Preclinical Restorative Course Descriptions
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PRO 820 – Preclinical Complete Denture Prosthodontics
Course Director: Dr. Robert Frazer
This preclinical lecture and laboratory course provides an introduction to basic concepts of diagnosis and treatment planning, fabrication, placement and maintenance of complete dentures.
PRO 822 - Clinical Complete Denture Prosthodontics- Lab
Course Director: Dr. Behruz Abadi
The treatment of a patient with complete maxillary and mandibular denture needs is performed in the clinic by the student.
PRO 824 – Removable Partial Dentures
Course Director: Dr. Robert Frazer
This course is designed to teach the student the basic principles and the practical procedures in providing a therapeutic and functional removable restoration.
PRO 834 – Preclincial Restorative Dentistry III
Course Director: Dr. Steve Selwitz
This is a preclinical course with emphasis on dental hard tissue surgery and restorative procedures for anterior and posterior fixed prosthodontics
PRO 836 – Principles of Fixed Prosthodontics
Course Director: Dr. Robert Frazer
This course is a lecture series concerning diagnosis and treatment planning for fixed prosthodontics care and the principles of providing that care.
RSD 810 – Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry I
Course Director: Dr. David Gore
This lecture course in operative dentistry is designed to provide a beginning student with basic knowledge about cavity preparation and restorative techniques for amalgam and resin composite.
RSD 811-812 – Principles of Dental Anatomy, Morphology and Occlusion
Course Director: Dr. James Timmons
This introductory course is designed to provide the student dentist with the necessary working knowledge of dental anatomy, dental morphology and basic dental occlusion for all succeeding courses in preclinical and clinical dentistry.
RSD 814 – Preclinical Operative Dentistry I
Course Director: Dr. David Gore
This first-year preclinical laboratory course in operative dentistry is designed to provide a beginning student with basic skills for cavity preparation and restorative techniques for amalgam and resin composite.
RSD 816 – Esthetic Dentistry I
Course Director: Dr. David Gore
This lecture course is designed to provide a beginning student the basic principles of cavity preparation and restoration with esthetic dental materials.
RSD 818 – Preclinical Esthetic Dentistry I
Course Director: Dr. David Gore
This first-year preclinical course in esthetic dentistry is designed to provide beginning student with the basic skills for cavity preparation and restorative techniques for using tooth-colored restorative materials.
RSD 821 – Clinical Restorative Dentistry I
Course Director: Dr. Robert Kovarik
This course emphasizes clinical application of the principles taught in preclinical courses. Concepts of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as well as preventive measures are applied in the clinic with emphasis on the demonstration of competency in rendering primary care type treatment procedures.
RSD 822 – Principles of Dental Occlusion and Articulation
Course Director: Dr. Charles Thomas
This course is directed toward the examination, diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment of various occlusal problems. The student will learn the skills needed to analyze the dental occlusion of patients and to plan successful occlusal therapy including restorative procedures and fixed prosthodontic treatment.
RSD 823 – Preclinical Restorative Dentistry II
Course Director: Dr. Charles Thomas
This is a didactic course with emphasis on the basic knowledge required for tooth preparation and indirect single tooth dental restoration.
RSD 824 – Preclinical Restorative Dentistry II
Course Director: Dr. Russ Byron
This preclinical course places emphasis on dental hard tissue surgery and on their restoration to meet the biological needs of the patient.
RSD 825 – Preclinical Restorative Dentistry II
Course Director: Dr. Charles Thomas
This course is a continuation of RSD 823 wih emphasis on single tooth indirect intracoronal restorations of the endodontically treated tooth.
RSD 826 – Preclinical Dentistry II
Course Director: Dr. Jim Haubenreich
This is a preclinical course with emphasis on dental hard tissue surgery and restorative procedures for single tooth indirect restorations.
RSD 827 – Dental Biomaterials
Course Director: Dr. Richard Mitchell
In this course, the materials science, proper manipulation and biocompatibility of a wide variety of dental biomaterials are examined.
RSD 835 – Advanced Esthetics in Restorative Dentistry
Course Director: Dr. Robert Kovarik
This course is designed to introduce current concepts in esthetic restorative dentistry to undergraduate dental students in their third year.
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November 9, 2006
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