Unit Code: DNT602

Unit Name: Conservative Dentistry

Description: The course emphasizes primary and secondary prevention procedures as essential in saving the tooth. Students develop critical thinking skills in clinical reasoning, including clinical assessment of the diseased tooth, selection of diagnostic tests for confirmation, decision-making and treatment planning. Performance skills are also developed as students undergo pre-clinical operative exercises, a major component of course delivery that occupies at least two hours a week of student time. "This course aims to provide students with: Essential background theoretical knowledge for effective practice of conservative dentistry; Opportunities for exposure to many patients for development of clinical diagnostic skills; Practice in the supervised interpretation of radiographs for confirmatory diagnosis; Skill development in planning and evaluating treatment plans; Opportunities for clinical performance skill development utilizing preventive and restorative materials to conserve and retain deciduous and permanent dentitions.; Skills to critically appraise literature for applicability and relevance to the practice of conservative dentistry; encouragement in seeking modern concepts of conservative dentistry for integration into dental services and practice for individuals and communities.

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Prerequisite: N/A

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1,2