2020-2021 ATSU University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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EDOH 8170 - Advanced Concepts in Clinical Practice - Orthodontics
1 credit hour
The student will further develop and demonstrate advanced skills in orthodontics.
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EDOH 8180 - Advanced Concepts in Clinical Practice - Pediatric Dentistry
1 credit hour
The student will further develop and demonstrate advanced skills in pediatric dentistry.
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EDOH 8185 - Advanced Concepts in Clinical Practice - Special Care Dentistry
1 credit hour
The student will further develop and demonstrate advanced skills in special care dentistry.
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EDOH 8190 - Concepts in Leadership II
1 credit hour
Through a series of lectures, guided interactions and group exercises, students will explore the principles of leadership.
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EDOH 8195 - Advanced Concepts in Clinical Practice - Implant Dentistry
1 credit hour
The student will further develop and demonstrate advanced skills in implant dentistry. D1, D2, D3 courses
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EDOH 8196 - Advanced Concepts in Clinical Practice - Sleep Dentistry
1 credit hour
The student will further develop and demonstrate advanced skills in sleep dentistry. D1, D2, D3 courses
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EDOH 8500 - Research Elective
1 credit hour
An elective course in which the student will receive credit for completion of a research project related to dentistry or oral public health. Each student will carry out and complete a research project, under the direction of a faculty advisor. Students may collaborate on projects. Enrolled students will meet periodically with faculty and each other to discuss research backgrounds, strategies, difficulties, and ways to meet the challenges of conducting research.
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ELEC 6212 - Spanish for Health Professions I
0.5
This communication-based course is designed to help medical professionals progress in their ability to communicate with patients in Spanish. Students will practice everyday situations that medical students, pre-professionals, and professionals may encounter in healthcare-related work settings. The course reviews Spanish grammar, introduces essential medical vocabulary, and presents cross-cultural information, all within the context of communicating with Hispanic patients.
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MDOH 5101 - Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Collaboration
0.27 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the ability to communicate effectively, maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values, apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics, develop knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions in an interprofessional team to plan and deliver patient-/ population-centered care. This includes concepts in Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Collaborative Practice.
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MDOH 5102 - Scientific Practice
1.47 credit hours
This course is designed to allow critical thinking, problem-solving, quantitative knowledge and reasoning (including analysis of data, appraisal of evidence, synthesis and integration of new information) to the practice of dentistry. This includes concepts in Evidence-Based Dentistry, Occlusion and Articulation, Dental Materials and Operative Dentistry.
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MDOH 5103 - Biomedical Sciences in Dentistry
36.16 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to apply knowledge of molecular, biochemical, cellular and systems-level mechanisms that maintain homeostasis and of the dysregulation of these mechanisms to the prevention, diagnosis and management of disease in the dental patient. This includes concepts in Oral Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Dental Sciences, Principles of Embryology & Histology, Molecular Cell Biology: Principles, Molecular Cell Biology: Metabolism, Principles of Anatomy, Head and Neck Anatomy, Principles of Microbiology & Immunology, Principles of Pharmacology, Genetics & Pathology, Cardiopulmonary Systems, Regulatory Systems, Urinary/Renal System, Musculoskeletal & Integument Systems and Gastrointestinal System..
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MDOH 5104 - Professionalism and Ethical Practice
1.63 credit hours
This course is designed to develop professional values, ethical principles, self- assessment and apply legal principles and regulatory concepts to address the oral health needs of individual patients and the community. This includes concepts in Dental Ethics, Dental Professionalism and Behavioral Science..
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MDOH 5105 - Oral Health Care Delivery
0.5 credit hours
This course is designed to help students function successfully in a multicultural work environment, manage and educate a diverse patient population, promote, improve and maintain the health of dental patients, apply principles and philosophies of patient management, recognize different models of health care delivery and leadership of an oral health care team, to address and/or solve population-based health issues using the public health principles of assessment, policy development and assurance. This includes concepts in Dentistry in the Community..
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MDOH 5106 - Person-centered care
0.05 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the necessary skill to assess and manage the oral health care needs of patients within the scope of general dentistry in all stages of life (infants, children, adolescents, adults, geriatric patients and patients with special needs). This includes concepts in Oral Medicine, Clinical Practice and Oral Health Concepts..
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MDOH 5107 - Skills Acquisition
1.27 credit hours
This course is designed to allow the students to go through the cognitive and associative stages of skills’ acquisition. This would include communication principles in the care of dental patients, the fundamental concepts of infection control, prevention and oral hygiene instruction and basic dental assisting skills. It will also cover fundamental principles and concepts of dental materials science and cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of basic theory and techniques of operative dentistry. This includes concepts in Occlusion and Articulation, Dental Materials, Oral Medicine, Oral Health Concepts and Operative Dentistry. .
