A clinical course where the students apply the skills learned in D.H. 301, D.H. 307, D.H. 309 and the new skills acquired in D.H. 320 and ARD 326. A systematic study of the structures of the head and neck. I is a theory and laboratory techniques course emphasizing preventive and maintenance procedures. A brief, general course on the immune system and how it relates to health and disease. The course covers basic aspects of dental materials, including chemical and physical properties, clinical applications, and techniques of handling materials commonly used in dental practice.
Students learn concepts and skills through lecture and laboratory exercises.
Fundamental principles of the etiology, clinical features, histopathology, treatment and prognosis of principal oral lesions. A clinical course where the students refine the skills learned in D.H. 301, D.H. 307, D.H. 309 D.H. 310, D.H. 320 and ARD 326, and applies the new skills learned in D.H. 330. This course will provide the theory and technique of advanced clinical skills required in the assessment, planning, and treatment of the periodontal patient, including periodontal charting, root morphology, root planing, periodontal debridement and radiographic interpretation of bone loss. This course reviews the histology of the normal periodontium and presents the etiology and pathogenesis of periodontal diseases. Microbiologic, immunologic, histologic and clinical features of periodontal diseases are emphasized.