UWA Handbook 2024

Unit Overview

Description

This unit builds on existing knowledge and clinical skills in prosthodontics, cariology, periodontics, prosthodontics and endodontics. This enables students to diagnose and formulate treatment planning for comprehensive clinical care, fixed and removable dentures, including implant therapy. Students continue to undertake their clinical or laboratory research project and provide relevant documentation for assessment.

Credit

6 points

Offering

Availability	Location	Mode
Not available in 2024	UWA (Perth)	Face to face

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) establish a correct diagnosis and formulate proper treatment plans for restoring oral functions and communicating it to the patient; (2) provide appropriate clinical periodontic, endodontic treatment and restore oral functions using direct and indirect single-tooth restorations; (3) restore oral functions with fixed partial dentures; (4) restore oral functions with removable dentures; (5) undertake a clinical, laboratory or public health research project and produce the relevant documentation required for its assessment; (6) display professional behaviour in the educational and clinical settings,; (7) discuss challenges to professionalism and reflect on professional behaviours in the clinical setting; (8) display critical and insightful self-reflection of their own personal values, wellbeing, personal difficulties and professional performance; and (9) respond to professionalism challenges and insightful self reflection by implementing effective management strategies.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) clinical assessment for every procedure (Failed Component), LO 1, 2, 3, 4 and (2) written assessment LO 1. Further information is available in the unit outline.

To pass this unit, a student must: (a) achieve an overall mark of 50 per cent or higher for the unit; and (b) achieve the requisite requirements(s) or a mark of 50 per cent or greater, whichever is higher and specified in the unit outline, for the clinical assessment for every procedure (Failed Component), LO 1, 2, 3, 4 and written assessment LO 1 components.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Victor Matsubara

Unit rules

Prerequisites

DENT4211 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 1.
DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1.
DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2.
DENT4233 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 3.
DENT4211 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 1.
DENT4234 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 4.
DENT4235 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 5.
and DENT4236 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 6

Co-requisites

DENT5312 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 2.
DENT5322 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 4
and DENT5337 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 7

Approved quota: 56—50 domestic includes high academic achievement direct pathway: 24 places, indigenous entry, rural: 3 places and standard pathway graduate applicants: 20; and 6 international.

Incidental fees

Incidental student fees and charges are costs incurred by students as part of their studies at UWA that are in addition to their tuition fees (further information is available here).
Participation in this unit will incur the following incidental fee(s):
(1) Laboratory coat (estimated cost - $42.00)
(2) Clinical Coat (estimated cost - $80-100)
(3) Safety Glasses (estimated cost - $30.00)
(4) Frasaco Teeth (estimated cost - $3 - 11 each)
(5) Headlights and Loupes (estimated cost - $1000-2000)
(6) Replacement costs for borrowed dental equipment (estimated cost - $20-$5000).

Contact hours

lectures: 1 hour
clinics: 3 hours
practicals: 3 hours