Catalogue 2008-09

• USC School of Dentistry
  • 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
    • Physiology
    • Restorative Dentistry
    • Removable Prosthodontics
    • Oral Surgery

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Courses of Instruction

Oral Diagnosis and Radiology (DIAG)

DIAG 415 Radiographic Techniques (1) Clinical application of radiographic chairside and dark room techniques and quality control.

DIAG 521 Principles of Oral Radiology (2) Introduction to ionizing radiation and its use in the health professions; radiation biology, physics and hygiene; descriptive terms used in radiography, with illustrations; documentation.

DIAG 522 Radiographic Techniques (1) Clinical applications of radiographic chairside and darkroom techniques; quality control and evaluation of the radiograph.

DIAG 523 Oral Maxillofacial Imaging (2, Sm) Clinical application of intraoral and extraoral radiographic techniques; emphasis upon radiation physics, biology, safety, film and digital imaging and image interpretation.

DIAG 610 Clinic: Advanced Chronic Facial Pain (1) Clinical experience in diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment of patients with chronic orofacial pain.

DIAG 615 Digital and Oral Maxillofacial Imaging (2-4, FaSp) Introduction to computer based imaging in dentistry. Student will learn to use video cameras, scanners, intraoral sensors and advanced imaging technology. Open to dentistry and dental hygiene majors only. Prerequisite: DIAG 521, DIAG 522.

DIAG 621 CAD/CAM in Dentistry (1) Modern principles of dental Computer Assisted Design/Computer Assisted Manufacturing and will fabricate such restorations in the laboratory.