Oral Pathology and Adult Oral Function

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2014:

80 Self-directed learning.

Total = 120 hours.

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted in PC-DENTHRP. This subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses.

It is proposed to offer this subject to registered, currently practising dental therapists and oral health therapists in Australia and New Zealand. Previous management of clients aged 18-24 years would be of benefit but not essential.

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this course are articulated in the Course Overview, Objectives and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this course are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and the Disability Liaison Unit:

http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

This subject has the following components: Comprehensive oral health examination and treatment planning for adults, management of the older adult, periodontology, prosthodontics and cariology. It will be conducted as didactic component and using virtual clinical case based teaching.

This subject continues alongside subjects Oral Health Sciences 4 and Oral Health Practice 4. Teaching and learning activities will be centered at the Melbourne Dental School with support via the computer aided learning management system.

Students who complete this subject will be able to:

• Competently show knowledge in the assessment of a patient’s medical history as to ascertain possible complications to care and to seek appropriate referral advice when required
• Communicate which occlusal conditions contraindicate dental restoration by a DT/OHT
• Identify different types of dental prostheses used in dentistry including the indications for each
• Describe the possible complications for placing restorations adjacent to a fixed or removable prostheses
• Appreciate the restorative-periodontal interface
• Describe age related changes in teeth and the supporting structures
• Appreciate the challenges of restoring form and function with multisurface restorations in adult mouths
• Display knowledge in treatment planning for care considered part of the scope of practice for OHT or DT and consults or refers to a dentist for those elements outside such scope.
• Demonstrate knowledge in adult clinical dental therapy practice
• Recognize when clinical cases are beyond their skill set and make appropriate referral

Type of Assessment (Including Extent/Duration):

1 x 1hr On-line clinical case-based assessment
Timing of Assessment - Mid Semester

Assessment % - 20%

1 x 45minute written test on periodontal management and cariology

Timing of Assessment - End of Semester

Assessment % - 40%

1 x 1 hour Objective Structured Clinical Exam on prosthodontics and management of the older adult

Timing of Assessment - End of Semester

Assessment % - 40%

All class materials will be provided.

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.