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2011/12 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

DSUR2115 Oral Diseases, Defence and Repair 2

20 creditsClass Size: 96

Module manager: Dr Hamish Gillespie
Email: h.gillespie@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2011/12

Pre-requisites

DSUR1126	Induction
DSUR1127	Health and Health Promotion
DSUR1128	Intro to the Oral Environment
DSUR1129	Oral Diseases, Def. & Repair 1
DSUR1130	Anxiety and Pain Management
DSUR1131	Personal & Professional Dev. 1
DSUR1132	Clinical Practice & Outreach 1

Co-requisites

DSUR2117	Clinical Skills A
DSUR2118	PPD2
DSUR2119	Clinical Practice and Outreach 2
DSUR2122	Social Sciences Related to Dentistry
DSUR2220	Introduction to Biomedical Sciences

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module aims to deepen understanding of the development of the common dental diseases, the nature of host defences and the mechanisms for repair. It relates, through a series of linked exercises, the clinical development and progression of dental caries and tooth wear to the accompanying histological, chemical, biochemical and microbiological changes in tooth structure. This will help the student gain an appreciation of the linked processes of pathology and clinical presentation of dental disease. As understanding deepens, the student should become more able to apply their understanding of the carious disease processes and the mechanisms that may come into play in terms of defence and repair.There will be opportunity to practise simple operative skills in the clinical skills classroom through dexterity exercises and an introduction to fissure sealing and recognition and excavation of carious tooth tissue . Dental materials science will be integrated through discussion of development and application of relevant biomaterials. The principles of caries diagnosis and preventive aspects of treatment planning will be introduced, with the aid of further investigation of the use and relevance of radiographic interpretation in dentistry. Radiological skills will be extended for the diagnosis of caries and periodontal disease, as will consideration of selection criteria, justification, dose limitation and quality assurance mechanisms . Core skills in simple periodontal procedures, patient communication and professional behaviours will be developed.Lectures (live and electronic) and clinically-based tutorials form the core ''delivery'' vehicles. Emphasis, as in all courses of the curriculum, is placed on self-directed learning approaches and time will be available for reading, preparation and reflection. One ''practical'' is provided on-line.Information Literacy will be developed from that acquired in level 1 of the programme (ODDR1 and IOE) and in preparation for further level 2 modules (CSA and IBPNAHD). Electronic information retrieval tools will be revisited and more advanced aspects introduced. The student will be required as part of a group exercise to produce a journal article based on a small practical experiment and related published articles. The articles will then be peer (student and staff) reviewed and on being accepted will be published in an online journal. The student will be introduced to preventive advice for the patient.Assessment is both formative and summative. The former will occur through day-to-day contact with tutors, through the group project and through an assessed practical exercise that will introduce the student to the progressional assessments to be encountered later in Clinical Skills A. Detailed oral feedback will be provided on progress. Students will be encouraged to engage in self-assessment. Summative assessment will be through the use of MCQ and SAQs in the module written examination and, later, as part of an integrated assessment involving, in part, case-based questions.

Objectives

On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Relate the development of caries and tooth surface loss to:
> clinical and radiographic findings;
> concomitant histological, chemical and biochemical changes.
- Apply an understanding of basic scientific information to clinical practice in terms of caries development, prevention and use of biomaterials.
- Demonstrate progression of core skills in:
> simple clinical and preventive periodontal procedures;
>evaluating radiographs for dental disease and recording findings;
- Demonstrate an ability to work effectively with the dental team.

Learning outcomes
On completion of the course students should be capable of:
- giving preventive advice;
- diagnosing the carious lesion;
- treating the early carious lesion;
- selecting appropriate materials to restore the early carious lesion.

Skills outcomes
To be able to:
- recognise the early carious lesion and understand its development;
- give preventive advice;
- select the most appropriate methods for management of the early carious lesion;
- safely handle the instruments (burs, handpieces, intra-oral hand instruments) used in operative dentistry .

Syllabus

ODDR2 comprises: the lecture programme; the directed reading, e-learning & e-practical programme; the clinical skills laboratory programme and accompanying tutorials, and the written project.

These 4 elements run concurrently for 5 weeks at the start of Year 2. It is intended that lecture and study material delivered during the week should relate directly to the ensuing clinical skills sessions.

The main syllabus areas are:

- The properties and chemistry of enamel and dentine
- The pathology, histology & microbiology of dental caries
- The pathology, diagnosis and management of tooth wear
- Periodontology: aggressive periodontitis; diabetes & smoking as risk factors
- Radiographic diagnosis in caries & periodontitis, panoramic radiography, optimization, quality assurance
- Dental materials: fissure sealants; resin-based composites; bonding to tooth tissue
- Basic operative techniques: hand and rotary instruments; rubber dam; fissure sealants; caries recognition and removal
- Health & disease in populations; preventive advice in smoking cessation, caries prevention, periodontal diseases & tooth wear
- Introduction to treatment planning with emphasis on preventive aspects
- The role of fluoride in caries prevention
- Information literacy

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Group learning	5	3.50	17.50
Lecture	23	1.00	23.00
Practical	1	4.00	4.00
Tutorial	1	1.50	1.50
Tutorial	5	0.50	2.50
Independent online learning hours			9.00
Private study hours			142.50
Total Contact hours			48.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

9 hours of e-learning activities are timetabled which supplement the conventional didactic teaching, these are taken at the students pace with the recommendation that the student conducts the activity in the week in which it is timetabled in order that it properly complements associated activities.

The student is expected to dedicate in the order of 3 hours (total 120 hours) to each hour of lecture, e-lecture and e-practical in private study.

The remaining 22.5 hours of private study time would be spent in preparation for tutorials associated with clinical skills activities and the production of the journal article.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

The students compile a journal article which is peer reviewed (student and staff) and electronically published.
During the clinical skills sessions the students are formatively assessed and receive feedback during sessions.
Summative assessment by a 2-hour written examination.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Group Project	Formative	0.00
Practical	Preventive resin restoration (formative)	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		0.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

EX1; SAQ and MCQ

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 03/08/2012

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