Clinical Sciences (CLS07-DN)

In this course, D3 students will gain experience and skill in the perioperative evaluation and management of the oral surgical patient. This includes the application of principles related to pain/anxiety control (such as local anesthesia and nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia) and dentoalveolar surgery and other associated procedures delivered under direct faculty supervision. This course is open only to students in the Doctor of Dental Surgery program. Core curriculum.

The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery experience in D4 is comprised of 2 components: a one-week rotation to the OMS service of one of several NYU affiliated institutions (3 sites), as well as approximately six to eight individual rotation days in the OMS Clinic at NYUCD. The course offers clinical exposure and treatment of patients in need of scheduled and emergency OMS care. While on rotation at NYUCD, D4 students will partner when appropriate with D4 and D3 students in the management of ambulatory OMS patients. In addition to managing patients in need of OMS emergency care, D4 students will gain experience in exodontia, flap design and suture technique and the administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen inhalation analgesia. When assigned to the one-week OMS hospital rotation, the D4 students will become integrated into all of the activities of the Hospital’s Department of OMS including: rounds, lectures, seminars, ambulatory sedation cases, operating room experiences, and direct patient care in the out-patient clinic facility. This course is open only to students in the Doctor of Dental Surgery program. Core curriculum.