Dental Practice 3
Subject DENT30003 (2010)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.
Credit Points: | 62.50 | ||||||||||||
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Level: | 3 (Undergraduate) | ||||||||||||
Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010: Year Long, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||
Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: 215 hours of lectures, seminars, tutorials, student-directed learning, clinical and practical (laboratory) work Total Time Commitment: Not available | ||||||||||||
Prerequisites: | Successful completion of all 2nd Year BDSc subjects. | ||||||||||||
Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||
Non Allowed Subjects: | None | ||||||||||||
Core Participation Requirements: |
For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/ |
Coordinator
Dr Matt HopcraftContact
Melbourne Dental School
4th Floor, 720 Swanston Street
Telephone: +61 3 9341 1500
Email: enquiries@dent.unimelb.edu.au
http://www.dent.unimelb.edu.au/
Subject Overview: |
This subject comprises three modules: Restorative Dentistry: The formulation of an integrated treatment plan for simple cases needing a combination of periodontal, conservative and/or removable prosthetic dental treatment; completion of complex forms of conservative dental treatment; principles of restoration of badly damaged teeth; taking and making diagnoses from 'routine' dental radiographs; selection and use of dental materials; principles of complete denture construction including simulation of clinical procedures, technical skills required in construction of complete dentures, the formulation of appropriate treatment plans integrating removable prostheses; the principles and prescription of a partial denture design; the construction of simple metal and acrylic partial dentures; principles of occlusion and communication with members of the dental team. Students must be familiar with the dental materials used in this unit. A reading list can be accessed on LMS. Oral Health Practice: Continued emphasis on the primary prevention of dental caries and the prevention and treatment of periodontal diseases; measurement and understanding of the patterns of oral diseases in the community using epidemiological and statistical tools. Growth and Development: The principles relating to the normal growth process, particularly dental and skeletal development and maturation; social and behavioural development of children and adolescents; growth prediction and its clinical application; recognition of normal and aberrant growth and occlusal patterns; the diagnosis of malocclusion and the extrapolation to future treatment needs; biomechanical and clinical aspects of orthodontics. |
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Objectives: |
On completion of this subject, students should: Comprehend:
Have developed skills in:
Have developed:
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Assessment: |
Assessment includes:
Students will be permitted to proceed to clinical work only after having satisfactorily completed the preclinical units. A pass in each of Sections 2, 3 and 4 is required for an overall pass in this subject. |
Prescribed Texts: | None |
Recommended Texts: |
* Klineberg I, Occlusion: Principles and Assessment , Wright, 1991 * Shillingburg HT, Hobo S and Whitsett LD Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics 2 nd ed, Quintessence, 1981
* Takei H, Newman MG and Carranza FA Jr Carranza's Clinical Periodontology 10 th ed, Saunders, 2006 OR Lindhe J, Kagging T and Lang N Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry 5th ed, Munksgaard, 2008 OR Wilson TG and Kornman KS Fundamentals of Periodontics Quintessence, 2002
* Fejerskov O and Kidd E Dental Caries The Disease and its Clinical Management 2 nd ed, Munksgaard, 2008 * Goaz PW and White SC Oral Radiology: Principles and Interpretation 3 rd ed, Mosby, 1994 * Ranly DM A Synopsis of Craniofacial Growth 2 nd ed, Appleton and Lange, 1988 * Thylstrup A and Fejerskov O Textbook of Clinical Cariology 2 nd ed, Munksgaard, 1994
Anusavice KJ Phillips’ Science of Dental Materials 11 th ed, Saunders, 2003 Brocklebank L Dental Radiology – Understanding the X-Ray Image Oxford University Press, 1997 Craig RG, Restorative Dental Materials 10 th ed, Mosby, 1997 Davenport JC, Basker RM, Heath JR and Ralph JP A Colour Atlas of Removable Partial Dentures Wolfe Medical, 1988 Enlow DH and Hans MG Essentials of Facial Growth Saunders, 1996 Freer TJ Orthodontic Diagnostic Principles University of Queensland, 1997 Geboy MJ, Muzzio TC and Stark AM Communication and Behavior Management in Dentistry Williams and Wilkins, 1985 Grant AA and Johnson W Removable Denture Prosthodontics 2 nd ed, Churchill Livingstone, 1992 Grant DA, Stern IB and Listgarten MA (eds) Periodontics in the Tradition of Gottlieb and Orban 6 th ed, Mosby, 1988
Gray RJM, Davies SJ and Quayle AA Temporomandibular Disorders: A Clinical Approach British Dental Association, 1995 Kantorowicz GF (ed) Inlays, Crowns and Bridges: A Clinical Handbook 5 th ed, Wright, 1993 Kidd EAM and Smith BGN Pickard's Manual of Operative Dentistry 7 th ed, Oxford University Press, 1996 Langland OE and Langlais RP Principles of Dental Imaging Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Malamed SF Handbook of Local Anaesthesia 3 rd ed, Mosby, 1990 Mitchell DA and Mitchell L Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry Oxford University Press, 1991 Murray JJ (ed) Prevention of Oral Disease 3 rd ed, Oxford University Press, 1996 Nizel AE Nutrition in Preventive Dentistry: Science and Practice 3 rd ed, Saunders, 1989 Pine CM (ed) Community Oral Health Wright, 1997 Profitt WR and Fields HW Contemporary Orthodontics 3 rd ed, Mosby, 1999 Saunders, Elsevier (ed) Dentistry, Dental Practice and the Community (BA Burt and SA Eklund), 6 th ed., 2005 Shillingburg HT, Jacobi R and Brackett SE Fundamentals of Tooth Preparations for Cast Metal and Porcelain Restorations 2 nd ed, Quintessence, 1991 Thomson H Occlusion 2 nd ed, Wright, 1990 Walqvist ML (ed) Food and Nutrition in Australia 3 rd ed, Nelson, 1988 Walton RE and Torabinejad M Principles and Practice of Endodontics 2 nd ed, Saunders, 1995 Watt DM and McGregor AR Designing Complete Dentures 2 nd ed, Wright, 1986 Watt DM and McGregor AR Designing Partial Dentures Wright, 1984 World Health Organization Oral Health Surveys: Basic Methods 3 rd ed, WHO, 1987 Wright Community Oral Health, 1997
* Indicates Essential Reading
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Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
Generic Skills: |
On completion of this subject, students should have developed skills in:
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Related Course(s): |
Bachelor of Dental Science |
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