UWA Handbook 2025

Unit Overview

Description

This is the third-year clinical practice unit in Periodontics in the Doctor of Clinical Dentistry course. The unit is taken over two semesters and parts 1 and 2 must be completed to fulfil the requirements of the unit. The unit studies the processes of examination, diagnosis, planning and treatment of patients in respect to periodontal disease and implant treatment. The linkage of periodontics with all other dental disciplines is established especially in the field of treatment planning. The unit comprises two distinct but inseparable parts: periodontology—the study of the periodontal tissues and their diseases; and periodontics—the application of periodontology to the clinical treatment and management of periodontal conditions and the interrelation with other clinical disciplines.

Students will be supervised during clinical sessions by specialist Periodontists. On average, five half-day sessions per week are devoted to the Periodontics and Implant Clinics. Students are required to maintain a logbook, summarising all patients treated during their training, which is evaluated throughout the course.

Teaching Methods: Clinical management of patients whilst being supervised by specialist

Periodontists, pre-clinical laboratory work, workshops, & student presentations of case reports.

Assessment: Students are continuously assessed by their supervisors during clinical practice

sessions.

Participation in seminars and the presentation of case reports will also be assessed.

The formal assessment in these two semester clinical practice units consists of a combination of

formative and summative methods.

Formative methods are:

• Participation in the clinical sessions as primary operator
• Satisfactory completion of periodontal cases documented in form of a clinical logbook
• Additional formative methods to monitor the progression of the students during the semester

are DOPS, CbD and Mini-CEX forms.

Summative methods:

At the end of the year an exam (with internal and external examiners ) will be carried out as below:

clinical assessment (50%)

case presentation (30%)

clinical logbook (20%)

Professional Behaviour Requirements - Please refer to the Dental School Handbook regarding requirements and consequences of non-compliance, which can delay course progression and/or graduation, depending on circumstances.

Credit

12 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Non-standard teaching period	Oral Health Care Centre of WA (OHCWA)	Face to face

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) demonstrate knowledge of examination, diagnosis, planning and treatment of patients with periodontal disease; (2) demonstrate knowledge of the structure and function of periodontal tissue; (3) demonstrate knowledge of the initiation, progression and outcomes of periodontal disease; (4) display the periodontic management of patients related to initial periodontal therapy, periodontal corrective procedures, osseointegrated implants and periodontal supportive care; (5) comprehensive proficiency of the periodontal exam and classification of the periodontal diseases; (6) comprehensive proficiency of imaging techniques and their interpretation as they related to the diagnosis of periodontal diseases and implant treatment; (7) comprehensive proficiency in the mechanical non surgical, and/or antimicrobial treatment of periodontal and peri-implant conditions; (8) comprehensive proficiency of the surgical of periodontal and peri-implant conditions; (9) comprehensive proficiency of the principles of wound healing as well as soft and hard tissue regeneration and repair; (10) comprehensive proficiency of all surgical techniques used in periodontics, their indications and contraindications, advantages and disadvantages; (11) comprehensive proficiency of the inter-relationship of periodontitis to pulpal disease and the various approaches to treatment; (12) comprehensive proficiency of the interrelationships of orthodontic, restorative therapies and periodontal treatment (including implant therapy); (13) comprehensive proficiency of supportive periodontal therapy; (14) display professional behaviour in the educational and clinical settings,; (15) discuss challenges to professionalism and reflect on professional behaviours in the clinical setting; (16) display critical and insightful self-reflection of their own personal values, wellbeing, personal difficulties and professional performance; and (17) 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 (ongoing); (2) case presentation; (3) clinical logbook; and (4) professional behaviour assessment (failed component). 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 (ongoing), clinical logbook, and professional behaviour assessment (failed component) components.

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

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Pradeep Koppolu

Unit rules

Prerequisites

DENT6845 Periodontics Clinical Practice II Part 1 (ID 2977)
and DENT6846 Periodontics Clinical Practice II Part 2 (ID 2978)

Contact hours

clinics: five to six 4-hour sessions per week

Texts

Textbooks

• Lindhe J, Lang N. Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry.6th edn. Blackwell

Munksgaard 2014.

• Sato N. Periodontal Surgery: A Clinical Atlas. Quintessence Publishing..

• Newman M, Takei H, Carranza F. Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology. 10th edn. Elsevier

2006.

• Nield-Gehrig J. Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root

Instrumentation. 7th edn Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2012.

• International Team for Implantology ITI Treatment Guides. Volume I to VII. Quintessence

Publishing

• Merli M: Implant Therapy: Integrated Treatment Planning, Volume I Quintessence

Publishing 2015. 1st Edn.

• Zucchelli G. Mucogingival esthetic surgery. Quintessence Publishing 2013. 2nd Edn

• Renvert S and Giovannoli JL : Peri-implantitis. Quintessence Publishing. 2014 1st Edn

• Misch C. Dental Implant Prosthetics. Elsevier Mosby Editions. 2005

• Laskaris G, Scully C. Periodontal Manifestations of local and systemic diseases. Springer

Editions. 2003

• N. Karimbux. Clinical cases in Periodontics. Wiley Blackwell. 2012. 1st Edn

Journals

• Journal of Clinical Periodontology - Wiley Blackwell Publishing

• Journal of Periodontology - American Academy of Periodontology

• Clinical Advances in Periodontology - American Academy of Periodontology

• Journal of Periodontal Research - Wiley Blackwell Publishing

• Periodontology 2000 - Wiley Blackwell Publishing

• Implant Dentistry Wolters Kluver Editors

• Clinical Oral Implants Research- Wiley Blackwell Publishing

• The International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry - Quintessence Publishing

Other additional implant and periodontics related journals.