Instructor(s): Gurrinder Atwal

This course provides students an opportunity to advance their clinical practice ability while engaging an important group of patients in a community clinic. Students will be integrated into an oral health care delivery team in an underserved community, providing primary dental care to a diverse patient pool, including individuals who are healthy and sick, young and old.

Instructor(s): Natalie Hastings, Rishabh Acharya

In this course, students will apply the knowledge and skills gained in didactic and simulation courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and provision of fixed prosthodontic care as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care. This includes onlays, crowns, bridges, and implant restorations.

Instructor(s): Natalie Hastings, Rishabh Acharya

In this course, students will apply the knowledge and skills gained in didactic and simulation courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and provision of fixed prosthodontic care as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care. This includes onlays, crowns, bridges, and implant restorations.

Instructor(s): Natalie Hastings, Rishabh Acharya

In this course, students will continue to apply the knowledge and skills gained in didactic, simulation, and early clinical courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and provision of fixed prosthodontic care as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care. This includes onlays, crowns, bridges, and implant restorations.

Instructor(s): Snehlata Oberoi

In this course, you will learn why patients seek orthodontic treatment, how to identify malocclusions, how to work up a patient for orthodontic treatment, basic treatment modalities, when to refer, and how orthodontics interfaces with general dentistry, as well as dental and medical specialties.

Instructor(s): Yogalakshmi Rajendran, Guo-Hao Lin, Mark Ryder

In this course, students will apply the knowledge and skills gained in didactic and simulation courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and non-surgical management of periodontal disease as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care.

Instructor(s): Yogalakshmi Rajendran, Guo-Hao Lin, Mark Ryder

In this course, students will apply the knowledge and skills gained in didactic and simulation courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and non-surgical management of periodontal disease as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care.

Instructor(s): Yogalakshmi Rajendran, Guo-Hao Lin, Mark Ryder

In this course, students will continue to apply the knowledge and skills gained in didactic, simulation, and early clinical courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and non-surgical management of periodontal disease as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care.

Instructor(s): Brent Lin, Ray Stewart, Ling Zhan

In this third-year course, students will take patient histories, determine if there is a need to modify treatment based on medical or behavioral history, formulate treatment plans, and perform basic dental treatment for pediatric patients including oral evaluations, dental prophylaxis, sealants, and restorative care. Some students may also perform pulp therapy, extractions, or space maintenance.

Instructor(s): Brent Lin, Ray Stewart, Ling Zhan

In this course, students will take patient histories, determine if there is a need to modify treatment based on medical or behavioral history, formulate treatment plans, and perform basic dental treatment for pediatric patients including oral evaluations, dental prophylaxis, sealants, and restorative care. Some students may also perform pulp therapy, extractions, or space maintenance. Students will also observe complex pediatric dental care for infants and behaviorally challenged children.

Instructor(s): Rashmi Mishra, Sivappiriyai Veluppillai, Ava Wu

Students shadow oral medicine faculty/residents/attendings to become familiar with the most common oral conditions, participating in patient intakes and workups and establishing differential diagnoses, working alongside postgraduate residents in Oral Medicine. They participate in various tests and procedures including clinical testing of microbial cultures, exfoliative cytology, and soft tissue biopsies.

Instructor(s): Eric Wong

In this course, students will apply the knowledge and skills gained in didactic and simulation courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and provision of non-surgical endodontic procedures as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care. This includes non-surgical root canal therapy and emergency management such as pulpectomies and pulpotomies.

Instructor(s): Eric Wong

In this course, students will apply the knowledge and skills gained in didactic and simulation courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and provision of non-surgical endodontic procedures as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care. This includes non-surgical root canal therapy and emergency management such as pulpectomies and pulpotomies.

Instructor(s): Eric Wong

In this course, students will continue to apply the knowledge and skills gained in didactic, simulation, and early clinical courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and provision of non-surgical endodontic procedures as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care. This includes non-surgical root canal therapy and emergency management such as pulpectomies and pulpotomies.

Instructor(s): Rishabh Acharya

In this course, students will apply the knowledge and skills gained in didactic and simulation courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and provision of removable prosthodontic care as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care. This includes interim dentures, removable partial dentures, and complete dentures. \r\n

Instructor(s): Rishabh Acharya

In this course, students will apply the knowledge and skills gained in didactic and simulation courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and provision of removable prosthodontic care as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care. This includes interim dentures, removable partial dentures, and complete dentures.

