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Dentistry - Recent Changes and Updates

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Change

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Admission

Advance Standing Section paragraph #2- Replace with: Applicants presenting evidence of having completed a formal dental education in a foreign dental school must provide Part I scores of the National Board Examination. Evidence of proficiency in the English Language (TOEFL) should also be provided if previous education was in a non-English environment. Applicants must also show evidence of completing a specialty degree or certificate of specialty from a United States institution.

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10/11/05

Fall 2005

Course Descriptions

New Courses added:

GDD 211    Radiology Lecture (2)
This course will discuss radiation physics and mechanics as they apply to digital radiography.  Instruction will focus on how to take digital radiographs and how to manipulate the images.  Interpretation of the radiographs will also be introduced.

GDD 212    Radiology Laboratory (1)
This course will involve students exposing digital radiographs on manikins and manipulating the images with computer software.

GDO 211    Introduction to Clinic Lecture (2)
Instruction will be provided regarding basic clinic protocol.  This is to include infection control, dental assisting, basic restorative dentistry, and the application of information technology to a contemporary dental practice (AxiUm).

GDO 212    Introduction to Clinic Laboratory (6)
Students will assist upper classmen as they perform various clinical procedures.  They will also perform basic restorative dentistry procedures, such as rubber dam placement and Class I cavity preparation, on manikins.  They will also use the School's information management system (AxiUm) to perform a series of tasks including accessing patient information, creating a treatment plan, and writing treatment notes.

GDD 316    Acute Care Clinic (1)
    Students will treat patients who present with some form of dental emergency during scheduled block rotations.

GDD 416    Acute Care Clinic (1)
Students will treat patients who present with some form of dental emergency during scheduled block rotations.

3-25-08

76-77

Summer 2008