Unit information: Dental Skills Year 3 in 2021/22

Unit name	Dental Skills Year 3
Unit code	ORDS30002
Credit points	30
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director	Dr. Lambert
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Bristol Dental School
Faculty	Faculty of Health Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

Unit of Dental Skills 3: This Unit of Teaching comprises the following Elements and their general aims:

Restorative Skills

Prosthetics: To produce a student who will have acquired sufficient knowledge and skill to describe how dentures are made and to enable them to commence clinical prosthetic dentistry. They should be able to assess a patient, define a treatment plan and bring the stages of the treatment plan to a successful conclusion.

Operative & Endodontics and Applied Dental Materials: To provide students with the biological, materials science and clinical knowledge underpinning operative dentistry and endodontics so that they will have acquired the skills to enable them to enter the clinical teaching program and be able to chart accurately, diagnose simple dental pathology and formulate a treatment plan. In addition, they should be able to treat patients requiring routine operative dentistry and endodontic procedures.

Oral and Dental Radiography

To provide the foundations for the undergraduate to undertake and interpret dental radiographs.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Students should obtain a knowledge and understanding of the following:

• The consequences of tooth loss and the anatomy in relation to prosthetic dentistry.

• The ways in which missing teeth can be replaced and their relative merits.

• The principles of crown preparation techniques for the restoration of a tooth.

• The process of production of radiographic images, the hazards of radiation, the principles of dose reduction, the protection of patients and health care personnel, and legislation appropriate to practise dental radiography in general dental practice.

The student should acquire the skills and attributes necessary for:

• Restoring the dentition using the principle of minimal intervention, to a standard that promotes the longevity of the restoration.

• Managing restorative procedures that preserve tooth structure, replace missing or defective tooth structure, maintain function, are aesthetic and long lasting, and promote soft and hard tissue health

• Determining the prognosis and undertaking appropriate non-surgical treatments to manage pulpal and periradicular disease for uncomplicated permanent teeth.

• Assessing a partially dentate patient, defining a treatment plan and bringing the stages of the prosthetic treatment plan to a successful conclusion.

• Assessing the need for, designing and prescribing biomechanically sound partial dentures

• Develop student’s ability to be able to evaluate and execute practical techniques relating to clinical practice such as denture tooth positioning, creating a post dam for denture construction, and adjustment and polishing of a denture base.

• Making Adams clasps, labial bow and palatal cantilever spring from stainless steel wire.

By the end of the second term of Year 3, in preparation for treating patients, the successful student will be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes in Operative Dentistry and Endodontics:

• Explain, evaluate and apply the principles of an evidence base approach to learning, clinical and professional practice and decision making (1.1.1)

• Identify oral diseases and explain their relevance to prevention, diagnosis and treatment (1.1.3)

• Identify relevant and appropriate dental, oral, craniofacial and general anatomy and explain their application to patient management (1.1.6)

• Explain the potential routes of transmission of infectious agents in dental practice, mechanisms for the prevention of infection, the scientific principles of decontamination and disinfection and the relevance to health and safety (1.1.8)

• Recognise the scientific principles underpinning the use of materials and biomaterials and evaluate their limitations and selection, with emphasis on those used in dentistry (1.1.10)

• Where appropriate, restore the dentition using the principle of minimal intervention, to a standard that promotes the longevity of the restoration or prostheses (1.14.4)

By the end of the second term of Year 3, Applied Dental Materials, the successful student will be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:

• Explain, evaluate and apply the principles of an evidence base approach to learning, clinical and professional practice and decision making (1.1.1)
• Recognise the scientific principles underpinning the use of materials and biomaterials and evaluate their limitations and selection, with emphasis on those used in dentistry (1.1.10)
• Where appropriate, restore the dentition using the principle of minimal intervention, to a standard that promotes the longevity of the restoration or prostheses (1.14.4)

Teaching Information

A range of teaching are used in the unit including:

• Lectures

• Simulated clinical demonstration:

This method is used extensively to teach the principles of cavity preparation and placement techniques of restorative materials.

• Technical demonstration:

This method is used to teach the principles of making various indirect extra-coronal restorations.

• PowerPoint presentations:

This newer teaching aid has been introduced where visual material is projected showing a detailed staged technique of the clinical procedure. One of the teaching staff provides a commentary on the procedure.

• e-Learning:

These are available online to aid students in their revision.

• Radiography Modules:

These are available on Blackboard and should be studied before students attend each rotation.

• Dental Skills Manual:

The Dental Skills Manual (DLM) is designed to increase the preparedness and maximise learning from practical sessions in the Dental School by providing information and resources on the context, processes and techniques involved.

Teaching will use a blended learning approach delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous activities. Students will be expected to engage with all learning.

Assessment Information

Summative assessments:

Restorative Skills. This would contribute a total of 70% to Unit mark.

• A 'must pass' eAssessment in Restorative Dentistry (Prosthetic dentistry, Operative & Endodontics, Applied Dental Materials and Orthodontic Skills) that contribute 30% to the Unit mark.
• Practical assessment in Restorative Dentistry (Operative, Endodontics and Prosthetics) that would involve simulated clinical work and contribute 40% to the Unit mark. This assessment is divided into two parts:

o Part A (20%): This will be held at the end of term 3.1

o Part B (20%): This will be held in term 3.3

Oral and Dental Radiography. This Element would contribute 30% to final Unit mark.

• E-Assessment (IRMER schedule 3 exams) contributing 12% towards Unit mark.
• Continuous assessments during terms 3.2 and 3.3 that contributes 18% towards Unit mark.

Resources

If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.

If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. ORDS30002).

How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.