphasizes the interactions among patient needs and priorities, disease activity and risk, long-term tooth survival, and health maintenance based on minimally invasive dentistry concepts. As in the previous courses, this course applies principles of ergonomics and patient positioning, workplace organization and safety, appropriate communication, and professional behavior.

Learning Objectives

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

1. Apply modern principles of tooth preparation to the design of two-, three-, and four-surface restorations including restoration of structurally compromised and/or endodontically treated teeth.
2. Manipulate composites and bonding agents to achieve successful results.
3. Utilize literature and relevant clinical information to attain the most appropriate treatment solution for the patient.
4. Demonstrate appropriate decision making for the treatment of deep carious lesions and caries around restorations, and the repair and replacement of existing restorations.
5. Apply critical thinking, ethical principles, and professional behavior to patient treatment.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, C-05, C-11, C-12, C-13, C-07, C-28, C-04, C-15, C-18, C-24, C-25, C-19, C-20, C-21, C-23

Date last updated: 2024-01-03

Immediate Dentures & Digital Dentistry

Course Director: Andy Marashi, Hai Zhang, E. Ricardo Schwedhelm
Credits: 3
Quarters/Yr of Program: Winter / 2

Course Overview

Immediate Dentures
Students will learn the basic principles of immediate dentures–from treatment planning to insertion and follow-up–and practice the procedures for the fabrication of an immediate complete denture (ICD).

Digital Dentistry
Students will follow a systematic approach incorporating digital dentistry workflow systems and CAD/CAM technology into the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning of patients.

Learning Objectives

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

1. ID – Describe the basic principles of immediate dentures.
2. ID – Perform the clinical steps required to fabricate immediate dentures.
3. ID – Perform the laboratory steps required to fabricate immediate dentures.
4. ID – Identify normal and abnormal edentulous anatomy, and the relationship of anatomy to immediate denture fabrication.
5. ID – Describe the use of dental materials necessary to fabricate an immediate denture.
6. ID – Describe problems that can occur during immediate denture construction and after immediate denture insertion.
7. ID – Describe oral surgery concepts for immediate denture procedures.
8. ID – Communicate to either a patient or legal guardian the risks, benefits, and alternative treatment for immediate denture procedures.
9. ID – Formulate a comprehensive treatment plan, based on diagnostic findings, to implement an immediate denture treatment.
10. ID – Recognize the limits of expertise.
11. ID – Identify oral and maxillofacial hard and soft tissue lesions and diseases.
12. ID – Manage replacement of teeth for the partially or completely edentulous patient.
13. ID – Describe the role of lifelong learning and self-assessment in maintaining clinical skills.
14. ID – Utilize critical thinking in assessing technical and scientific information for use in identifying patient needs and treatments.
15. ID – Apply the principles of behavioral science that pertain to patient-centered oral health care.
16. ID – Obtain consultations from other healthcare providers.
17. DD – Apply digital technology to the design, restoration, and fabrication of prostheses.
18. DD – Identify the advantages and disadvantages of digital technology in restorative, implant, and removable prosthodontics.
19. DD – Identify indications and contraindications for digital technologies in restorative, implant, and removable prosthodontics.
20. DD – Describe the principles of preparation and design for digital restorations.
21. DD – List the digital workflow steps for a clinical patient with restorative dentistry needs.
22. DD – Determine when a patient’s digital dentistry needs are beyond the scope of a general dentist.
23. DD – Scan preparations with a digital scanner.
24. DD – Apply digital technologies to communications with other professionals.
25. DD – Recognize appropriate tooth preparation for digitally scanned and designed restorations.
26. DD – Accurately assess the esthetic and functional outcomes of a digital restoration.

UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, CE-02, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, C-05, C-11, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-17, C-07, C-14, C-28, C-08, C-15, C-18, C-24, C-25, C-19, C-20, C-21, CE-05

Date last updated: 2024-01-03