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MDOH 5201 - Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Collaboration
0.53 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the ability to communicate effectively, maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values, apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics, develop knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions in an interprofessional team to plan and deliver patient-/ population-centered care. This includes concepts in Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Collaborative Practice.
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MDOH 5202 - Scientific Practice
3.01 credit hours
This course is designed to allow critical thinking, problem-solving, quantitative knowledge and reasoning (including analysis of data, appraisal of evidence, synthesis and integration of new information) to the practice of dentistry. This includes concepts in Evidence-Based Dentistry, Occlusion and Articulation, Dental Materials and Operative Dentistry.
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MDOH 5203 - Biomedical Sciences in Dentistry
15.5 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to apply knowledge of molecular, biochemical, cellular and systems-level mechanisms that maintain homeostasis and of the dysregulation of these mechanisms to the prevention, diagnosis and management of disease in the dental patient. This includes concepts in Oral Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Dental Sciences, Principles of Embryology & Histology, Molecular Cell Biology: Principles, Molecular Cell Biology: Metabolism, Principles of Anatomy, Head and Neck Anatomy, Principles of Microbiology & Immunology, Principles of Pharmacology, Genetics & Pathology, Cardiopulmonary Systems, Regulatory Systems, Urinary/Renal System, Musculoskeletal & Integument Systems and Gastrointestinal System.
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MDOH 5204 - Professionalism and Ethical Practice
1.87 credit hours
This course is designed to develop professional values, ethical principles, self- assessment and apply legal principles and regulatory concepts to address the oral health needs of individual patients and the community. This includes concepts in Dental Ethics, Dental Professionalism and Behavioral Science.
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MDOH 5205 - Oral Health Care Delivery
0.5 credit hours
This course is designed to help students function successfully in a multicultural work environment, manage and educate a diverse patient population, promote, improve and maintain the health of dental patients, apply principles and philosophies of patient management, recognize different models of health care delivery and leadership of an oral health care team, to address and/or solve population-based health issues using the public health principles of assessment, policy development and assurance. This includes concepts in Dentistry in the Community.
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MDOH 5206 - Person-centered care
2.57 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the necessary skill to assess and manage the oral health care needs of patients within the scope of general dentistry in all stages of life (infants, children, adolescents, adults, geriatric patients and patients with special needs). This includes concepts in Oral Medicine, Clinical Practice and Oral Health Concepts.
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MDOH 5207 - Skills Acquisition
6.15 credit hours
This course is designed to allow the students to go through the cognitive and associative stages of skills’ acquisition. This would include communication principles in the care of dental patients, the fundamental concepts of infection control, prevention and oral hygiene instruction and basic dental assisting skills. It will also cover fundamental principles and concepts of dental materials science and cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of basic theory and techniques of operative dentistry. This includes concepts in Occlusion and Articulation, Dental Materials, Oral Medicine, Oral Health Concepts and Operative Dentistry.
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MDOH 5301 - Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
0.75 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the ability to communicate effectively, maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values, apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics, develop knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions in an interprofessional team to plan and deliver patient-/ population-centered care.
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MDOH 5302 - Scientific Practice
2.75 credit hours
This course is designed to cultivate critical thinking, problem-solving, quantitative knowledge and reasoning (including analysis of data, appraisal of evidence, synthesis and integration of new information) to the practice of dentistry.
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MDOH 5303 - Biomedical Sciences and Dental Sciences
26.25 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to apply knowledge of molecular, biochemical, cellular and systems-level mechanisms that maintain homeostasis and of the dysregulation of these mechanisms to the prevention, diagnosis and management of disease in the dental patient, including concepts in biomedical and dental sciences.
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MDOH 5304 - Professionalism, Ethical Practice, and Behavioral Sciences
1.75 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to develop professional values, ethical principles, behavioral sciences, self- assessment, and apply legal principles and regulatory concepts to address the oral health needs of individual patients and the community.
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MDOH 5305 - Oral Health Care Delivery
1 credit hour
This course is designed to help students function successfully in a multicultural work environment, manage and educate a diverse patient population, promote, improve and maintain the health of dental patients, apply principles and philosophies of patient management, recognize different models of health care delivery and leadership of an oral health care team, to address and/or solve population-based health issues using the public health principles of assessment, policy development and assurance.
