Outline

Overview

In this unit of study students build on the theoretical knowledge of periodontics cariology and prevention and are introduced to the foundations of health and the framework for health promotion.

Unit details and rules

Academic unit	Discipline of Oral Health
Credit points	6
Prerequisites ?	ORHL1101
Corequisites ?	ORHL1202 and ORHL1204
Prohibitions ?	None
Assumed knowledge ?	None
Available to study abroad and exchange students	No

Teaching staff

Coordinator	Jacqueline Biggar, jacqueline.biggar@sydney.edu.au
Lecturer(s)	Andrew Terry, a.terry@sydney.edu.au
	Rahena Akhter, rahena.akhter@sydney.edu.au
	Jacqueline Biggar, jacqueline.biggar@sydney.edu.au
	Melinda Lawther, melinda.lawther@sydney.edu.au
	Melanie Aley, melanie.aley@sydney.edu.au
	Tabitha Acret, tabitha.acret@sydney.edu.au
	Kyle Cheng, kyle.cheng@sydney.edu.au
	Ashleigh Ayo, ashleigh.ayo@sydney.edu.au

Assessment

The census date for this unit availability is 1 September 2025

Details
Criteria

Type	Description	Weight	Due	Length	Use of AI
Written exam ?	Final examination - periodontics, cariology, tooth morphology Written exam on periodontics, cariology and tooth morphology.	40%	Formal exam period	2 hours	AI prohibited
Outcomes assessed:
Written exam ?	Final exam - local anaesthesia Final exam on local anaesthesia	20%	Formal exam period	1 hour	AI prohibited
Outcomes assessed:
Out-of-class quiz	Early feedback quiz #earlyfeedbacktask	0%	Week 03 Due date: 19 Aug 2025 at 23:59 Closing date: 19 Aug 2025	10 minutes	AI allowed
Outcomes assessed:
Presentation	Periodontics tutorial presentation (ORHL1201) Tutorial presentation - periodontal disease and systemic disease	10%	Week 04 Due date: 04 Sep 2025 at 08:00 Closing date: 04 Sep 2025	5 minutes	AI allowed
Outcomes assessed:
Written work	Cariology written assessment Written assessment on diet and dental caries	15%	Week 08 Due date: 26 Sep 2025 at 23:59 Closing date: 26 Sep 2025	700 words	AI allowed
Outcomes assessed:
Written work	Oral health in society written assessment Oral health in society written assessment	15%	Week 12 Due date: 31 Oct 2025 at 23:59 Closing date: 31 Oct 2025	700 words	AI allowed
Outcomes assessed:
= hurdle task ? = group assignment ? = early feedback task ?

Early feedback task

This unit includes an early feedback task, designed to give you feedback prior to the census date for this unit. Details are provided in the Canvas site and your result will be recorded in your Marks page. It is important that you actively engage with this task so that the University can support you to be successful in this unit.

Assessment summary

Detailed information for each assessment can be found on Canvas.

Assessment criteria

The University awards common result grades, set out in the Coursework Policy 2014 (Schedule 1).

As a general guide, a high distinction indicates work of an exceptional standard, a distinction a very high standard, a credit a good standard, and a pass an acceptable standard.

Result name	Mark range	Description
High distinction	85 - 100	Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an exceptional standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.
Distinction	75 - 84	Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a very high standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.
Credit	65 - 74	Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a good standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.
Pass	50 - 64	Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an acceptable standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.
Fail	0 - 49	When you don’t meet the learning outcomes of the unit to a satisfactory standard.

For more information see guide to grades.

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI)

You can use generative AI tools for open assessments. Restrictions on AI use apply to secure, supervised assessments used to confirm if students have met specific learning outcomes.

Refer to the assessment table above to see if AI is allowed, for assessments in this unit and check Canvas for full instructions on assessment tasks and AI use.

If you use AI, you must always acknowledge it. Misusing AI may lead to a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy.

Visit the Current Students website for more information on AI in assessments, including details on how to acknowledge its use.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

Academic integrity

The University expects students to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

Our website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. This includes advice on how to avoid common breaches of academic integrity. Ensure that you have completed the Academic Honesty Education Module (AHEM) which is mandatory for all commencing coursework students

Penalties for serious breaches can significantly impact your studies and your career after graduation. It is important that you speak with your unit coordinator if you need help with completing assessments.

Visit the Current Students website for more information on AI in assessments, including details on how to acknowledge its use.

Learning support

Simple extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.  The application process will be different depending on the type of assessment and extensions cannot be granted for some assessment types like exams.

Special consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Special consideration applications will not be affected by a simple extension application.

Using AI responsibly

Co-created with students, AI in Education includes lots of helpful examples of how students use generative AI tools to support their learning. It explains how generative AI works, the different tools available and how to use them responsibly and productively.

