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This course provides students with pre-clinical experience of workplace health and safety, maintenance, ergonomics, record management and practice management schedules and policies. On the completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate proficiency in examination, medical and dental history taking and risk assessment for children and adults with the aid of impressions, and extra- and intraoral radiology. Students will be able to discuss the nervous and vascular supply to the dentition and periodontium, and explain the principles of pain management and local anaesthesia.
Students should be able to apply knowledge and demonstrate skills in the preventive and operative management of dental caries and periodontal diseases and demonstrate skill in teeth whitening. Lastly, students will be able to communicate oral health in oral and written formats in terms of relevant interpersonal/team communication skills and professional attitudes/behaviours.
Course at a glance
| Career: | Undergraduate |
| Credit points: | 6 |
| Requisites: | Prerequisite: ORAL11002 Oral Anatomy and Physiology and ORAL11003 Oral Pathology and Diagnosis and Corequisite: ORAL12001 Oral Disease Prevention and Management and ORAL12003 Oral Health Clinical Practice 1 |
| Student Contribution Band: | 3 |
| EFTSL: | 0.12500 |
Course availability
| Term | Campus |
|---|---|
| 2013 Term One | ROK |
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