Clinical Sciences (CLS10-DN)

The 3rd -year Periodontics Clinic practicum focuses on the treatment of patients with uncomplicated inflammatory periodontal diseases, and represents the first opportunity for students to treat patients with periodontal diseases. Students chart, diagnose, and prepare case analyses under close supervision of the faculty. This course serves as a basis for students to be able to manage more advanced cases in their 4th year. This course is open only to students in the Doctor of Dental Surgery program. Core curriculum.

The 4th -year Periodontics Clinic, a continuation of the 3rd -Year clinic practicum, focuses on the treatment of patients with uncomplicated as well as more advanced cases of inflammatory periodontal diseases. This course offers the opportunity for students to continue to treat patients with periodontal diseases, with specific emphasis on evaluation of outcomes of treatment rendered in the previous year. This course is open only to students in the Doctor of Dental Surgery program. Core curriculum.

This clinical and didactic program is designed to give students an opportunity to improve their diagnostic, treatment planning and therapeutic skills utilizing evidence-based literature. Through our evidence-based discussions, we will refine the student's ability to formulate a periodontal diagnosis, identify etiology, limit progression, determine prognosis, devise a treatment plan, and expand the student's knowledge base of current non-surgical and surgical therapies. The clinical aspect will introduce the students to periodontal surgical techniques under close supervision by performing atruamatic extractions with socket preservation, crown lengthening, and distal wedge and implant therapy. Towards the end of the academic year, perio / implant honors students who show thorough understanding of periodontal and implant surgery may be given the opportunity to place dental implants and perform certain periodontal procedures. This course is open only to students in the Doctor of Dental Surgery program. Elective.