This course is a capstone clinical immersion that provides students with clinical rotation experiences over three terms in the D4 year in off‐campus community clinics. Activities while on rotation are tracked, attested, and accessed using a cloud‐based data storage system. This is a 4 credit‐hour graded course, the first in a series of three courses, which, when complete provides a summative assessment of clinical competence. A grade will be entered after each cycle/semester is completed. All rotations are at calibrated off-campus sites under the supervision of credentialed preceptor faculty. Due to scheduling, rotations may be split between different semesters. Students provide patient care at community sites while adhering to all School of Dentistry standards of care. For tracking purposes, students post every patient encounter while on rotation, which includes a non‐‐identifiable patient profile and ICD 10 diagnostic and procedure codes. Students are evaluated by their individual preceptor faculty and are required to provide evaluations of the site and preceptors. Students self‐ assess and share personal insights regarding what they have learned by completing a reflection assignment following each rotation.

This course will provide D3 students with the basic information necessary to navigate through their Community Based Collaborative Care and Education experiences by providing fundamental information and practice related to the rotation process in a virtual format. This 1 credit pass/fail course consists of a formal virtual orientation session, assignments, evaluations and virtual rotations which will be an assessed experience focusing on the mechanics of documenting patient care and learning. For tracking purposes, students post every patient encounter while on rotation in eMedley, which includes a non‐identifiable patient profile and diagnostic and procedure codes.Students are evaluated by their individual preceptor faculty and are required to provide evaluations of the site and preceptor. Students self‐assess and share personal insights regarding what they have learned by completing a self‐assessment and a reflection assignment following their rotation.

This is one of a series of courses on Professionalism, the Dental Profession, and Dental Practice Administration. It will address issues both global and specific to being a dental professional and the operation of a dental practice. The objective of these courses is to make you aware of the pertinent issues facing the practicing dental professional and to provide you with the skills necessary to excel as a dental professional and run a successful dental practice. In today's world, in order for a practice to be successful it must be patient-centered, founded on sound communication and business principles, and guided by leadership skills necessary to create an efficient and pleasant office environment for staff, patients and the owner dentist.
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to fundamental elements of practice management necessary to prepare you to effectively manage your current and future practice and to develop the foundation necessary to maximally benefit from experiences planned in subsequent Practice Management courses. Emphasis will be placed on:
1. Identifying elements critical to effective management of any successful practice.
2. Developing intra-professional skills and appreciation for effective team function in dental environments for ideal patient care.
3. Applying select elements toward enhanced management of your CompCare Clinic Practice.
4. Assessing the impact of those applications.
The ethical and social issues that are intrinsic to the practice environment will be addressed where indicated.
 

This course is to provide dental students with knowledge about the intimate relationships between Periodontology and other dental disciplines, including Prosthodontics, Restorative Dentistry, Orthodontics, Endodontics, Oral Implantology, etc. This course will discuss how periodontal therapy can benefit other types of dental procedures and vice versa. Types of periodontal therapy commonly performed to facilitate an interdisciplinary approach will be introduced, including esthetic/functional crown lengthening, gingival augmentation, root coverage procedures, implant site development, implant surgical therapy, implant maintenance, etc. This course is designed to foster critical thinking, by presenting and working on clinical cases with which students and instructors can discuss various treatment options and processes and their clinical outcomes. Detailed procedures and keys that can contribute to efficient communication between different disciplines are introduced so that students can apply the information in daily practice. The effectiveness of learning will be assessed with weekly quizzes, the midterm exam, and the final exam.

This Clinical Rotation will expand upon knowledge and skills gained in Basic Radiology 506, Diagnostic Sciences I 526, and Diagnostic Sciences II 623A. You will have the opportunity to interact with patients of different backgrounds as you take and interpret the different series of radiographs ordered by a Faculty member from the PAES Clinic.