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MDOH 5306 - Person Centered-Care
3 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the skills required to assess the health care needs of patients within the scope of general dentistry in all stages of life (infants, children, adolescents, adults, geriatric patients and patients with special needs).
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MDOH 5307 - Skills Acquisition
3.5 credit hours
This course is designed to guide students through the cognitive and associative stages of skills acquisition. It will cover fundamental principles and concepts of dental materials science and cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of basic theory and techniques in dentistry, including communication principles in the care of dental patients, the fundamental concepts of infection control, prevention and oral hygiene instruction and basic dental assisting skills.
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MDOH 5401 - Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
0.75 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the ability to communicate effectively, maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values, apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics, develop knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions in an interprofessional team to plan and deliver patient-/ population-centered care. This course builds on the information in the fall semester courses. MDOH 5301, 5302, 5303, 5304, 5305, 5306, 5307
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MDOH 5402 - Scientific Practice
7.5 credit hours
This course is designed to cultivate critical thinking, problem-solving, quantitative knowledge and reasoning (including analysis of data, appraisal of evidence, synthesis and integration of new information) to the practice of dentistry. This course builds on the information in the fall semester courses. This course builds on the information in the fall semester courses.
MDOH 5301, 5302, 5303, 5304, 5305, 5306, 5307
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MDOH 5403 - Biomedical Sciences and Dental Sciences
11 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to apply knowledge of molecular, biochemical, cellular and systems-level mechanisms that maintain homeostasis and of the dysregulation of these mechanisms to the prevention, diagnosis and management of disease in the dental patient, including concepts in biomedical and dental sciences. This course builds on the information in the fall semester courses. MDOH 5301, 5302, 5303, 5304, 5305, 5306, 5307
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MDOH 5404 - Professionalism, Ethical Practice and Behavioral Science
1.5 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to develop professional values, ethical principles, behavioral sciences, self- assessment, and apply legal principles and regulatory concepts to address the oral health needs of individual patients and the community. This course builds on the information in the fall semester courses. MDOH 5301, 5302, 5303, 5304, 5305, 5306, 5307 5301, 5302, 5303, 5304, 5305, 5306, 5307
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MDOH 5405 - Oral Health Care Delivery
0.75 credit hours
This course is designed to help students function successfully in a multicultural work environment, manage and educate a diverse patient population, promote, improve and maintain the health of dental patients, apply principles and philosophies of patient management, recognize different models of health care delivery and leadership of an oral health care team, to address and/or solve population-based health issues using the public health principles of assessment, policy development and assurance. This course builds on the information in the fall semester courses. MDOH 5301, 5302, 5303, 5304, 5305, 5306, 5307
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MDOH 5406 - Person Centered-Care
4.75 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the skills required to assess the health care needs of patients within the scope of general dentistry in all stages of life (infants, children, adolescents, adults, geriatric patients and patients with special needs). This course builds on the information in the fall semester courses. MDOH 5301, 5302, 5303, 5304, 5305, 5306, 5307
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MDOH 5407 - Skills Acquisition
7 credit hours
This course is designed to guide students through the cognitive and associative stages of skills acquisition. It will cover fundamental principles and concepts of dental materials science and cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of basic theory and techniques in dentistry, including communication principles in the care of dental patients, the fundamental concepts of infection control, prevention and oral hygiene instruction and basic dental assisting skills. This course builds on the information in the fall semester courses.
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MDOH 6010 - Oral Medicine II
1.33 credit hours
The course is designed for students to work in teams to integrate content and concepts from Biomedical and other support courses into the principles of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry. The Oral Medicine course is intended to be the initial phase of developing a complete understanding of selected Medical conditions as they apply through the four year education of the dental student. MDOH 5010 and 5011 Oral Medicine I
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MDOH 6011 - Oral Medicine II
1.07 credit hours
The course is designed for students to work in teams to integrate content and concepts from Biomedical and other support courses into the principles of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry. The Oral Medicine course is intended to be the initial phase of developing a complete understanding of selected Medical conditions as they apply through the four year education of the dental student.
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MDOH 6020 - Ethics
1.07
This course evaluates ethical issues in dentistry, including how to establish and maintain the ideal dentist-patient relationship and integrates the obligations and values of dentistry into ethical decision-making.
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MDOH 6030 - Evidence-Based Dentistry
1.33 credit hours
Exploration of more advanced topics and methods in evidence based dentistry. MDOH 5007 Introduction to Evidence-Based Dentistry
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MDOH 6040 - Behavioral Science
0.57 credit hours
A survey of behavioral science and its application in dentistry. MDOH 5040 Introduction to Behavioral Science
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MDOH 6041 - Behavioral Science
0.67 credit hours
A survey of behavioral science and its application in dentistry.
