Courses of Instruction, page 5
School of Dentistry

Endodontics (ENDO)

501 Clinical Endodontics (1) Diagnosis and treatment procedures for basic clinical endodontics, including management of endodontic emergencies; relationship of endodontics to the various dental disciplines.

502 Advanced Endodontics (1) Theoretical principles for the treatment of advanced endodontic cases; alternative methods of endodontic therapy; introduction to interspecialty cases.

521 Preclinical Endodontics (3) Theoretical principles of endodontic therapy related to pulpal and periapical disease; training in procedures of localizing, preparing, and filling the root canal of human teeth.

562abcd Clinic: Concentrated Early Endodontics (0-0-0-1) Early clinical experience including assigned clinic demonstration block.

563ab Clinic: Endodontic Therapy (0-2) Clinical experience emphasizing diagnosis, treatment planning, and endodontic patient management.

610 Clinical Advanced Endodontics (2) In-depth discussion of endodontic surgery, retreatment, and hemisection cases; includes clinical experience in advanced endodontic cases. Prerequisite: departmental approval.

701abcd Seminar: Biological Basis of Endodontic Therapy (1-1-1-1) Investigation of the theoretical and biological bases of clinical endodontic procedures.

702 Seminar: Advanced Clinical Endodontics (2) Course designed to train students in the management of simple and complex endodontic cases.

703abcd Seminar: Review of Endodontic Literature (1-1-1-1) Critical review and analysis of classical and current endodontic literature.

704ab Seminar: Surgical Endodontics (2-2) Indications, principles, and techniques of surgical endodontics.

705ab Seminar: Endodontic Case Presentation (4-4) Student presentation of cases for critique and analysis.

710 Seminar: Endodontic Practice Management (2) Organizing, staffing, and evaluation of an endodontic practice. Modes and patterns of management including use of auxiliaries. Emphasis on endodontist-general practitioner relationship; legal aspects of dental practice. Seminar, 2 hours.

711 Alternatives in Endodontics (4) Alternative endodontic techniques presented by guest clinicians. Emphasis onendodontics and its relationship with periodontal, restorative, and surgical disciplines.

761abcdef Clinic: Advanced Endodontics (1-9 each) Advanced clinical experience emphasizing the diagnosis and management of complicated endodontic cases.

790 Directed Research: Endodontics (1-12) Principles of planning, organizing, and executing a clinical or educational research project. Graded CR/NC.

Fixed Prosthodontics (FPRO)

520 Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics (ISP) (2) Basic fundamentals of fixed prosthodontics; preparation for clinical procedures in posterior PFM's, posterior mandibular FPD's and in restoring endodontically treated teeth.

521 Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics I (3) Fundamentals and principles of posterior prosthodontic procedures, including diagnosis, biomechanic principles, and construction of fixed prosthodontic restorations.

522 Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics II (3) Fundamentals of esthetic restorations; fabrication of posterior and anterior porcelain-fused-to-metal restorations and anterior porcelain jacket crown; restoration of endodontically treated teeth.

561abcd Clinic: Fixed Prosthodontics (0-0-0-3) Clinical application of fixed prosthodontic principles in patient treatment.

562ab Clinic: Fixed Prosthodontics (0-3) Clinical application of fixed prosthodontic principles in patient treatment.

601 Advanced Fixed Prosthodontics (4) Critical review and evaluation of the fixed prosthodontic literature; guided experience in the laboratory and clinical phases of fixed prosthodontic therapy. Prerequisite: consent of course director.

Geriatric and Special Patient Dentistry (GSPD)

504 Dental Treatment of the Geriatric and Special Patient (2) Social, psychological, economic and health factors which influence dental care for the geriatric and special patient populations; specific considerations and modifications of conventional dental treatment.

562abc Clinic: Geriatric Dentistry (0-0-1) Clinical experience in dental treatment of geriatric patients at an extramural site.

563abc Clinic: Special Patient Care (0-0-1) Clinical experience in treatment of the physically, medically, or mentally disabled patient.

610 Clinical Gerodontology (1) Clinical application of principles of geriatric dentistry. Evaluation, treatment planning, and clinical care of elderly patients at residential and skilled-nursing care facilities.

612 Special Patient Care Clinic (1) Clinical experience in the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning and management of oral problems in special needs patients.

Histology (DHIS)

310 Basic Human and Oral Histology and Embryology (4, Fa) The light microscopic anatomy and ultra-structure of human tissues and organ systems, including the functional relationship of these structures. Development of the face, jaws, salivaries, dentition, periodontium, microscopic anatomy of tooth germ, and oral soft and hard tissues.

701 Advanced Oral Histology (2) Microscopic anatomy, ultrastructure and histochemistry of developing and functional oral tissues; based on recent advanced in oral LM, TEM, and SEM histology. Prerequisite: departmental approval.

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