PEDS 522 Pediatric Dentistry
This course is composed of 4 sections: didactic, laboratory, pre-clinic, and case-based seminar. It introduces the dental student to the field of pediatric and adolescent dentistry. The course includes lectures on caries prevention, patient examination, data collection in clinic, rubber dam placement, and restorations. A laboratory component includes preparations in primary teeth for amalgam and composite restorations and for stainless steel crowns. Students apply sealants, fluoride varnish and rubber dams in a pre-clinic session. The course ends with a case based seminar.
Offered
Spring.