Support for students

The Support for Students Policy reflects the University’s commitment to supporting students in their academic journey and making the University safe for students. It is important that you read and understand this policy so that you are familiar with the range of support services available to you and understand how to engage with them.

The University uses email as its primary source of communication with students who need support under the Support for Students Policy. Make sure you check your University email regularly and respond to any communications received from the University.

Learning resources and detailed information about weekly assessment and learning activities can be accessed via Canvas. It is essential that you visit your unit of study Canvas site to ensure you are up to date with all of your tasks.

If you are having difficulties completing your studies, or are feeling unsure about your progress, we are here to help. You can access the support services offered by the University at any time:

Support and Services (including health and wellbeing services, financial support and learning support)
Course planning and administration
Meet with an Academic Adviser

Weekly schedule

WK	Topic	Learning activity
Week 02	Classification - Periodontal Health, Gingival Diseases and Conditions - (Periodontics) T.Acret	Lecture (1 hr)
	Nutrition, Inflammation, and Periodontal Disease (Periodontics) N.Barrett	Tutorial (1 hr)
	Caries prevention via plaque control and diet control - (Cariology) Y. Masood	Tutorial (1 hr)
	The mechanism of action of fluoride and caries prevention via topical fluoride - (Cariology) Y. Masood	Tutorial (1 hr)
	Water Fluoridation (Oral Health in Society) Rebecca Chen Prerecording	Lecture (1 hr)
	Primary vs Permanent Dentition and Differentiation of Permanent Molars (Tooth Morphology) K. Cheng (half cohort per tutorial)	Tutorial (2 hr)
Week 03	Classification - Other Conditions Affecting the Periodontium (Periodontics) T.Acret	Lecture (1 hr)
	Classification - Periodontitis - (Periodontics) T.Acret	Lecture (1 hr)
	Caries prevention and microbiological consideration - (Cariology) C.Adler	Lecture (1 hr)
	Health promotion models and approaches (Oral Health in Society)	Lecture (1 hr)
	Analysing Health Promotion Strategies. Lauren Church	Tutorial (1 hr)
	Disorders in Tooth Development 1 (Tooth Morphology) K. Cheng (half cohort per tutorial)	Tutorial (2 hr)
Week 04	Classification - Periodontitis as a manifestation of systemic disease/systemic disease affecting the periodontium. 2 sessions run consecutively	Tutorial (1 hr)
	Health policy and health promotion (Oral Health in Society). T.Acret	Lecture (1 hr)
	Calcification, Crown Root Formation, and Eruption Sequence (Tooth Morphology) K. Cheng (Half cohort per tutorial)	Tutorial (2 hr)
Week 05	Introduction to local anaesthesia and review of head & neck anatomy (LA) R.Huang	Lecture (1 hr)
Week 05	Diet, nutrition and dental caries - (Cariology) N.Barrett	Lecture (1 hr)
Week 06	Neurophysiology of nerves and mechanism of action of local anaesthesia (LA) R.Huang	Lecture (1 hr)
Week 06	Cariology from an oral pathology perspective (Cariology) B.Sarrafour	Lecture and tutorial (2 hr)
Week 07	Local anaesthetic agents (LA) R.Huang	Lecture (1 hr)
	Classification - Peri-Implant Health and Diseases - (Periodontics) T.Acret	Lecture (1 hr)
	Dietary advice in the dental setting (T.Acret and M.Lawther) (half class per tutorial, Thursday)	Tutorial (1.5 hr)
	Salivary dysfunction (Cariology) A.Ayo	Lecture (1 hr)
Week 08	Armamentarium and set up (LA) R.Huang	Lecture (1 hr)
	Clinical decision making for the periodontal patient T.Acret	Tutorial (1 hr)
	Periodontitis from an Oral Pathology Perspective (Periodontics) B. Sarrafpour	Lecture and tutorial (2 hr)
	Dietary Advice in the dental setting (Cariology) M.Lawther + T.Acret	Lecture (1.5 hr)
	Disorders in Tooth Development 2 (Tooth Morphology) K. Cheng (half cohort per tutorial)	Tutorial (2 hr)
Week 09	LA techniques & procedures (LA) R.Huang	Lecture (1 hr)
	Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy (Periodontics) P. Westhoff	Lecture (1 hr)
	The Caries Management System Clinical Cariology 1: Patient assessment and clinical assessment (Cariology)Y. Masood	Tutorial (1 hr)
	The Caries Management System Clinical Cariology 2: ICDAS, Bitewing survey (Cariology) Y.Masood	Tutorial (1 hr)
Week 10	Calculation of maximum dose and systemic complications (LA) R.Huang	Lecture (1 hr)
Week 10	The Caries Management System Clinical Cariology 3: analysis, diagnosis, risk determination and oral care plan (Cariology)Y. Masood	Tutorial (1 hr)
Week 11	Local complications and post-op considerations (LA) R.Huang	Lecture (1 hr)
	Maintenance for the Periodontal patient -(Periodontics) P. Westhoff	Lecture (1 hr)
	The Caries Management System Clinical Cariology 4: case presentation, informed consent, behaviour management and oral hygiene coaching(Cariology) Y. Masood	Tutorial (1 hr)
	Epidemiology and Oral Health (Oral Health in Society). Rebecca Chen	Lecture (1 hr)
Week 12	Revision & review (LA) R.Huang	Lecture (1 hr)
	Periodontal Surgical Concepts for the OHT - (Periodontics) T.Acret	Lecture (1 hr)
	The Caries Management System Clinical Cariology 5 Communication skills, toothbrushing coaching skills, diet management, lesions progression, review lesions and recall (Cariology) Y. Masood	Tutorial (1 hr)
Week 13	Motivational Interviewing - (Periodontics) M.Aley	Lecture (1 hr)
	Periodontal case study - (Periodontics) - P. Westhoff + T.Acret (half cohort in each tutorial, run consecutively)	Tutorial (1 hr)
	Dental and Fluorosis and review on Caries Management System (Cariology) Y. Masood - Pre recorded	Independent study (1 hr)
	Occlusion, Mixed Dentition and Dental Age (Tooth Morphology) K. Cheng (half cohort per tutorial)	Tutorial (2 hr)

