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SDDM6311: Core Clinical Practice 2
2025 unit information
In this unit, students will continue to expand their engagement with the themes of the DMD as clinical skills and clinical sciences theme increases in prominence alongside the other themes. They will participate in clinical placements designed for students to work towards competency in patient assessment, codesign of treatment plans and delivery of dental treatment for patients. Patient-centred treatment planning is a focus, and placements are a mix of specialist clinics and general dental care. Students continue development of knowledge and skills in endodontics, prosthodontics and restorative dentistry in clinical simulation settings. Clinical discipline-based modules occur throughout the unit, including orthodontics, paediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, oral pathology and oral medicine.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Discipline of Restorative and Reconstructive Dentistry |
| Credit points | 24 |
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Prerequisites:
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SDDM5115 and SDDM5125 and SDDM5215 and SDDM5225 and SDDM5216 and SDDM5226 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Define negligence, consent and capacity with reference to legal principles and decisions. Communicate with patients and members of the dental team, and reflect on your learning in the clinical environment. Understand how dental care is funded.
- LO2. Assess, interpret and manage the complex needs of partially and fully edentulous patients through sound clinical reasoning and evidence-based clinical care, within the scope of practice as defined by the Australian Dental Council.
- LO3. Assess a tooth and its restorative needs and undertake restorative procedures upon any tooth following appropriate treatment planning, with the aim of providing a stable and sound foundation. Prepare a tooth for an indirect restoration.
- LO4. Apply evidence-based practice principles to a patient case by integrating clinical expertise, patient preferences, and the best available evidence to formulate and implement an effective, patient-centered management plan. Evaluate the outcome for further modifications.
- LO5. Diagnose trauma in adult as well as young permanent teeth and primary dentition. Provide immediate management and appropriate follow up for trauma.
- LO6. Diagnose early childhood caries and appropriately describe activity of lesion Identify a child's dental caries risk. List management options for dental caries in paediatric patient. Apply appropriate caries management options to primary and mixed dentition based on risk, lesion extent, activity, and tooth longevity.
- LO7. Prevent, diagnose and treat dental caries and non-caries related tooth loss, emphasizing patient-centered care, minimally invasive techniques and appropriate use of dental materials
- LO8. Understanding the patient journey in Emergency Dentistry in public health care. Have knowledge of the evidence supporting acute care emergency management. Manage dental emergencies.
- LO9. Complete satisfactory endodontic management of a maxillary molar in the simulation clinic. Perform all steps of root canal treatment (RCT) in a maxillary molar addressing complex anatomy and variations.
- LO10. Demonstrate clinical decision-making skills and professionalism in endodontics. Develop treatment plans and refer appropriately. Conduct root canal treatment on patients for single- and double-canal teeth from diagnosis to treatment, utilizing aseptic techniques, professionalism and effective communication. Provide emergency endodontic treatment. Diagnose and manage endodontic emergencies for all tooth types using appropriate procedures and pain management strategies.
- LO11. Act holistically in the provision of healthcare by recognising the social, cultural, historical and political context of health and dentistry, and recognise and act on the presence of health inequities and disparities in society, including the impact of the social determinants of health.
- LO12. Deliver safe and effective collaborative healthcare through inter- and intra-professional teamwork within the public healthcare system.
- LO13. Integrate knowledge and understanding of social and cultural oral health, oral and systemic biosciences and clinical sciences to form a holistic view of health and apply a thorough knowledge of the complex interactions between oral health, nutrition, general health, drugs and systemic diseases that may have an impact on oral healthcare and oral diseases in the management of dental patients.
- LO14. Understand at clinical, radiographic and histopathologic levels important conditions of the oro-facial tissues and their management. Manage the removal of teeth and oral surgical procedures including appropriate local anesthesia and adverse outcomes.
- LO15. Understand and manage the complete clinical course of diagnosis, screening, and the management of patients with periodontitis. Develop a complete, structured, and customised periodontal treatment for patients with mild to moderate periodontal tissue destruction and achieve stability of periodontal tissues.
- LO16. Diagnose diseases of the dentition, mouth and associated structures. Formulate and record a comprehensive person-centered, evidence based oral health treatment plan. Obtain and record informed consent.
- LO17. For the DMD Research Project: Develop the skills to design a well-organized and visually engaging poster to effectively present the project. Learn to structure and deliver a clear, concise verbal presentation, effectively highlighting key project information within a limited timeframe.
- LO18. Understand how pathophysiology and clinical characteristics determine the prescription of diagnostic imaging modalities for all conditions affecting the dentomaxillofacial structures. Integrate the principles of pathology description from two- and three-dimensional imaging modalities into a comprehensive diagnostic imaging algorithm that contemplates the most significant conditions affecting the dentomaxillofacial structures.
- LO19. Understand the basic concepts of preventive and interceptive orthodontic treatment, and be able to define the basic concepts in treating patients with transverse maxillary deficiency. Understand the place of adjunctive orthodontic, restorative and prosthetic treatment in the definite phase of therapy.
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