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MDOH 6050 - Dentistry in the Community II
0.75 credit hours
This course includes TWO semesters - D2S1, D2S2. The course focuses on community-based health promotion and disease prevention measures to improve the oral health of the population, as well as the characteristics of dental care delivery systems and the social, political, psychological and economic factors affecting utilization within the system. Additional topics covered are cultural diversity, project planning and health literacy. Corequisite or prerequisite: MDOH 5150 and 5151 Dentistry in the Community I
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MDOH 6051 - Dentistry in the Community II
0.75 credit hours
This course includes TWO semesters - D2S1, D2S2. The course focuses on community-based health promotion and disease prevention measures to improve the oral health of the population, as well as the characteristics of dental care delivery systems and the social, political, psychological and economic factors affecting utilization within the system. Additional topics covered are cultural diversity, project planning and health literacy. Corequisite or prerequisite: MDOH 5150 and 5151 Dentistry in the Community I
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MDOH 6100 - Periodontics II
3.06 credit hours
This course focuses on the application of basic sciences to clinical problems in periodontology. Students will be able to focus on the classification of periodontal diseases, diagnosis and management of periodontal diseases and non-surgical and surgical treatment. Emphasis will be placed on etiology, pathogenesis, treatment modalities and therapeutic and preventive periodontics in a clinical setting. Students will be able to support their treatment decisions with evidence-based literature. Students will have initial experiences working in the clinical setting providing a variety of diagnostic and preventive procedures on each other while learning to operate and maintain the clinic equipment and instrumentation. Corequisite or prerequisite: MDOH 5610 Periodontics I
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MDOH 6101 - Periodontics II
1.43 credit hours
This course focuses on the application of basic sciences to clinical problems in periodontology. Students will be able to focus on the classification of periodontal diseases, diagnosis and management of periodontal diseases and non-surgical and surgical treatment. Emphasis will be placed on etiology, pathogenesis, treatment modalities and therapeutic and preventive periodontics in a clinical setting. Students will be able to support their treatment decisions with evidence-based literature. Students will have initial experiences working in the clinical setting providing a variety of diagnostic and preventive procedures on each other while learning to operate and maintain the clinic equipment and instrumentation.
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MDOH 6110 - Pharmacology II
2.53 credit hours
Dental Pharmacology is a course that emphasizes the basic principles of pharmacology, including therapeutic prototypical drugs and drugs established in clinical practice. Some attention will be directed to newly developed drugs, available preparations and dosing regimens, and other pertinent topics. Specific emphasis will be provided for the practice of dentistry when appropriate. MDOH 5420 Pharmacology II
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MDOH 6200 - Fixed Prosthodontics
8.27 credit hours
This course presents an overview of clinical and laboratory procedures associated with both fixed single unit and fixed partial denture restorations. The primary topics will focus on diagnostic, clinical and theoretical considerations for all-gold, metal-ceramic and all-ceramic single unit restorations as well as the preparation and framework design for metal-based fixed partial dentures. To improve understanding of the fabrication process, dental materials utilized in the fabrication and delivery of each restoration type will be summarized. The student will be able to discuss and assess each procedure performed. MDOH 5800 Operative Dentistry I
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MDOH 6300 - Operative Dentistry II
2.07 credit hours
This course is a continuation of the Operative Dentistry (D1) course. This course will expand the student’s knowledge of the theory and techniques of operative dentistry. Students will have the opportunity to combine the theoretical understanding and integration of clinical skills with medical science knowledge, develop properly sequenced treatment plans, develop technical skills in operative dentistry through learning more about intra-coronal preparation and restorations in single teeth, develop clinical judgment, perform self-assessments, and develop their professional conduct, attitude and appearance. The course will provide students the opportunity to apply clinical and professional skills in a simulated practice environment. MDOH 5800 Operative Dentistry I
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MDOH 6301 - Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
0.75 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the ability to communicate effectively, maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values, apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics, develop knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions in an interprofessional team to plan and deliver patient-/ population-centered care. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH 5301, 5401
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MDOH 6302 - Scientific Practice
8.75 credit hours
This course is designed to cultivate critical thinking, problem-solving, quantitative knowledge and reasoning (including analysis of data, appraisal of evidence, synthesis and integration of new information) to the practice of dentistry. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH 5302, 5402
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MDOH 6303 - Biomedical Sciences and Dental Sciences
11.75 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to apply knowledge of molecular, biochemical, cellular and systems-level mechanisms that maintain homeostasis and of the dysregulation of these mechanisms to the prevention, diagnosis and management of disease in the dental patient, including concepts in biomedical and dental sciences. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring semester courses.
