Catalogue 2011-12

• The Schools
• Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
  • General Information
  • Undergraduate Degree
  • Professional Degrees
  • Advanced Programs in Dental Education
  • Graduate Degrees
  • Continuing Education
  • Courses of Instruction
    • Dentistry
    • Advanced Dental Education Conjoint Program
    • Advanced Education in General Dentistry
    • Anatomy
    • Anesthesia and Medicine
    • Biochemistry
    • Craniofacial Biology
    • Community Dentistry
    • Dental Hygiene
    • Oral Diagnosis and Radiology
    • Dental Materials
    • Dental Problem Based Learning
    • Endodontics
    • Fixed Prosthodontics
    • Geriatric and Special Patient Dentistry
    • Histology
    • Human Behavior
    • Interdisciplinary — Basic Sciences
    • Interdisciplinary — Developmental Dentistry
    • Interdisciplinary — Practice Dynamics
    • Interdisciplinary — Restorative Dentistry
    • Interdisciplinary — Surgical Sciences
    • Interdisciplinary — Diagnostic Sciences
    • Microbiology and Immunology
    • Occlusion
    • Orofacial Pain Oral Medicine
    • Oral Medicine Oral Diagnosis
    • Operative Dentistry
    • Orthodontics
    • Pathology
    • Pediatric Dentistry
    • Periodontics
    • Pharmacology
    • Restorative Dentistry
    • Removable Prosthodontics
    • Oral Surgery

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Courses of Instruction

Dentistry (DENT)

DENT 221 Introduction to Dentistry (1) History and current role of dental science in the health services field; review of research; overview of dental procedures with laboratory experience and practice observation.

DENT 402 Formal Science-Writing (2) A scientist-taught, lecture-workshop-tutorial format for developing skills in formal science-writing (e.g., abstracts, journal articles, grants). Not open to students in the School of Dentistry. Prerequisite: upper division standing in science and preprofessional majors.

DENT 412 Fundamentals of Craniofacial and Dental Technology (3, Sp) Biomedical engineering and technology applied to oral health professions. Dental biomaterials, CAD-CAM, digital dental technology and tissue engineering applications to craniofacial diseases, disorders, and enhancements. Junior standing. (Duplicates credit in former BME 412.)