Course Description
This clinical course is during the non-instructional period of the fifth year of study and supervised by a multidisciplinary faculty. It is designed to provide students with clinical experience in the care of patients in the areas of Periodontics, Operative Dentistry, Endodontics, Pediatric Dentistry and Oral Surgery with a focus on comprehensive care and treatment planning. There is no theoretical component to this course and the students are awarded a PASS/FAIL. This grading system offers reduced stress and a greater focus to reinforce and refine the student’s knowledge and skill required for the graduate level of clinical practice of dentistry. Students are assigned patients having various dental problems, and they have to formulate a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment planning, including patient and clinical management. Students are expected to perform comprehensive care at an advanced level from that of the previous summer semester.