442PDS

442 – CLINICAL PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY (2)

Academic Year 2011-2012G [1432-1433H]

 

Course Director: Dr. Ibrahim M. Al-Majed [DUC] / Dr. Maha A. Al-Sarheed [MUC]

Course Name: Clinical Pediatric Dentistry-2

Course Number: PDS 442

Credit Hours: Two Credit Hours (1 Clinical Session, per semester)

Pre-Requisites: PDS 441

Course Level: Offered in the fifth year (Level #7)

Time: Tuesday; Clinical Session: 2:00-5:00 pm [DUC]

Monday; Clinical Session: 2:00-5:00 pm [MUC]

 

Course Description:

This is final clinical course in pediatric dentistry. The course consists of one clinical training session of 3 hours per week for the whole academic year. The students are required to provide comprehensive dental treatment for children age 3 to 8 years presenting with a wide range of dental problems. Emphasis of the course will be on patient education and management, treatment planning, prevention of dental disease, restorative procedures, pulp therapy, and space management.

 

 

Course Evaluation/Grading:

Students are evaluated in three areas (total grade is 100):

1. Clinical Evaluation 70%

2. Written Examination 30%

1. Clinical Evaluation

(Failure to satisfy course requirements and course evaluation will lead to failure of the course)

 

Required Textbooks:

·          Fundamental of Pediatric Dentistry, 3rd Edition Mathewson, R.J. and Primosch, R.E. 1995.

·          Pediatric Dentistry: Infancy through Adolescence, 4th Edition Jimmy Pinkham 2005, Saint Louis: Mosby, Inc.

·          Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent, 8th Edition McDonald, R.E. and Avery, D.R. 2004, Saint Louis: Mosby, Inc.