DEPARTMENT            :           PREVENTIVE DENTAL SCIENCES

COURSE  PDS 588        
Advanced Periodontal Literature Seminar I & II

AVAILABILITY :           YEAR 1 & II

Course Description

This seminar is designed to provide the Periodontics graduate student with a well-rounded background in both current and historical literature.  The approach to study is topic oriented (thematic) and is directed toward concepts of preventive dentistry, periodontal diseases and periodontal therapeutics.

Course Objectives

At the completion of this course the student shall:
1.  When given a topic from the periodontal literature, be able to perform a Medlars search of the appropriate literature and prepare a reading list of library references consistent with the style used in the Journal of Periodontology.
2.  When assigned an article from the periodontal literature, be able to prepare a written abstract of the article consistent with the form and guidelines outlined in “How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper” by Day (1979) that is suitable for submission to the Journal of Periodontology or Periodontal Abstracts.
3. When given a scientific article, prepare an oral critique and deliver it to the satisfaction of the supervising faculty in which the following items are covered:

1. Categorize the study as a descriptive, experimental or correlational.
2. Define the purpose of the study and describe the method and materials used in the investigation and compare with previous studies.
3. Summarize the study design using brackets to show how, where comparison between and within groups were made.
4. Summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the study.
5. Describe the clinical applications of the results of the study and compare those results with those of other investigators.

4. Demonstrate their knowledge of the periodontal literature by passing a written examination.

CONTENTS OF WEEKLY SEMINAR TOPICS

METHODOLOGY

For all seminars in the program, a reading list will be supplied for each weekly topic.  Papers prepared by the assigned student will be typewritten and copies given to the program coordinator, periodontics faculty and graduate students.  The assigned student will write a comprehensive paper on the subject and present it in the seminar.  All students will be responsible for being thoroughly familiar with all assigned literature.
Contents for each seminar are outlined below:

1. Periodontal Literature Seminars
           
YEAR I. SEMESTER I
            1.         Course Introduction:   Assignments and Discussion.
            2.         Epithelial structure of the gingiva and the dentogingival function.
            3.         Cementum in Health and Disease.
            4.         Connective Tissue of the Periodontium and the Periodontal Ligament.
            5.         The Alveolar Bone
            6.         Clinical Trials in Periodontics

1. Preventive Periodontics
2. Oral Hygiene

           7.   Clinical Trials in Periodontics

1. Patient Motivation
2. Powered Brushing

          8.         Pathogenesis of Gingivitis
          9.         Pathogenesis of Periodontics
         10.       Dental Plaque and its Relation to Periodontal Disease
         11.       Calculus and its Relation to Periodontal Disease
         12.       Other Local Irritants
         13.       Epidemiology of Periodontal Disease
         14.       Indices

1. Epidemiology of Periodontal Disease
1. Epidemiological Data

YEAR I.            SEMESTER II

1. Diabetes and Periodontal Disease
2. Smoking and Periodontal Disease
3. Cardiovascular Diseases and Periodontitis
4. Periodontal Disease Classification
5. Periodontal Disease Nature and Progress With / Without Treatment (A)
6. Periodontal Disease Nature and Progress With / Without Treatment (B)
7. Diagnostic Methods and Aids:  Clinical
8. Diagnostic Methods and Aids:  Biomedical and Gingival Crevicular Fluid
9. Diagnostic Methods and Aids:  Microbiological Immunological
10. Occlusal Trauma and Mobility
11. Non-surgical Treatment:  Plaque Control
12. Non-surgical Treatment:  Scaling / Root Planning
13. Non-surgical Treatment:  Antimicrobial and Others Local Delivery Agents
14. Non-Surgical Treatment:  Antibiotics

YEAR II.           SEMESTER I
1.         Resective Procedures – Part I
2.         Resective Procedures – Part II
3.         Tissue Attachment Procedures – Part I
4.         Tissue Attachment Procedures – Part II
5.         Regenerative Procedures (1) Grafting
6.         Regenerative Procedures (2) G T R   I
7.         Regenerative Procedures (3) G T R   II
8.         Regenerative Procedures (4) Biological and Chemical Modifiers
9.         Mucogingival Surgery I
10.       Mucogingival Surgery II
11.       Furcation Involvement:  Anatomy
12.       Furcation Involvement:  Treatment
13.       Adjunctive Therapy
           
YEAR II.           SEMESTER II
            14.       Juvenile Periodontitis
            15.       Early onset periodontitis Papillon Le Febre Syndrome
            16.       Interrelationship Periodontics – Restorative Dentistry
            17.       Interrelationship Periodontics – Fixed Prosthodontics
            18.       Interrelationship Periodontics – Removable Prosthodontics
            19.       Periodontics and Orthodontics
            20.       Periodontics and Endodontics
            21.       Splinting in Periodontal Therapy
            22.       Periodontal Recall
            23.       Long Term Results of Periodontal Therapy
            24.       Laser Therapy and Other High Tech Techniques
            25.       Periodontal Healing – Part I
            26.       Periodontal Healing – Part II