PCS 313 Clinical periodontology I

Course Description: This course consists of didactic, pre-clinical and clinical components. It covers the following:
1. Periodontium in health.
2. Etiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of periodontal diseases.
3. Principles and techniques of disease prevention therapy.
4. Instrumentation, knowledge and practice of periodontal instruments.
5. Examination, diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment of patients with early periodontal diseases.

* Course Objectives: At the end of this course the student should be able to:
1. Present a record including a history, examination of the oral tissues, develop diagnosis, discuss prognosis and make treatment plan followed by discussion with clinical supervisors.
2. Motivate and instruct the patient in oral home care measures.
3. Distinguish between healthy and diseased periodontium.
4. Identify plaque and calculus (supra and sub-gingival) and know how to remove it.
5. Use and care of instruments with rationale.

* Pre-Clinical Components: This part will involve the treatment of patients with gingivitis and early periodontitis. Upon completion of this part, the student should be able to:
1. Recognize and discuss the etiology, diagnosis, treatment planning and prognosis for mild/early periodontal diseases.
2. Diagnose, make a treatment plan and carry out treatment of patients, involving routine preventive care and non-surgical periodontal treatment to patients with gingivitis and mild periodontitis as well as accurately interpret and evaluate the results of treatment rendered. Clinical sessions are assigned to practice on patients with early periodontal diseases(s).

* Clinical Requirements:
1. The student should regularly and promptly attend the lectures and clinical sessions. Any repeated absences in clinical sessions without any notice or acceptable excuse will affect professionalism grade.
2. The student should perform satisfactorily in both the written and clinical components of the course.
3. The student must finish at least three treated clinical cases (One case of gingivitis and two cases of slight or moderate chronic periodontitis), and one re-evaluation case, in which he/she can practice scaling and root planning, by both hand and power driven instruments.
4. Completion of the clinical requirements is needed with acceptable levels of clinical skills and quality of work.
5. Complete and methodical record keeping of all patients is needed

RESOURCES
Required text book :
Michael G. Newman, Henry H. Takei, Fermin A. Carranza,( editors)  Carranza's Clinical Periodontology, 11th edition