This course is a combination of the DENT 743A & DENT 743B courses which will consolidate case-based seminars (743A) with the Pediatric Dentistry clinical rotation (743B).
Two-week, 16 half-day sessions rotation which includes
• typodont exercises
• typodont-based clinical skills tests
• supplemental exercise assignments
• in-person, small group case-based seminars
• direct patient care
• resident observation

This third year course is intended to expose dental students to the treatment possibilities offered by contemporary orthodontic therapy. This course begins with an overview of comprehensive orthodontic treatment, including the initial orthodontic examination as well as a review of various fixed orthodontic appliances and adjuncts. The management of the adolescent patient is discussed in detail, with particular emphasis placed on the treatment of tooth-size/arch-size discrepancies using extraction, expansion, and interproximal reduction protocols. The selection of extraction pattern is discussed, based in part on the profile of the patient. The use of extraoral traction and functional jaw orthopedic appliances also are considered in the correction of sagittal malocclusion.
The treatment of children in the mixed dentition is considered, with several treatment alternatives presented, including treatment with clear aligners, space maintenance, serial extraction, and orthopedic expansion for the treatment of arch length discrepancies, extraoral force, molar distalization and functional jaw orthopedic therapies for the treatment of Class II malocclusion, and the orthopedic facial mask, bone-anchored intermaxillary traction, and the Carriere Motion Appliance for Class III problems. More complex problems requiring surgery also are discussed. The routine management of typical orthognathic surgical procedures (e.g., sagittal split osteotomy, Le Fort I osteotomy, genioplasty) is presented.

This course builds upon the baseline knowledge acquired in past coursework and provides live patient care experience through the clinical application of the principles of exodontia and the surgical management of medically compromised patients in the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic. The experience prepares the student to demonstrate competence in the practice of dentistry, specifically, the performance of basic oral surgery and exodontia.

This course will be a clinical introduction to oral health issues and care for pediatric and adult patients with special healthcare needs, including those patients with disabilities and/or mental illness, medically compromised status, maxillofacial trauma, head and neck cancer, and orofacial pain/TMD. This will include patient interactions with residents and faculty in OMFS/Hospital Dentistry in a clinic and operating room setting; on an outpatient, inpatient, and emergency basis. It also serves to reinforce concepts taught previously in the Dent 613 Principles of Oral Surgery, Dent 615 Dentistry for the Medically Compromised Patient course and Dent 703 Adult Special Care/Hospital Dentistry courses, and to help prepare students to provide comprehensive dental treatment for their patient families in the remainder of dental school and clinical practice after graduation. This course will equip the graduating dental student to discuss the scope of an oral surgery and hospital dentistry practice, review treatment planning and management of complex patients, evaluate a patient’s health history, discuss the impact of the patient’s condition(s) on the delivery of dental care, review the importance of inter-professional interaction in planning the patient’s dental treatment, explain the continuum of behavior management techniques for persons with special needs, review procedures involved in scheduling a patient for dental treatment in an operating room setting, and participate in the team providing dental treatment to patients in the operating room. Students are encouraged to participate in daily morning rounds with Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, as well as weekly resident seminars of the OMFS and GPR programs.
Rotation activities for each assigned day are designed to allow students to integrate and apply foundation knowledge with clinical problem-solving strategies to further develop the critical thinking skills needed to provide safe and effective dental management of complex patients. Students will participate in a variety of unique treatment settings, and as such, may observe, assist or provide direct patient care depending on the situation and the student’s level of experience. There is value in each of these roles; please consider that active learning can take place regardless. Observation can allow for a more complete analysis and understanding of the patient-provider interaction while assisting can allow for a more direct form of learning in complex procedures. Attempts will be made to provide direct patient care experiences when possible and appropriate to expose the student to treatment planning considerations and management strategies for patients with complex needs.

Clinical orthodontics in the predoctoral orthodontic patient evaluation clinics prepare the graduating student to recognize and diagnose developmental or acquired occlusal abnormalities of the dentition and plan treatment options for cases with these problems. Emphasis is placed on recognition of skeletal and dental orthodontic problems of the dentitions using a rigorous, step-by-step clinical examination scheme and diagnostic data analyses learned in courses 641 and 643, as well as integrate treatment modalities learned in 742 in the D3 Fall. The graduating student learns to differentiate simple and complex cases that may require referral to the specialist. In addition, the student must understand treatment options for simple cases, with 3D virtual simulation of tooth movements.