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• SDM RS 523: Preclin Removable Prosthodontics
  This simulated clinic course provides experience and skill development with the procedures related to complete and partial denture construction. The course content includes the following: Fabrication of complete upper and lower dentures with both lingualized and anatomical occlusal schemes from final impressions to processing and occlusal equilibration. Digitally fabricated techniques will include the reference denture technique and the biofunctional try-in. In-depth sessions of virtual tooth set-ups and tooth movement will complement discussions on occlusion Fabrication of Partial Upper and Partial Lower dentures from preliminary survey to abutment preparation. Laboratory communication will be stressed in all phases of complete and partial dentures. To prepare students for clinical experiences, the end of this course is integrated with other preclinical courses. These Integrated Simulated Learning Center (SLC) sessions provide a comprehensive approach to dental education by combining fixed, operative, and removable dentistry training in a cohesive learning environment. These sessions enhance clinical decision-making, improve technical precision, and foster a deeper understanding of how different dental disciplines intersect to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Formative and summative assessments are utilized in the course.
• SDM RS 524: Fixed Prosthodontics 1
  This course provides a comprehensive introduction to extracoronal full-coverage tooth restoration systems. The conceptual basis for both single-tooth crowns and multiple-tooth bridgework is presented.
• SDM RS 525: Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics
  This simulated clinic course provides experience and skill development with single-tooth crowns and multiple-tooth bridgework. To prepare students for clinical experiences, the end of this course is integrated with other preclinical courses. These Integrated Simulated Learning Center (SLC) sessions provide a comprehensive approach to dental education by combining fixed, operative, and removable dentistry training in a cohesive learning environment. These sessions enhance clinical decision-making, improve technical precision, and foster a deeper understanding of how different dental disciplines intersect to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Formative and summative assessments are utilized in the course.
• SDM RS 527: Occlusion and Temperomandibular Disorders
  This course takes the student from normal dental anatomy and occlusion, through analysis of deviations from normal or natural dentition, to an approach to the maintenance of healthy occlusal patterns in restorative dentistry and correction of occlusal patterns and disharmonies. To help emphasize critical concepts, laboratory simulations provide students the opportunity to practice clinical procedures related to occlusal diagnosis and treatment. This course will provide a systematic protocol for the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of patients exhibiting signs and symptoms of TMD. Students will learn how to perform TMD evaluation by using DC/TMD protocol and how to diagnose based on the decision tree. Management of TMDs will be taught case-based approach including fabrication of occlusal guard. Concepts from the course are integrated with courses in operative dentistry, prosthodontics, periodontology, and orthodontics.
• SDM RS 529: Operative Dentistry
  This is a lecture course that addresses all aspects of Operative Dentistry. Topics include diagnosis and treatment planning, caries prevention & treatment, the concept of minimally invasive dentistry, simple and complex amalgam restorations, anterior and posterior composite resin restorations, ceramic inlay and onlay preparations and temporization, conventional and digital impressions with tissue management, try-in and cementation of all types of indirect restorations, direct and indirect veneers, the restoration of endodontically treated teeth, the concept of pulpal protection and the techniques of pulp-capping. This course focuses on clinically relevant topics and compliments the preclinical and clinical courses in Operative Dentistry.
• SDM RS 542: Treatment Planning Seminar
  This seminar course focuses on real-world problem solving. There is a special emphasis on decision-making and patient communication in a private practice setting. It is an interactive course given in small group format.
• SDM RS 544: Treatment Planning and Patient Management 1
  This course utilizes the format of didactic lectures, case based learning and treatment planning seminars to introduce the student to comprehensive treatment planning. The course will emphasize a holistic approach to develop competency in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning of patients with a focus on the relationship between oral health and systemic health. Lectures will demonstrate the importance of integrating a patient's medical and dental history with biomedical sciences. The student will demonstrate mastery of biomedical science through an in depth understanding of disease etiology at a molecular or organ systems level, and integrating that into prognosis, risk analysis and treatment. Time will be spent demonstrating how to effectively analyze information collected in the comprehensive oral evaluation in light of best practices, patients desires and understanding and other modifying factors. The 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. They will be able to develop a recommended plan as well as an alternative plan of therapy and support their decisions based on the available evidence in the dental literature. Utilizing treatment plans presented during students' clinical work, the student learns to present this information in a way that enables the patient to conceptualize what treatment and to co-participate in an informed fashion in the development of their treatment plan. The case presentations facilitate questions and debate, demonstrating students' communication skills and comprehensive understanding of the presented material before peers and other dental professionals.