Unit name | Dental Skills Year 2 |
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Unit code | ORDS20021 |
Credit points | 0 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Daud |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Bristol Dental School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
This Unit of Teaching takes place in Year 2 and will comprise of the following 2 Elements and their general aims:
Element of Operative Skills Year 2 - Term 3
To provide students with the biological and clinical knowledge underpinning operative dentistry so that they will have acquired the skills to enable them ultimately to enter the clinical teaching programme.
Additional aims will include that students will develop an understanding of the clinical techniques required in the management of cavities in posterior and anterior teeth and be able to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of, and competence in, the construction of extra-coronal restorations.
Element of Prosthetic Skills Year 2 - Term 3
Prosthetic skills deals with the replacement of acquired and congenital defects of dental and other orofacial tissues by means of removable prostheses (dentures). In this element of teaching students should acquire sufficient knowledge and skill to describe how dentures are made.
Additional aims will include ensuring that students have a knowledge of the nature and variety of dental prostheses and how these relate to the applied anatomy in relation to prosthetic dentistry.
Applied Dental Materials will be an integrated part of both elements.
Detailed Aims:
1. Prosthetics Skills
This component should enable the student to have knowledge of:
2. Operative Dentistry
The aims of this course are as follows:
3. Applied Dental Materials
At the end of Year 2 a successful student should gain knowledge and understanding in the following areas:
Prosthetic Skills
By the end of the second term of Year 2, the successful student will be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
Operative Dentistry
By the end of the second term of Year 2, the successful student will be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
Applied Dental Materials
By the end of the second term of Year 2, the successful student will be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
This unit contributes to delivery and assessment of the following General Dental Council learning outcomes as specified in Preparing for Practice:
Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q5 / Q6
1.1: 1.1.1 / 1.1.3 / 1.1.5 / 1.1.6 / 1.1.8 / 1.1.9 / 1.1.10
1.2: 1.2.2 / 1.2.3 / 1.2.6
1.7: 1.7.5 / 1.7.8
1.8: 1.8.1 / 1.8.2 / 1.8.3 / 1.8.7
1.10: 1.10.2 / 1.10.3
1.11: 1.11.1 / 1.11.2 / 1.11.3 / 1.11.4 / 1.11.5
1.14: 1.14.1 / 1.14.3 / 1.14.4 / 1.14.5
3: 3.1
4: 4.1
5: 5.1
8: 8.1
9: 9.1 / 9.2 / 9.5 / 9.6
10: 10.2 / 10.3
11: 11.5 / 11.7
12: 12.1 / 12.2 / 12.5
A range of teaching are used in the unit including:
Lectures
Predominantly didactic teaching, with some student interaction, for theory teaching.
Tutorials
Small group teaching may taking place immediately before a session with particular emphasis in Year 2 domains set out by the General Dental Council (GDC).
In some disciplines nominated students are expected to lead a tutorial with a presentation on a specified subject to generate discussion amongst the group which will be led by teaching staff. Tutorials running with specified programmes are identified in Element handbooks and timetables are posted on blackboard.
Simulated clinical demonstration
This method is used extensively to teach the principles of peridontology on oral hygiene and non-surgical debridement, cavity preparation and placement techniques of restorative materials.
Technical demonstration
This method is used to teach the principles of removable and fixed prosthodontics.
PowerPoint presentations
This newer teaching aid has been introduced where visual material is projected showing a detailed staged technique of the clinical procedure. One of the teaching staff provides a commentary on the procedure.
CAL Programmes
These are available on line to aid students in their revision.
Dental Skills Manual
The Dental Skills Manual (DLM) is designed to increase the preparedness and maximise learning from practical sessions in the Dental School by providing information and resources on the context, processes and techniques involved.
Formative Assessments:
Continuous Simulated Clinical Assessment during the Operative Dentistry teaching.
MCQ’s during prosthetic teaching:
Summative Assessments:
The summative assessments for Dental Skills Year 2 Unit fall within the combined Dental Skills/PCD ‘Capstone’ Assessment.