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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

313267 (v.1) Oral Health Therapy 234

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Area: Department of Dental Hygiene and Therapy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 313263 (v.1) Oral Health Therapy 231
Syllabus: General - further considerations in clinical record keeping and treatment planning. Appointment scheduling. Further occupational health issues. Local anaesthetics and exodontia - review, causes of failure, complications, contra-indications. Restorative dentistry - causes of failure. Periodontology - maintenance, aggressive and acute conditions, complicated cases, systemic antimicrobials, surgery, implants. Dental photography. Gerodontology - needs, physiological, psychological, medical, oral health, treatment considerations. Clinical medicine - conditions with dental relevance, oral and systemic health.
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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