Unit name | Dental Skills Year 3 |
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Unit code | ORDS30002 |
Credit points | 30 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Lambert |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Bristol Dental School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
Unit of Dental Skills 3: This Unit of Teaching comprises the following Elements and their general aims:
Restorative Skills
Prosthetics: To produce a student who will have acquired sufficient knowledge and skill to describe how dentures are made and to enable them to commence clinical prosthetic dentistry. They should be able to assess a patient, define a treatment plan and bring the stages of the treatment plan to a successful conclusion.
Operative & Endodontics and Applied Dental Materials: To provide students with the biological, materials science and clinical knowledge underpinning operative dentistry and endodontics so that they will have acquired the skills to enable them to enter the clinical teaching program and be able to chart accurately, diagnose simple dental pathology and formulate a treatment plan. In addition, they should be able to treat patients requiring routine operative dentistry and endodontic procedures.
Oral and Dental Radiography
To provide the foundations for the undergraduate to undertake and interpret dental radiographs.
Students should obtain a knowledge and understanding of the following:
The student should acquire the skills and attributes necessary for:
By the end of the second term of Year 3, in preparation for treating patients, the successful student will be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes in Operative Dentistry and Endodontics:
By the end of the second term of Year 3, Applied Dental Materials, the successful student will be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
A range of teaching are used in the unit including:
This method is used extensively to teach the principles of cavity preparation and placement techniques of restorative materials.
This method is used to teach the principles of making various indirect extra-coronal restorations.
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.
These are available online to aid students in their revision.
These are available on Blackboard and should be studied before students attend each rotation.
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.
Teaching will use a blended learning approach delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous activities. Students will be expected to engage with all learning.
Summative assessments:
Restorative Skills. This would contribute a total of 70% to Unit mark.
o Part A (20%): This will be held at the end of term 3.1
o Part B (20%): This will be held in term 3.3
Oral and Dental Radiography. This Element would contribute 30% to final Unit mark.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. ORDS30002).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.