DENTD 1532: Oral Health Sciences II

Program
College/Program
College of Dental Medicine, Illinois
Credits 4.0

Oral Health Sciences I-VI are continuously running didactic courses that take the student from dental morphology and occlusion and through basic to advanced clinical dentistry of operative dentistry, fixed and removable prosthodontics (including principles and applications of CAD/CAM and implant dentistry), rotary endodontics, pediatric dentistry, oral surgery, oral medicine, periodontics, orthodontics, and temporomandibular function and dysfunction. The courses are organized into tooth systems. Each system integrates such topics as growth and development, cariology, radiology, oral pathology, and dental material science into its core while continuously utilizing a case-based, evidenced-based approach from a patient perspective. Oral Health Sciences I and II further cover important concepts in preventive dental medicine through lectures and hands-on exercises, with instruction focusing on ways to promote one's own oral health, the health of one's patients, and the health of one's community. These methods are incorporated into subsequent patient care in the Dental Institute. Oral Health Sciences II, III, and V also introduce behavior, communication, motivation, conflict resolution, teamwork, and leadership concepts relating to cross-cultural provision of care for diverse patient populations.