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MDOH 6304 - Professionalism, Ethical Practice and Behavioral Sciences
1.75 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to develop professional values, ethical principles, behavioral sciences, self- assessment, and apply legal principles and regulatory concepts to address the oral health needs of individual patients and the community. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH 5304, 5403
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MDOH 6305 - Oral Health Care Delivery
1 credit hour
This course is designed to help students function successfully in a multicultural work environment, manage and educate a diverse patient population, promote, improve and maintain the health of dental patients, apply principles and philosophies of patient management, recognize different models of health care delivery and leadership of an oral health care team, to address and/or solve population-based health issues using the public health principles of assessment, policy development and assurance. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH 5305, 5405
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MDOH 6306 - Person-centered care
2.5 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the skills required to assess the health care needs of patients within the scope of general dentistry in all stages of life (infants, children, adolescents, adults, geriatric patients and patients with special needs). This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH 5306, 5406
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MDOH 6307 - Skills Acquisition
11.75 credit hours
This course is designed to guide students through the cognitive and associative stages of skills acquisition. It will cover fundamental principles and concepts of dental materials science and cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of basic theory and techniques in dentistry, including communication principles in the care of dental patients, the fundamental concepts of infection control, prevention and oral hygiene instruction and basic dental assisting skills. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH 5307, 5407
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MDOH 6310 - Endodontics I
3 credit hours
This beginning course will focus on the anatomy of the root canal system and an introduction to the etiology and pathology of pulpal and periapical diseases. Procedural topics will include endodontic access, cleaning, shaping, and obturation of the root canal system. A variety of approaches based upon a common foundation leading to the same result will be covered. Additional content regarding endodontics will be provided in the Endodontics II course in the spring term. MDOH 5800 Operative Dentistry I
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MDOH 6320 - Removable Prosthodontics: Complete Dentures
3.81 credit hours
In this course students will learn and apply the clinical and laboratory skills necessary to create high quality complete dentures as well as nomenclature and concepts relevant to complete denture fabrications.
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MDOH 6401 - Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
0.75 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the ability to communicate effectively, maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values, apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics, develop knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions in an interprofessional team to plan and deliver patient-/ population-centered care. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall semester courses. MDOH 5301, 5401, 6301
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MDOH 6402 - Scientific Practice
11 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the ability to communicate effectively, maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values, apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics, develop knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions in an interprofessional team to plan and deliver patient-/ population-centered care. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall semester courses. MDOH 5302, 5402, 6302
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MDOH 6403 - Biomedical Sciences and Dental Sciences
5.25 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to apply knowledge of molecular, biochemical, cellular and systems-level mechanisms that maintain homeostasis and of the dysregulation of these mechanisms to the prevention, diagnosis and management of disease in the dental patient, including concepts in biomedical and dental sciences. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall semester courses. MDOH 5303, 5403, 6303
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MDOH 6404 - Professionalism, Ethical Practice and Behavioral Sciences
1.75 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to apply knowledge of molecular, biochemical, cellular and systems-level mechanisms that maintain homeostasis and of the dysregulation of these mechanisms to the prevention, diagnosis and management of disease in the dental patient, including concepts in biomedical and dental sciences. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall semester courses. MDOH 5304, 5404, 6304
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MDOH 6405 - Oral Health Care Delivery
1 credit hour
This course is designed to help students function successfully in a multicultural work environment, manage and educate a diverse patient population, promote, improve and maintain the health of dental patients, apply principles and philosophies of patient management, recognize different models of health care delivery and leadership of an oral health care team, to address and/or solve population-based health issues using the public health principles of assessment, policy development and assurance. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall semester courses. MDOH 5305, 5405, 6305
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MDOH 6406 - Person Centered-Care
3.25 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the skills required to assess the health care needs of patients within the scope of general dentistry in all stages of life (infants, children, adolescents, adults, geriatric patients and patients with special needs). This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall semester courses. MDOH 5306, 5406, 6306
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MDOH 6407 - Skills Acquisition
5 credit hours
This course is designed to guide students through the cognitive and associative stages of skills acquisition. It will cover fundamental principles and concepts of dental materials science and cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of basic theory and techniques in dentistry, including communication principles in the care of dental patients, the fundamental concepts of infection control, prevention and oral hygiene instruction and basic dental assisting skills. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall semester courses. MDOH 5307, 5407, 6307
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MDOH 6410 - Introduction to Dental Radiography
1.8 credit hours
This course provides an overview of dental radiology principles and techniques. Topics include x-ray production, radiation biology and safety, exposure techniques, film processing and mounting, radiographic interpretation, identification of anatomical structures and patient management. The student will practice skills in a supervised simulation laboratory using teaching manikins to produce dental radiographic images as well as the placement of imaging receptors on student partners.
