313PCS

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OUTLINE 

This course consists of a didactic, pre-clinical and clinical components.  It will cover the following:

1.         The Periodontium in health.

2.         The etiology, the pathogenesis, and the diagnosis of periodontal disease(s).

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.

CREDIT HOURS:     4 credit hours

Textbook:  Glickman’s Clinical Periodontology, Carranza & Newman