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| Unit name |
Advanced Care Dentistry Year 4 |
| Unit code |
ORDS30005 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
H/6
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| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Luker |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None
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| Co-requisites |
None
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| School/department |
Bristol Dental School |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Health Sciences |
Description including Unit Aims
This Unit of Teaching will take place in Year 4 terms 1 - 3 and will comprise of the elements of the Oral Disease Course and Orthodontics.
The Oral Disease course will cover the following specialty areas:
Oral Disease:
- Oral Medicine
- Oral Pathology
- Dental & Maxillofacial Radiology Special Needs
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS)
The general aims of this element is to:
- Impart a theoretical understanding of the range of disorders which affect the teeth, their supporting structures oral mucosa and the surrounding oro-facial tissues and how they are diagnosed and managed.
- To have awareness of how systemic disease may manifest within the oral cavity and surrounding structures.
- To have an understanding of how systemic disease may affect the dental management of patients.
- To have knowledge to manage medical emergencies within the dental surgery.
Orthodontics Year 4:
- To develop skills in the collection of the orthodontic clinical data and the formulation of a problem list.
- To gain knowledge of the correct management of orthodontic appliances and of emergencies that may arise during their use.
- To improve their ability to inform patients about the scope, nature and requirements of orthodontic treatment.
- To begin to develop ability to refer patients for an orthodontic opinion at the optimal time and in an optimal fashion.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Students should obtain a knowledge and understanding of the following:
- Identify relevant and appropriate dental and oro- facial anatomy and variants.
- The aetiology and pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of oro-facial diseases and their relevance to prevention, diagnosis and treatment including malignancy.
- The diagnosis and management of oro facial infections.
- The role and selection of clinical, radiological, pathology, laboratory investigations and special tests.
- The standards of record keeping and information governance.
- Identification and management of medical emergencies.
- The differential diagnosis of radiolucent, radioapaque and mixed lesions affecting the jaws.
- The dental management of medically compromised patients .
- To make appropriate progress towards becoming orthodontically literate and capable as future general dental practitioners.
Teaching Information
The Oral Disease course element will consist of:
- 21 Oral medicine/Pathology/Radiology/ Special needs lectures
- 10 Maxillofacial surgery lectures (May change)
- 9x 4 hour topic teachings which will be multidisciplinary.
Expected preparation pre reading prior to tutorial and follow up.
Oral disease lecture course would expect 1-2 hours pre reading and 1-2 hours follow up per lecture/ topic teaching.
Orthodontics Year 4:
- Students are directed to read appropriate chapters in the recommended textbooks prior to each individual tutorial
- Methods of teaching comprise tutorials and supervised treatment of patients requiring uncomplicated orthodontics.
- Each student has a 60 minute tutorial in alternate weeks (30 minutes per week) and 60 minutes of patient treatment each week.
Assessment Information
Oral Disease:
Electronic e-assessment in Year 4 term 2
Summative 1 hour e-assessment year 4.2 (80% of the Unit mark)
Orthodontics Year 4:
The summative assessment will be an e-assessment in term 3. This will last 45 minutes and the questions will be based on the tutorials, corresponding chapters in the core text and on-clinic learning for this element. (20% of the Unit mark)
Reading and References
Oral Medicine: Oral & Maxillofacial Medicine 2nd edition 2008 ;Crispian Scully
Dental Radiology: Essentials of Dental Radiography and Radiology 4th Edition 2007; Eric Whaites
Special Needs: Medical problems in Dentistry 6th edition 2010, Crispian Scully
Special care in Dentistry: Handbook of Oral health care (2007) Churchill Livingstone Elsevier Reprinted 2009
Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral medicine 8th edition 2011, R. A. Cawson and E.W. Odell
Oral pathology, 4th edition, J.V. Soames and J.C. Southam Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: An objective based textbook, Pedlar & frame Principles of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Moore (Ed) A synopsis of Minor Oral Surgery, Dimitroulis
An Introduction to Orthodontics. 3rd edition. Laura Mitchell. Oxford university press