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MDOH 6600 - Dental Anesthesia
2.08 credit hours
This course covers concepts and techniques related to the administration of local anesthetic agents and nitrous oxide. Course content includes a comprehensive review of pharmacologic agents used to obtain topical and local anesthesia, and nitrous oxide-oxygen analgesia; risk assessment performed during the medical history review; patient selection criteria for choosing appropriate pain management strategies; prevention and treatment of medical emergencies; and patient management during anesthesia and nitrous oxide-oxygen analgesia.
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MDOH 6610 - Oral Surgery
1.66 credit hours
This course is an introductory level didactic presentation of the fundamental concepts of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Emphasis is placed on the fundamental skills of oral surgery which apply to the practice of general dentistry.
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MDOH 6620 - Implant Dentistry
1.8 credit hours
The implant module presents basic understanding of the biological aspects necessary for successful implant therapy. Students are exposed to one implant system in the laboratory portion of the course and there they perform some of the routine implant mechanics; this includes placement templates, simulated implant placement, impression transfer to the laboratory analogue, provisionalization and overdenture mechanics.
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MDOH 6650 - Removable Prosthodontics: Partial Dental Prostheses
2.63 credit hours
This course is designed to teach students a working nomenclature as well as the necessary design principles for fabricating and delivering removable partial dentures (RPDs). Students will design RPDs for all Kennedy classifications, learn and demonstrate necessary intra-oral procedures associated with RPD fabrication, and learn to write laboratory work authorizations for RPDs.
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MDOH 6670 - Endodontics II
1.26 credit hours
This course will focus on the diagnosis and treatment planning of endodontically-involved teeth. It will also cover oralfacial pain and pathology of non-endodontic origin. MDOH 6310 Endodontics II
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MDOH 6680 - Pediatric Dentistry
2.06 credit hours
This course will introduce and examine the clinical, operative and behavior management issues relating to Pediatric dentistry.
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MDOH 6690 - Orthodontics
1.66 credit hours
Basic orthodontic principles, growth and development, manipulation of simple orthodontic appliances.
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MDOH 6799 - Clinical Readiness Assessment
2.22 credit hours
This course will require the second-year dental student to effectively manage simulated patient treatment in all areas of restorative dentistry (including operative dentistry, as well as fixed and removable prosthetic dentistry). Students will be required to consider time management during the daily projects and practical examinations. Daily projects will allow the student the opportunity to practice skills and work with various restorative materials while practical examinations will test the students on their readiness to progress to the supervised D3 clinical setting. Additionally, criteria used for the fourth-year clinical board exams (operative dentistry) will be introduced during this course to better ready students for the clinical years. MDOH 6300 Operative Dentistry II MDOH 6200 Fixed Prosthodontics MDOH 6650 Removable Prosthodontics
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MDOH 6800 - Oral Pathology I
4.2 credit hours
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the variety of diseases and conditions, which may be encountered in a dental setting. The students should be able to recognize pathological conditions of the oral cavity including oral manifestations of systemic disease in the application of pathologic principles. The course provides an understanding of the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features encountered and treatment options of the oral cavity and head and neck regions.
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MDOH 6940 - Medically Complex Patients
2.67 credit hours
The students will learn how to integrate the systemic diseases and complex issues of patient management when considering the patient’s dental needs.
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MDOH 6950 - Treatment Planning
2.53 credit hours
The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop the logical thought processes needed for comprehensive, problem-oriented treatment planning for adult and medically complex patients. Previous didactic information will be utilized as the student applies this knowledge to the assessment and organization of specific patient data. Students will work in groups to prepare several diagnoses and problem lists needed to plan sequenced treatments. Students will also be provided a basic understanding of how various medical disorders can affect oral health and the delivery of dental care. This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of how various medical disorders can affect oral health and the delivery of dental care. In addition to learning basic information about common medical conditions, the student learns the process of risk assessment and treatment planning considerations for patients with typical medical disorders. Emphasis is placed on studying and researching various information resources.
