Unit Code: DNT500

Unit Name: Clinical Dentistry I

Description: Component 1: This course is designed to provide the students with a hands-on fully-intensive introduction to all the basic principles, materials and procedures of dental clinical practice, in the controlled environment of the clinical laboratory. First Year students learn the scope of practice of dental assisting which they practice as participant observers in partnership with senior students. Students develop skills in carrying out administrative and clerical duties, assisting at the chair-side, strict implementation of infection control and occupational health and safety measures, assist in the management of emergencies in dental office, preparation and processing of radiographs, minimal non-interventional patient interactions, basic first-aid and maintenance and preparation of dental instruments.Component 2:This course introduces the student to the scientific basis for the use and manipulation of dental materials used in dental practice. Dental materials are described in terms of classification and function, composition, physical and biological properties and the optimal conditions for their maintenance. This highly-technical course is most relevant, as the use of dental materials is important to the dental practitioner, thus its introduction in Year One as a foundation course that is repetitively applied throughout the programmeme.

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Prerequisite: N/A

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 30

Offered In: Semester 1,2