313263 (v.1) Oral Health Therapy 231

Area:	Department of Dental Hygiene and Therapy
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	313260 (v.1) Oral Health Therapy 132
Syllabus:	Periodontology - modifying factors, debridement, accessory aids, irrigating, desensitizing, dressings. Patient communication, assessment, management. Dental trauma, mouthguards. Exodontia - instruments, techniques. Suture removal. Restorative dentistry -further considerations in patient assessment, treatment planning, cavity design, preparation and restoration. Pulp status, pulp therapies. Local analgesia - techniques, protocol. Occlusal, lateral oblique, panoramic, digital radiographs. Orthodontics - assessment, aetiology, classification, growth modification, treatments, appliances, oral health therapist’s role. Alginates, study casts. Bleaching.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	060701 Dentistry
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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