Attendance and class requirements

Attendance: Attendance is a professional responsibility required of all students admitted to academic programs within the Sydney Dental School. All programs in the Sydney Dental School have a 90% attendance policy, for all compulsory components of Units of Study, as detailed in the Faculty of Dentistry Attendance Provisions 2015. This includes all clinical and practical sessions. The course requirements cannot be satisfied if more than 10% of any section of a course is missed for any reason.
Professionalism: Students in all Sydney Dental School programs are subject to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Professionalism Requirements 2019 and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Professionalism Provisions 2019. Professionalism is an essential component of developing competency to practice. It is important for students to demonstrate professional behaviour in all contexts and environments. In accordance with these local provisions: candidates who demonstrate serious or repeated unprofessional behaviour may be required to show cause as to why their enrolment should be continued. Failure to show cause may result in exclusion from the course.

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

Outcomes
Graduate qualities

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

LO1. Identify and interpret changes to the hard and soft tissues of the oral anatomy relevant to the development and treatment of oral disease and the administration of local anaesthesia
LO2. Apply patient data to determine the development of oral disease, the associated host response, and preventive measures
LO3. Explain the dental caries disease process from a pathological, microbiological and epidemiological perspective.
LO4. Describe the various types of local anaesthetic agents and procedures used to provide pain-free dentistry, including dosages, management and potential complications
LO5. Explain the classification and management of periodontal and peri-implant diseases
LO6. Describe the connection between health promotion and health policy development

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1	Depth of disciplinary expertise Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.
GQ2	Critical thinking and problem solving Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.
GQ3	Oral and written communication Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.
GQ4	Information and digital literacy Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.
GQ5	Inventiveness Generating novel ideas and solutions.
GQ6	Cultural competence Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.
GQ7	Interdisciplinary effectiveness Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.
GQ8	Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.
GQ9	Influence Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes	Graduate qualities
Learning outcomes

Responding to student feedback

This section outlines changes made to this unit following staff and student reviews.

In response to student feedback we have provided further information for the OHS assessment.

Additional information

Work, health and safety

Students must comply with work health and safety, infection control and dress standard policies of all laboratories, placement sites and Local Health Districts (LHDs).

Disclaimer

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Current students

Overview

Overview

Unit details and rules

Teaching staff

Assessment

Assessment

Early feedback task

Assessment summary

Assessment criteria

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI)

Late submission

Academic integrity

Learning support

Learning support

Simple extensions

Special consideration

Using AI responsibly

Support for students

Weekly schedule

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Responding to student feedback

Responding to student feedback

Additional information

Additional information

Work, health and safety

Disclaimer

On this page

Useful links

ORHL1201: Foundations of Oral Health II

Semester 2, 2025 [Normal day] - Westmead, Sydney

Overview

Overview

Unit details and rules

Teaching staff

Assessment

Assessment

Early feedback task

Assessment summary

Assessment criteria

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI)

Late submission

Academic integrity

Learning support

Learning support

Simple extensions

Special consideration

Using AI responsibly

Support for students

Weekly schedule

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Responding to student feedback

Responding to student feedback

Additional information

Additional information

Work, health and safety

Disclaimer

On this page

Useful links