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MDOH 6995 - Dental Professionalism II
0.5 credit hours
Professionalism is a cornerstone in the practice of dentistry. As such the professionalism course is offered each semester of the MOSDOH curriculum to demonstrate the importance of professional behavior in the dental students’ lives and careers in gaining and maintaining the trust of others.
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MDOH 6996 - Dental Professionalism II
0.5 credit hours
Professionalism is a cornerstone in the practice of dentistry. As such the professionalism course is offered each semester of the MOSDOH curriculum to demonstrate the importance of professional behavior in the dental students’ lives and careers in gaining and maintaining the trust of others.
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MDOH 6997 - Introduction to Clinical Practice I
0.75 credit hours
This course for early clinical experiences is designed for students to gain skills to working in vertical teams with other students and faculty through clinical rotations and help assist and manage the oral health care needs of patients within the scope of general dentistry in all stages of life (infants, children, adolescents, adults, geriatric patients and patients with special needs).
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MDOH 6998 - Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Collaboration I
1.33 credit hours
This course is the second course in the series designed to provide students with the ability to communicate effectively, maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values, apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics, develop knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions in an interprofessional team to plan and deliver patient-/ population-centered care. Students can select from several Interprfoessional Education and Collaborative Practice modules.
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MDOH 6999 - Introduction to Clinical Practice II
0.75 credit hours
This course for early clinical experiences is designed for students to gain skills to working in vertical teams with other students and faculty through clinical rotations and help assist and manage the oral health care needs of patients within the scope of general dentistry in all stages of life (infants, children, adolescents, adults, geriatric patients and patients with special needs).
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MDOH 7000 - Portfolio Capstone Project I
0.4 credit hours
The use of a portfolio assessment strategy provides a robust methodology, using both formative (along the way evaluation) and summative (final or end evaluation) assessments and reflective analysis, to help determine attainment of competency at the end of a four-year dental school curriculum.
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MDOH 7001 - Portfolio Capstone Project I
0.4 credit hours
The use of a portfolio assessment strategy provides a robust methodology, using both formative (along the way evaluation) and summative (final or end evaluation) assessments and reflective analysis, to help determine attainment of competency at the end of a four-year dental school curriculum.
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MDOH 7002 - Evidence-Based Dentistry II
0.5 credit hours
This course will provide students with hands-on clinical research experience in collaboration with experienced clinical faculty. Foundational research methodology will be employed as a research question is chosen, peer-reviewed literature searched, human subjects protocol followed, data collected and analyzed culminating in a poster presentation.
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MDOH 7003 - Evidence-Based Dentistry II
0.5 credit hours
This course will provide students with hands-on clinical research experience in collaboration with experienced clinical faculty. Foundational research methodology will be employed as a research question is chosen, peer-reviewed literature searched, human subjects protocol followed, data collected and analyzed culminating in a poster presentation.
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MDOH 7004 - Leadership in Dentistry I
0.3 credit hours
Through a series of lectures, guided interactions and group exercises, students will explore the principles of leadership.
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MDOH 7050 - Dentistry in the Community III
0.53 credit hours
This module takes place over two semesters during D3. This course will look at various community-based programs: how best to develop, implement, and evaluate these programs as well as financing these programs. Students will work with a local organization/ institution/ agency to develop a comprehensive oral health plan for a community. Students will be prepared for community clinical dentistry rotation experiences at safety net clinics. The module will compare and contrast different types of safety net clinics, analyze administration, funding, and patient population of safety net clinics, and evaluate the roles of other organizations that interact with safety net clinics. MDOH 6050 and 6051 Dentistry in the Community II
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MDOH 7051 - Dentistry in the Community III
0.53 credit hours
This module takes place over two semesters during D3. This course will look at various community-based programs: how best to develop, implement, and evaluate these programs as well as financing these programs. Students will work with a local organization/ institution/ agency to develop a comprehensive oral health plan for a community. Students will be prepared for community clinical dentistry rotation experiences at safety net clinics. The module will compare and contrast different types of safety net clinics, analyze administration, funding, and patient population of safety net clinics, and evaluate the roles of other organizations that interact with safety net clinics. MDOH 6050 and 6051 Dentistry in the Community II
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MDOH 7101 - Integrated Clinical Sciences - Didactic I
14.13 credit hours
CCU directors and adjunct faculty to perform comprehensive oral exams, treatment planning, and diagnostic, preventive and definitive dental services. Patient treatment will be performed in the Comprehensive Care Units, Specialty Areas, Emergency, and in the 4th year, at affiliated external clinic sites. A diverse patient population will be served. Seminars will be held on a regular basis to review and present advanced concepts relevant clinic topics including treatment planning, case presentations, ethics, professionalism, practice management, legal and regulatory issues, evidence-based practice, and behavioral sciences. Additionally, specific disciplines of dentistry are covered.
