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DENT5240: Growth, Development and Aging 4
2024 unit information
This course covers general growth and development from conception through infancy and childhood to adolescence/adulthood with special reference to the orofacial complex. An advanced understanding of the basic processes of normal growth and development and how perturbations result in abnormalities will be achieved.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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DENT5237 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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Comprehensive knowledge in all aspects of General Dentistry, particularly in Restorative Dentistry and Oral Rehabilitation |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of growth and development, from conception through infancy, and childhood to adolescence/adulthood, with special reference to the orofacial complex
- LO2. demonstrate an understanding of the basic processes of normal growth and development, and how perturbations result in abnormalities
- LO3. demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the spectrum of medical conditions, impairments, and disorders that affect oral health and delivery of dental care, along with associated therapeutic regimen and medications
- LO4. demonstrate comprehension of the medical principles behind acute and chronic health conditions, congenital and acquired conditions, and syndromes and genetic disorders relevant to special needs dentistry
- LO5. demonstrate familiarity of pharmacology, principal interactions, adverse systemic and oral side effects of commonly used medications and therapeutic regimen for people requiring special needs dentistry
- LO6. discuss concepts of human function, disability, and health, identify the relationship between disability and oral health, oral function, and oral health-related quality of life, and recognise characteristic oral manifestations of altered human function, or social condition in specific patient groups
- LO7. discuss epidemiology, terminology, concepts, and classifications of human function, disability, and health
- LO8. describe common impairments, disabilities, and health conditions in relation to their impact on oral health
- LO9. describe common impairments, disabilities, and health conditions in relation to their impact on oral function
- LO10. review the characteristic oral manifestations of specific patient groups
- LO11. describe the relationship between oral health and general health for people requiring special needs dentistry
- LO12. synthesise the determinants of oral health related to quality of life for people requiring special needs dentistry.
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Westmead, Sydney |
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Semester 2 Early 2020
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Normal day | Westmead, Sydney |
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