DENTD 1642: Oral Health Sciences VI

Program
College/Program
College of Dental Medicine, Illinois
Credits 12.0

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. Additionally, Oral Health Sciences VI covers the management of medical emergencies likely seen in a dental office; topics concerning the use of local anesthesia in dental practice; and an introduction to dental sleep medicine.