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MDOH 7102 - Integrated Clinical Sciences - Didactic I
8.1 credit hours
CCU directors and adjunct faculty to perform comprehensive oral exams, treatment planning, and diagnostic, preventive and definitive dental services. Patient treatment will be performed in the Comprehensive Care Units, Specialty Areas, Emergency, and in the 4th year, at affiliated external clinic sites. A diverse patient population will be served. Seminars will be held on a regular basis to review and present advanced concepts relevant clinic topics including treatment planning, case presentations, ethics, professionalism, practice management, legal and regulatory issues, evidence-based practice, and behavioral sciences. Additionally, specific disciplines and specialties of dentistry are covered.
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MDOH 7111 - Integrated Clinical Sciences - Clinic I (Fall)
19.1 credit hours
Students will be treating patients in a clinical setting. Students will work with their CCU directors, specialty and adjunct faculty to perform comprehensive oral exams, treatment planning, and diagnostic, preventive and definitive dental services. Patient treatment will be performed in the Comprehensive Care Units, Specialty Areas, Emergency, and in the fourth year, at affiliated external clinical sites. A diverse patient population will be served. Seminars will be held on a regular basis to review relevant clinic topics, including treatment planning and case presentations.
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MDOH 7112 - Integrated Clinical Sciences - Clinic I (Spring)
20.95 credit hours
Students will be treating patients in a clinical setting. Students will work with their CCU directors, specialty and adjunct faculty to perform comprehensive oral exams, treatment planning, and diagnostic, preventive and definitive dental services. Patient treatment will be performed in the Comprehensive Care Units, Specialty Areas, Emergency, and in the fourth year, at affiliated external clinical sites. A diverse patient population will be served. Seminars will be held on a regular basis to review relevant clinic topics, including treatment planning and case presentations.
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MDOH 7301 - Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
0.5 credit hours
This course is designed to guide students through the cognitive and associative stages of skills acquisition. It will cover fundamental principles and concepts of dental materials science and cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of basic theory and techniques in dentistry, including communication principles in the care of dental patients, the fundamental concepts of infection control, prevention and oral hygiene instruction and basic dental assisting skills. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall semester courses. MDOH 5301, 5401, 6301, 6401
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MDOH 7302 - Scientific Practice
13 credit hours
This course is designed to cultivate critical thinking, problem-solving, quantitative knowledge and reasoning (including analysis of data, appraisal of evidence, synthesis and integration of new information) to the practice of dentistry. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH 5302, 5402, 6302
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MDOH 7303 - Biomedical Sciences and Dental Sciences
0.25 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to apply knowledge of molecular, biochemical, cellular and systems-level mechanisms that maintain homeostasis and of the dysregulation of these mechanisms to the prevention, diagnosis and management of disease in the dental patient, including concepts in biomedical and dental sciences. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH 5303, 5403, 6303, 6403
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MDOH 7304 - Professionalism, Ethical Practice and Behavioral Science
0.5 credit hours
This course is designed to allow students to develop professional values, ethical principles, behavioral sciences, self- assessment, and apply legal principles and regulatory concepts to address the oral health needs of individual patients and the community. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH 5304, 5404, 6304, 6404
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MDOH 7305 - Oral Health Care Delivery
0.5 credit hours
This course is designed to help students function successfully in a multicultural work environment, manage and educate a diverse patient population, promote, improve and maintain the health of dental patients, apply principles and philosophies of patient management, recognize different models of health care delivery and leadership of an oral health care team, to address and/or solve population-based health issues using the public health principles of assessment, policy development and assurance. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH 5305, 5405, 6305, 6405
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MDOH 7306 - Person Centered-Care
22 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with the skills required to assess the health care needs of patients within the scope of general dentistry in all stages of life (infants, children, adolescents, adults, geriatric patients and patients with special needs). This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH 5306, 5406, 6306, 6406
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MDOH 7307 - Skills Acquisition
1 credit hour
This course is designed to guide students through the cognitive and associative stages of skills acquisition. It will cover fundamental principles and concepts of dental materials science and cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of basic theory and techniques in dentistry, including communication principles in the care of dental patients, the fundamental concepts of infection control, prevention and oral hygiene instruction and basic dental assisting skills. This course builds on the information in the D1 fall and spring and D2 fall and spring semester courses. MDOH5307, 5407, 6307, 6407
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