491 DEN

As provided from the course director,

Course Description:
The course is designed to cover all clinical disciplines in dentistry. It is offered to the
fifth year students and consists of one lecture and four clinical sessions per week through
out the academic year.
This is a conjoint course by the four dental departments where contributors from all
dental disciplines participate in both in the lecture and clinical sessions.
A one-week Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course is given by the College
of Medicine.

Course Objectives:
The students should be able to:
• establish an excellent foundation for patient care.
• use proper diagnostic tools to reach a proper diagnosis.
• professionally formulate a comprehensive treatment plan and discuss various treatment
modalities.
• professionally manage different clinical cases and procedures.

Course Protocols:
1. Students must perform a complete comprehensive treatment for all cases that are assigned
to them by the course coordinator. No student is allowed to pass the course without
completing a minimum of 5 cases that are classified according to different degrees of
difficulty (S, S+, M, M+ and M++). However, completing the "M" cases is mandatory to
pass the course.
The student is not allowed to start any case prior to classification of such a case by
the course coordinator.
It is not allowed to dismiss or transfer patients from this course to another or from a
student to another without the approval of the course coordinator.
One of the completed cases should be selected by the student for a case
presentation.
2. A student is allowed to start the treatment procedure only after both:
a. The specialized definitive treatment plan is approved and signed in the patient's file
by the respective specialty clinical instructor supervising the student. The case
should be given a weight that should be recorded and signed in the clinical logbook.
b. The overall comprehensive treatment plane is approved and signed by the course
coordinator.
3. Zero (0) mark is given to the student who fails to fulfill items no. 1 and 2 of the protocols.
4. Zero (0) mark is given to the student who shows improper management of the case,
repeated ignorance to instructions, repeated irreversible damage, improper behavior with
patients and/or clinical instructors.
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5. If the student does not finish the clinical work during the allotted clinical time, 10 points
may reduce from the total points for the case he/she was treating.
6. The course coordinator is the only one who can implement items no. 3, 4 and 5 of the
protocols.
7. The Final evaluation is based on the degree of difficulty of cases, number of complete
cases, proper management of the allotted clinical time, knowledge, performance of clinical
procedures and proper behavior. The unfinished cases will not be considered for the
final grading.
8. Discussion and questions about the on-going clinical procedure can be conducted at any
time by any clinical instructor during the regular clinical session.
9. The student should book patient according to the availability of the specialty instructor at
the clinical session. Names of clinical instructors at all clinical sessions are posted on the
clinic's bulletin board.
10. Any clinical procedure that is started under the supervision of a clinical instructor should
be completed under the supervision of the same clinical instructor. Exceptional cases to
this rule are to be arranged only by the course coordinator.
11. Any clinical procedure that is performed by the student should be recorded in the patient's
file. The student should also write clearly his/her name, university number and signature.
This should be followed by the signature of the clinical instructor supervising the student.
12. Attendance of students in both lectures and clinic is mandatory. Student absence at any
clinical session is absolutely not acceptable. Being 5 minutes late to the lecture or 15
minutes late to the clinical session is considered as absence. This will affect the student's
evaluation. However, absence due to emergency or sickness may be accepted provided an
acceptable excuse or a medical report.
When 25% of the lecture or the clinical sessions are missed, the student will be deprived
from taking the final exam according to the university rules and regulations.
13. Professionalism is expected from students at all times. Coordination with the Booking
Area to bock patients is the responsibility of the students.
14. Emergency case(s) is/are assigned only by the course coordinator to any student at a
clinical session where no patient is booked.

Case Presentation:
Each student is required to present one of his/her "M" clinical cases to the class by the end
of the second semester of the academic year. Students should collect all clinical data, radiographs,
mounted diagnostic casts and clinical photographs of the clinical case at the start, during and at
completion of the dental treatment.

Grade Distribution:
Clinical evaluation 50%
Specialty Weight & Evaluation 40 %
Clinical Instructor's Evaluation * 10 %
Mid-year Didactic Exam 10 %
Case Presentation 10 %
Final Oral Exam ** 20 %
Final Didactic Exam 10 %
* Based on Attendance, Behavior and compliance with Instructions, Time management, student
care of patient.
** The final oral exam will be held during the first month of the second semester of the
academic year. An oral make-up exam will be arranged to give failing students another
chance, but the students will not have a grade of more than 60 %.
CPR is a compulsory attached course that should be passed by the students.

Reference Text Books for the DEN 491 Course:
Periodontics:
Carranza's Clinical Periodontology
Michael G. Newman, Henry Takei, Fermin A. Carranza, Perry R. Klokkevold.
W.B. Saunders Company; 10th edition, 2006.
Operative Dentistry:
Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry: A Contemporary Approach
James B. Summitt.
Quintessence Publishing; 3ed edition, 2006.
Endodontics:
Pathways of the Pulp
Stephen Cohen, Kenneth M. Hargreaves.
C.V. Mosby; 9th edition, 2005.
Oral Surgery:
Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Larry J. Peterson, Edward Ellis, James R. Hupp, and Myron R. Tucker,
Mosby; 4th edition, 2003.
Prosthodontics:
Contemporary Fixed Prosthodontics
Stephen F. Rosenstiel, Martin F. Land, Junhei Fujimoto
C.V. Mosby; 4th edition, 2006.
Removable partial denture
Stewart's Clinical Removable Partial Prosthodontics
Rodney D. Phoenix, David R. Cagna, Charles F. DeFreest
Quintessence Publishing; 3rd edition, 2002.
Removable complete denture
Clinical complete denture prosthodontics
Moustafa A. Hassaballa
King Saud University, Academic publishing& pres, 2004
Fixed partial denture

Example for test questions

Select the PICO component that is missing or incomplete from this question: (For a patient with periodontal disease, will antimicrobial therapy (minocycline HCI) be more effective in preventing further attachment and bone loss?).
a. P (Patient Problem or Population)
b. I (Intervention)
c. C (Comparison)
d. O (Outcomes)