Consideration is given to the use of drugs, biofeedback, hypnosis, and surgery for treatment of pain. The Behavioral Science course introduces first year students to the behavioral aspects of dental health care delivery in practice. The overall goal of the course is to sensitize the student to the professional, interpersonal, and sociocultural issues and challenges of today's dental practice. The goal of Dental Biochemistry and Nutrition is to permit students to understand human biochemistry in health and disease. The student must become familiar with the basic biochemical pathways.
Some emphasis is given to nutritional concerns in dental disease and treatment.
The role of clinical chemistry in oral diagnosis is introduced. Clinical Nutrition in the Dental Practice Predoctoral students are introduced to the principles of nutrition and the role of diet in the prevention, maintenance, and therapeutic intervention in oral health and disease. The course builds upon biochemistry and physiology in the clinical application of nutrition and diet in the treatment of patients. This course deals with nomenclature, clinical chart notation, and morphology of the deciduous and permanent teeth, and includes laboratory exercises in the wax carving of anatomically accurate teeth into static occlusion. This course presents the materials commonly used for restoration of teeth and for related laboratory procedures, and analyzes the effect of components and manipulation procedures on the physical and chemical properties of those materials.