Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular semester. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• SDM PE 851: Clinical IV Sedation
  Twenty cases of IV sedation will be completed under supervision of faculty. Residents will be given the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and manual skills in moderate sedation. This will include starting an IV, titrating drugs, and monitoring O2, CO2 levels using capnography.
• SDM PE 852: Clinical IV Sedation
  Twenty cases of IV sedation will be completed under supervision of faculty. Residents will be given the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and manual skills in moderate sedation. This will include starting an IV, titrating drugs, and monitoring O2, CO2 levels using capnography.
• SDM PE 855: Advanced Surgical Topics in Periodontology
  This course will be a seminar format with lively discussion and class participation. Advanced surgical cases will be presented and discussed.
• SDM PE 856: Advanced Surgical Topics in Periodontology
  This course will be a seminar format with lively discussion and class participation. Advanced surgical cases will be presented and discussed.
• SDM PE 860: Essential Epidemiology in Periodontal Research
  This course will introduce students to the principles of epidemiology, as applied to the specific characteristics of periodontal research. Since the periodontal health is closely related to several important systematic conditions, this course will pay close attention to systematic diseases and inflammation in reference to periodontal health.
• SDM PE 861: Randomized Trial Design and Methodology in Periodontal Research
  This course will introduce the students to principles and design of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) with special reference to periodontal research. Since periodontal health is closely related to several important systematic conditions, this course will focus in the designing of the trials to minimize confounding by systematic factors. This course will also cover topics such as choice of experimental design, choice of controls, sample size determination, methods of randomization, adverse event monitoring
• SDM PE 862: Fundamentals of Regression Analyses in Periodontal Research
  This course will introduce students to the principles of biostatistics as well as regression analyses as applied to the specific characteristics of periodontal research.
• SDM PE 865: Integrating Digital Dentistry in Treatment Planning and Complex Restorations
  This course will explore the use of digital based scanning tools to enhance the evaluation, diagnosis, planning and production phases of advanced restorative dentistry. Digital oral/facial scans merged with 3D CBCT reformatted images and dental/periodontal surface scans can provide the clinician with an integrated 3D visualization of anatomy and pathology which is not possible with standard clinical observation and radiographic technique.
• SDM PE 911: Clinical Periodontology
  Clinical instruction and supervision of residents. This comprises the elements of case documentation, patient evaluation and examination, diagnosis, treatment planning, surgical and nonsurgical treatment modalities, post treatment evaluation and prognosis. 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th sem.
• SDM PE 912: Clinical Periodontology
  Clinical instruction and supervision of residents. This comprises the elements of case documentation, patient evaluation and examination, diagnosis, treatment planning, surgical and nonsurgical treatment modalities, post treatment evaluation and prognosis. 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th sem.
• SDM PE 913: Clinical Periodontology
  Clinical periodontal practice emphasizing the elements of case documentation, patient evaluation and examination, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment planning. Complete periodontal therapy performed under staff guidance.
• SDM PE 946: Practice Management
  Practice management course offered by the Department of Periodontology.
• SDM PE 991: Research: Periodontology
  Approved research in periodontology.
• SDM PE 992: Research: Periodontology
  Approved research in periodontology.
• SDM PE 993: Research: Periodontology
  Approved research in periodontology.
• SDM PH 512: Professional Ethics Development
  Professional Ethics Development is designed to explore the personal and professional values of the dental student and the dental health professional. The course provides a historical and conceptual framework of dentistry, and presents the profession's code of ethics as well as explores some current ethical and legal issues affecting professional practice. The purpose of the course is to assist students in the transition from undergraduate school to professional school and ultimately into knowledgeable, skilled, and caring professionals. Students discuss the school's code of conduct and identify common values of the class, participate in case-based discussions and writing assignments to raise awareness about the personal and professional values involved in dental school and dental practice.
• SDM PH 514: Preventive Dentistry
  This course will introduce students to the principles and practice of preventive dentistry, as applied to the care of an individual patient as well as the broader community population. It will also introduce the student to the basic principles and methods of epidemiology and demonstrate their application to dentistry. Completion of this course will enable students to read, critique and meaningfully extract information from scientific literature and be able to interpret it to lay individuals including their patients.
• SDM PH 517: Evidence-Based Dentistry
  The lecture component of this course is an introduction to assessing and evaluating published scientific and dental literature. Students learn to examine the general concepts in experimental design, scientific methodology, and the appropriateness of basic statistical methods used to evaluate the conclusions of studies. In the seminar component of the course, students meet in small groups led by faculty members who serve as facilitators. Published scientific evidence is used to help develop sound reasoning and critical thinking skills in students. Students analyze scientific literature and learn about general patterns of clinical judgment, critical thinking, decision-making, and application of scientific evidence into everyday practice.
• SDM PH 520: Integrated Problems in Practice Management II
  This case-based-learning course is comprised of faculty led small-group seminar sessions. Topics covered in the course include the profession's code of ethics and principles of conduct, as well as aspirational codes. Issues of diversity and cultural competency in professional practice are discussed. A model of ethical decision-making for the dentist is presented and cases involving ethical issues are discussed in small-group based seminars. Students rely on dialogue with preceptors of their APEX clerkship as a resource for addressing the cases presented in small, interactive faculty- facilitated seminar groups.
• SDM PH 521: Behavioral Science
  This course identifies the behavioral framework for the effective delivery of health care. Discussions include behavioral modification models with respect to doctor and patient communication as well as behavioral aspects of managing patient pain, fear, phobia and anxiety. The course provides students with knowledge to also assist them in their personal and professional behavioral management as they transition from student to health care provider by utilizing examples of healthcare professional conduct from the media, as well as drivers of health behavior. Other topics discussed are the behavioral approaches for rendering care to special needs populations such as individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and geriatrics.