Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. 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 OR 807: Biologic Foundation of Orthodontics
  This course provides the biologic background for common clinical problems and techniques encountered in orthodontics. Topics include a comprehensive discussion of bone biology, biology of tooth movement and acceleration techniques, dental development, implant biology, root resorption, and craniofacial genetics. Lectures are supplemented with discussions of the literature..
• SDM OR 808: Biomechanics
  The course introduces first year students to mechanical principles and their applications in orthodontic tooth movement and dentofacial orthopedics. It also familiarizes them with the properties and applications of different types of materials and contemporary orthodontic appliances commonly used in practice. The students develop an in depth understanding of continuous and segmental mechanics, sliding and frictionless approaches, as well as different intra and extraoral anchorage management options. Clinical applications of one and two couple systems in orthodontics is covered giving the students the knowledge base to choose the most efficient mechanical concepts in executing orthodontic treatment plans.
• SDM OR 809: Removable Aligner Treatment
  Developing basic skills in clear aligner therapy.
• SDM OR 810: Digital Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
  This course is designed to provide necessary information in using most current digital orthodontic tools, software programs and systems in diagnosis and treatment planning. In this course, Orthodontic students will learn about new advances in dental/orthodontic technologies, get acquainted with 3D printing, learn how to do 3D digital surgical planning, understand and apply the principles of digital indirect bonding techniques, and learn to combine all these tools to come up with a custom comprehensive treatment and execution plan for an Orthodontic patient.
• SDM OR 811: Orthodontic Clinical Practice
  Supervised orthodontic clinical practice in the outpatient orthodontic clinic.
• SDM OR 812: Orthodontics Clinical Practice
  Supervised orthodontic clinical practice in the outpatient orthodontic clinic. This course will include orientation and outpatient care at the Franciscan Hospital for Children, where students will gain experience treating children with special needs. This experience in addition to outpatient care at the Henry M. Goldman School of Medicine.
• SDM OR 813: Orthodontic Clinical Practice
  Supervised orthodontic clinical practice in the outpatient orthodontic clinic. This course includes outpatient care at the Goldman School of Dental Medicine as well as at the Franciscan Hospital for Children, where the students will gain experience treating children with special needs. The course also includes a rotation at the Boston Medical Center Sleep Apnea clinic.
• SDM OR 814: Practice Management
  This course addresses issues encountered in private practice. Topics include ownership, being an employee or associate, choosing where to practice, contracts, accounting, hiring and managing staff, standard operating procedures, marketing and social media, inventory and work flow, use of technology, and communications.
• SDM OR 815: Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders
  The course introduces the first year students to Sleep Dental Medicine (SDM) as a multidisciplinary approach. It familiarizes them with the pediatric and adult risk factors for Sleep Related Breathing Disorders (SRBD) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), comorbidities and treatment alternatives. There will be one hands-on session on record taking, bite registration and fabrication of oral appliances. As third year students, they will spend one morning a month at the Boston Medical Center (BMC) Pediatric Sleep Clinic, observing sleep fellows and faculty in examining pediatric sleep patients and becoming familiarized with questionnaires and sleep studies. They will also perform facial and dental examinations on this patient population.
• SDM OR 816: Orthodontic Treatment in Mixed Dentition
  This course will concentrate on the diagnosis and treatment of children in the mixed dentition. Many problems encountered in this age group should be addressed when they are identified in order to prevent the development of additional problems. Accordingly, treatment of children without full permanent dentition requires specific diagnostic and treatment approaches. The course will include a didactic component as well as a clinical rotation. In the clinic, children in the mixed dentition will be examined, and treatment will be planned and delivered as appropriate.
• SDM OR 817: Temporary Anchorage Devices
  This course provides a comprehensive review of the indications and biologic basis for the use of temporary anchorage devices (TADs) -- specifically miniscrews. Detailed descriptions of site selection, miniscrew selection, complications, and the use of TADs for vertical, anteroposterior, and transverse correction are included.
• SDM OR 818: Biomechanics 2
  This course focuses on the clinical application of fundamental biomechanics in Orthodontics. It introduces more complex biomechanical scenarios, different orthodontic concepts, and techniques as well as more clinical applications of biomechanical theories.
• SDM OR 819: ABO Review 1
  During the first-year course, students will become familiar with the domains of Clinical Scenario based examination and practice taking a mock board exam.
• SDM OR 821: ABO Review 2
  Preparation for ABO phase 2 exam and annual assessment exams.
• SDM OR 822: Orthognathic Surgery
  Surgical orthodontic lectures and seminars discussing the diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment of dentofacial deformities. Emphasis is on differentiating skeletal from dental malocclusion and the application of orthodontic and surgical strategies for the most efficacious surgical-orthodontic patient care.
• SDM OR 824: ABO Review 3
  Third year students will review the different domains of the clinical portion of the exam (Part III) in addition to the recommended reading material. Two mock board exams will be administered and reviewed during the third-year course as students become qualified to take the certification exam at the end of their clinical training.
• SDM OR 830: Research Highlights
  The purpose of this course is to interrelate research skills with clinical orthodontics in order to prepare orthodontists for a lifetime of inquiry and assessment. The course promotes evidence-based interpretation of the literature and guides the students with the basic information needed for their own research.
• SDM OR 831: Finishing and Retention
  Discussions that focus on specific skills and knowledge related to finishing procedures and retention, including techniques and goals for finishing, factors influencing stability, relapse, fiberotomy, and retention procedures.
• SDM OR 900: Case Presentation
  This course consists of case presentations given by students in all three years of the program. Cases presented include initial diagnosis and treatment planning, progress cases, problem cases, finished cases, and cases requiring interdisciplinary care.
• SDM OR 901: Case Presentation
  This course consists of case presentations given by students in all three years of the program. Cases presented include initial diagnosis and treatment planning, progress cases, problem cases, finished cases, and cases requiring interdisciplinary care.