"This clinical course is a sequel to RS544 and is seminar based. The aim is to continue to develop graduates who are competent in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning of patients throughout their lifecycle. The course is composed of weekly Treatment Planning Seminars. Through these activities students learn skills that enable them to evaluate a patient's needs and develop an orderly, prioritized and sequential course of treatment that is problem based. Students are exposed to discriminating diagnostic skills and valuation assessment on treatment options based on risk. The student learns to present this information in a way that enables the patient to conceptualize what treatment he or she requires and to co-participate in an informed fashion in the development of their treatment plan. Through participation in this course students should develop realistic goals and expectations for patients and dentist. Using faculty supervised seminar presentations, the students develop comprehensive programs of dental care on theoretical patients. The care is problem based and consists of a recommended plan as well as an alternative plan of therapy. The idea is to challenge the students' ability to draw on their experiences and education to provide the best therapy choices they can conceive and defend. Additionally, the seminar presentation requires a conversation about the patient's medical or physical condition at a molecular or organ systems level that demonstrates the students' knowledge and mastery of biomedical science. The students are required to support a treatment concept, procedure or material choice that is proposed in the therapy of their patient and support their decisions based on the available evidence in the dental literature. This case presentation is delivered via PowerPoint to a group of students and is subjected to questions and debate. Demonstrating students' communication skills and comprehensive understanding of the presented material before peers and other dental professionals. "