| CODE | DSG5060 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Clinical Practice for Dental Surgery 1 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Dental Surgery | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This first-year study-unit introduces students to clinical work with diverse clients using digital workflows in a traditional dental clinical setting. Patients will include clients requiring prosthodontic, oral surgery, restorative and periodontics management. In Clinical Practice 1, students will organize and manage patients' digital treatment plans under supervision from dental and other allied health professionals, to foster multidisciplinary collaboration. Study-Unit Aims: The aims of the study-unit are: - Developing an understanding of the role of the dental clinical professional in a clinical setting using digital workflows. - Developing students' professionalism while providing realistic digital and CAD-CAM dental services. - Providing opportunities to integrate evidence-based dentistry in clinical settings. - Fostering the integration of knowledge and theory into dental practice. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Interpret patients' clinical data to develop an integrated digital treatment planning. - Participate in the oral rehabilitation of patients using CAD-CAM methodologies. - Collaborate with dental technicians by using digital technologies to providing quality health care. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Collect data from medical and dental histories. - Perform intraoral scans of dentate patients. - Perform digital wax patterns working in a chairside digital workflow. - Promote oral health (practice placements) on a one is to one basis when treating patients. - Use evidence-based knowledge in decision-making. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: BChD, MDS | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical | ||||||||
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