Preclinical Skills (PCL11-DN)

An integrated course, Simulation – Fixed and Implant Prosthodontics, will include concepts of Fixed Prosthodontics, Periodontics, and Endodontics. Through a combination of lectures and simulation laboratories, students will learn the didactic foundation knowledge and develop required motor skills. In the simulation laboratory, guided exercises, demonstrations, videos, self-evaluations, and quizzes will enhance teaching. This course is designed with a larger emphasis on Fixed Prosthodontics and will provide skills necessary to manage single unit and simple fixed partial denture restorations as well as single unit implant restorations. Preprosthetic assessment, including periodontal and endodontic evaluations, is addressed in this course. This course is open only to students in the Doctor of Dental Surgery program. Core curriculum.

Simulation-Removable & Implant Prostheses is an integrated Prosthodontic course which includes removable partial denture and complete denture prosthodontics as well as implant therapy for the edentulous patient. This course provides didactic foundation knowledge and simulation exercises which prepare the students to meet the clinical standards of this college so that they can treat complete and partially edentulous patients with a variety of treatment options at the required and expected competency levels. This course is open only to students in the Doctor of Dental Surgery program. Core curriculum.

This course, given to D3 students, is related to Prosthodontic Sciences and emphasizes restoration and maintenance of oral function, comfort, esthetics and health of patients by restoration of natural teeth and/or replacement of missing teeth and craniofacial tissues. It is designed to build on the development and refinement of the concepts of Fixed Prosthodontics and Removable Prosthodontics presented in the D2 courses (PCL11-DN 2509 and PCL11-DN 2609), and Implant Dentistry to expand the student's knowledge base. Special emphasis is placed on developing fundamental biologic and preventive principles with a progression to procedures that are more complex and sophisticated. This course is open only to students in the Doctor of Dental Surgery program. Core curriculum.