PPED 815 - Case Presentation Seminar

Cr Hrs: 4 (64-0)

This course given the first weeks of the first year of the program provides the pediatric postgraduate student with a comprehensive introduction to a variety of subjects and topics pertinent to advanced pediatric dentistry. The topics that are covered include conscious sedation, pulp therapy, traumatic dental injuries, cariology and prevention, space maintenance, speech and language development, craniofacial growth and development periodontal problems, ethics, advocacy, special patient care, infection control, restorative materials and techniques, behavior management pediatric medicine hospital dentistry, radiographic principles of pediatric psychosocial growth and development, pediatric oral pathology, nutrition, pharmacology and pediatric dental practice. Biomedical sciences topics are integrated in the lectures. First year students in the Advanced Pediatric Dental Program participate in this course. Eleven broad topics pertinent to will introduce the postgraduate student the knowledge beyond the pre-doctoral dental education to the level required of the specialty. Topics are led by the Pediatric Dentistry faculty. In addition, guest lecturers and other members of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center faculty will participate. May be repeated up to 16 credit hours.
Grade Mode: Standard
Instructional Method: Lecture-based and Seminar-based
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Program
Term offered: Fall, Spring

Instructor of Record, Fall: Martha H Wells
Additional Instructor 1, Fall: Jennifer Stewart Blakely Lou
Additional Instructor 2, Fall: Martin E. Donaldson
Additional Instructor 4, Fall: Harry K Sharp

Instructor of Record, Spring: Martha H Wells
Additional Instructor 1, Spring: Jennifer Stewart Blakely Lou
Additional Instructor 2, Spring: Martin E. Donaldson
Additional Instructor 3, Spring: Harry K Sharp