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Overview

This subject is designed to provide final-year students with further information on all disciplines within dentistry. A series of online material, classes and tutorials will involve each of the specialist disciplines building on complexity from the previous years.

Portfolio

Office of the Provost

Subject coordinator

Ian Terrill

Subject type

Postgraduate

Year level

Year Level 5 - Masters

AQF level

Level 9 - Masters Degree

Available as elective

No

Available to study abroad / exchange students

No

Capstone subject

Yes

Academic progress review - Schedule A subject

No

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Career ready

Work based learning (placement):No

Graduate capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

Subject intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:
1.
Critique professional limitations to know when and how to refer patients for appropriate opinions, confirmations or treatments.
2.
Organise care for effective prevention, diagnoses and treatment of anomalies and diseases of the teeth, mouth, jaws and associated tissues.
3.
Determine appropriate responses for severely broken down and missing teeth (including the use of dental implants).
4.
Conduct and explain planning for restorative, periodontic and prosthetic dental treatment as part of comprehensive oral rehabilitation.
5.
Provide ethical dental care to individual patients, communities and defined population groups by, practicing with personal and professional integrity, honesty and trustworthiness and within legal responsibilities.
6.
Evaluate available evidence critically and to support professional practice. Use information technology appropriately as an essential resource for modern dental practice.
7.
Plan, organise and lead clinical teams in public or private dental practice.
8.
Summarise the basic principles of practice administration, financial and personnel management in dental practice