Instructor(s): Joel White

Students will engage in learning advanced operative dentistry skills and techniques. Didactic and laboratory experiences will provide students with additional foundation of restorative and operative dentistry, including diagnosis, treatment planning, prevention, minimally invasive dentistry and advanced restorative techniques. Students will then engage in laboratory projects under direction of the faculty.

Instructor(s): Sunita Ho, Stefan Habelitz

This course will emphasize Mineralized Tissues and the use of Biomaterials for the Craniofacial Complex. Focus is on understanding diverse aspects of craniofacial development, in particular the biology and engineering of mineralized tissue including the formation of specialized matrices which enable biomineralization, stem cell biology and morphogenesis, as well as etiologies of diseases and clinical approaches to tissue or organ repair.

Instructor(s): Peter Rechmann

The biochemical basis for understanding the mechanisms of dental caries will be presented. Topics include tooth ultrastructure, tooth chemistry, plaque metabolism, immunology, protective functions of saliva, enzymes, caries risk assessment, the roles of fluoride, and mechanisms of de- and remineralization.