UWA Handbook 2025

Unit Overview

Description

This is the first part of the first-year clinical practice unit in Prosthodontics in the Doctor of Clinical Dentistry course. Parts 1 and 2 must be completed to fulfil the requirements of the unit. It involves the comprehensive examination, diagnosis and management of patients that have been referred to the OHCWA Specialist Prosthodontics Clinic. Students are supervised during clinical sessions by specialist prosthodontists. On average, five half-day sessions per week are devoted to the prosthodontic clinic over the three years of the course. Students are required to maintain a logbook, summarising all patients treated during their training. This logbook is assessed throughout the unit and at the end of the third year of the course by the external examiner(s). The content will introduce all aspects of specialist prosthodontic clinical practice including oral rehabilitation with fixed, removable and implant prosthodontics. Students will learn through clinical management of patients while being supervised by specialist prosthodontists, together with pre-clinical exercises, laboratory work, workshops, and student case presentations.

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Non-standard teaching period	UWA (Perth)	Face to face

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) analyse how to establish a correct diagnosis and formulate proper treatment planning for restoring oral functions and communicate it to the patient; (2) perform appropriate clinical treatment for restoring the oral functions and maintaining oral health for patients with prosthodontic needs; (3) classify patients with disorders of the temporomandibular joint in the context of prosthodontic rehabilitation; (4) classify patients with orofacial pain in the context of prosthodontic rehabilitation; (5) classify the status of a patients' dental occlusion and the presence of occlusal dysfunction in the context of prosthodontic rehabilitation; (6) develop professional behaviour in the educational and clinical settings; (7) analyse challenges to professionalism and reflect on professional behaviours in the clinical setting; (8) analyse critical and insightful self-reflection of their own personal values, well-being, personal difficulties and professional performance; and (9) analyse professionalism challenges and respond with insightful self-reflection by implementing effective management strategies.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) pre clinical assessment; (2) case presentations; (3) ongoing clinical assessment; and (4) professional behaviour assessment. 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 pre clinical assessment, case presentations, ongoing clinical assessment, and professional behaviour assessment components.

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

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Adam Hamilton

Unit rules

Prerequisites

Enrolment in

90840 Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (ID 100)

Co-requisites

6 points Unit(s) DENT6883 Prosthodontics Theory I Part 1 (ID 6607)
, 6 points Unit(s) DENT5603 Dental Research Methodology (ID 2888)
, 6 points Unit(s) PUBH4401 Biostatistics I (ID 698)

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 "
Participation in this unit will incur the following incidental fee(s):
(1) Clinical Camera - (a) Full frame SLR, (b) 100mm Macro lens, (c) Ring flash, (d) Dental Photographic mirrors (estimated cost - $2000-$4000 )
(2) Headlights and Loupes (estimated cost - $1000-$2000)
(3) Rubber mixing bowl, spatula, wax knife, Lecron carver, plaster knife, PKT waxing kit (estimated cost - $777)
(4) Artex CR Fully Adjustable Articulator: Face bow, Mounting plates, Mounting jigs (estimated cost - $1628).

Contact hours

Clinics: 15 hours per week (average)