PER 822LAB - Introduction to Clinical Periodontics

“The activities in this course are designed to help dental students achieve competence in managing and preventing periodontal diseases. Specifically, this course is designed to prepare second year dental students to perform adult prophylaxis and periodontal maintenance in their patients starting in the spring semester of the second year. Students are required to have passed PER821 “”Introduction to Periodontics and Prevention”” including the clinical practical examination. Dental students will perform adult prophylaxis on each other during the first two weeks of their clinical rotation in PER822 and will perform either an adult prophylaxis or a periodontal maintenance on an assigned patient during the third and, if needed, fourth week of their clinical rotation.”

Credits: 0.5