Undergraduate Course: Clinical Practice 3(b) (DENT09015)
Course Outline
| School | School of Clinical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 30 | 
 
| Home subject area | Dentistry | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | The areas of study in this course will include: 
 
Clinical Practice and Observation of Dental Specialties | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15  Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
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Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
12/01/2015 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
300
(
 Lecture Hours 20,
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 180,
 Formative Assessment Hours 20,
 Summative Assessment Hours 3,
 Other Study Hours 17,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 6,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
4 )
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| Additional Notes | 
Self-directed learning
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
    Hours & Minutes | 
    
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Clinical Practice 3 (b) (DENT09015) - Paediatric & Adult Restoratice Case Presentations | 2:00 |  |  
 
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. Undertake a range of clinical procedures of all patient groups utilising skills acquired in Years 1, 2 and Semester 1, 3rd Year  
2. Be competent at completing a range of procedures in restorative dentistry 
  
3. Be competent at completing a range of procedures in paediatric dentistry  
4. Be familiar with the options for replacing teeth, including both intra- and extra- cornonal, plastic and cast restorations, fixed and removable protheses and dental implants  
5. Be familiar with procedures pertaining to specialist treatment of conditions relating to prosthodontincs, periodontics, oral medicine, orthodontics, paediatrics, oral surgery and dental radiology | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Continuous Assessment, OSCE Examination, Case Studies |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Not entered | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Clinical Practice: 
Periodontal therapy 
Adult restorative dentistry 
Paediatric dentistry 
Preventive dentistry 
Dental radiography 
 
Oral Surgery: 
Common operative procedures 
Apicectomy 
Fractures & trauma 
Impaction 
Bone augmentation techniques 
Complications of surgery | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Reading list | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mrs Joanne Macleod 
Tel: 0131 526 4996 
Email: J.MacLeod@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Theodora Christidou 
Tel: 0131 536 4964 
Email: Theodora.Christidou@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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