Instructor(s): Rishabh Acharya

In this course, students will continue applying the knowledge and skills gained in didactic and simulation courses to provide supervised direct patient care in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and provision of removable prosthodontic care as part of the patient’s overall comprehensive dental care. This includes interim dentures, removable partial dentures, and complete dentures.

Instructor(s): Jennifer Perkins

A well-rounded general dentist has strong abilities to evaluate a patient’s medical risk for elective and urgent dental care and identify higher-risk patients who require hospital based dental care or special needs. In this course, students participate in various clinical experiences to augment their understanding of hospital dentistry.

Instructor(s): Jennifer Perkins

A well-rounded general dentist has strong abilities to evaluate a patient’s medical risk for elective and urgent dental care and identify which oral surgery procedures are within the scope of a general dentist and which should be referred. In this course, students participate in various clinical experiences to augment their understanding of oral and maxillofacial surgery, hospital dentistry, and physical diagnosis, providing exposure to some of the hospital-based domains of dentistry.

Instructor(s): Jennifer Perkins

Building upon the foundation of knowledge and skills attained in PT CN CARE 109A, students will perform basic oral surgical procedures within the scope of a general dentist, and identify when to refer patients for specialty care. This course will also reinforce patient evaluation, medical risk assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and local anesthesia technique.

Instructor(s): Hebert Chan Ching

Contemporary health care involves teams to provide care to patients with a multitude of complex and chronic medical conditions. This course provides students an opportunity to learn about the roles of various members of the health care team, and how to effectively work in teams with members from other health professions. Specifically, this course includes the first three modules of the Core Principles of Interprofessional Practice for D1 students.

Instructor(s): Hebert Chan Ching

This course provides students an opportunity to continue learning about the roles of various members of the health care team, and how to effectively work in teams with members from other health professions. Specifically, this course includes the last two modules of the Core Principles of Interprofessional Practice and also the Interprofessional Standardized Patient Exercise.

Instructor(s): Hebert Chan Ching

This course provides students an opportunity to continue learning about the roles of various members of the health care team, and how to effectively work in teams with members from other health professions. Specifically, this course includes the last two modules of the Core Principles of Interprofessional Practice and also the Interprofessional Standardized Patient Exercise.

Instructor(s): Daniel Mendoza

In this course, you will learn about infection control, history-taking, prescribing and interpreting radiographs, and developing rapport with your patients. Your learning in this course will be centered on developing the self-reflection skills necessary to practice a changing art and science through regular reflective assignments. These are critical foundational skills upon which students will build in the subsequent courses in the patient-centered care stream.

Instructor(s): William Miller

Now that you have learned the basics of creating a safe, professional working environment you will build upon your skills by conducting various patient assessments. With a strong focus on prevention, you will perform an assessment of a classmate-patient’s oral hygiene, caries risk, and gingival condition, and create an individualized home care regimen. This course will also continue to guide the development of self-reflection necessary to maintain skills throughout practice.

Instructor(s): William Miller

The final course in the first-year PCC course provides further experience with electronic health records and tracking patient attainment of suggested self-care skills. Assessments learned prior will be employed in collaboration with an upperclassperson during assisting experiences with clinic patients. Students will also be asked to conduct a self-reflection exercise about their experiences and learning during the 1st year of dental school.

Instructor(s): Jennifer Perkins

In this course, students enter clinic and begin to provide comprehensive general dentistry and introductory periodontal care to adults with diverse ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Students will work independently under faculty supervision, with mentorship from senior dental students and with support and guidance from their Group Practice Leader (GPL). Students will conduct oral evaluations, derive diagnoses, formulate comprehensive treatment plans, perform general dentistry.

Instructor(s): Nejleh Abed, Jennifer Perkins, Yogalakshmi Rajendran, Ramneek Rai, Joel White, Cristin Kearns

Students will continue developing their patient care skills, from the new patient visit to establishing continuing care, building on what was learned in the D1 year. This is a longitudinal course that spans three quarters. This is a clinical prep. course where students follow standards of care driven by the electronic health record workflows, provide direct patient care to their classmate patients and treat patients providing new patient visit, needed dental x-rays, comprehensive and period

Instructor(s): Gurrinder Atwal

Through a variety of lectures and assignments, students prepare to provide oral health care at community health centers located in under-served communities. This course (PCC130) is the first of two lecture courses designed to foster an appreciation for community service and provide an introduction to the externship experience with emphasis on the social determinants of health and cultural competency in providing dental care to a diverse patient pool.

Instructor(s): Gurrinder Atwal

This course is the second of two lecture courses designed to foster an appreciation for community service and provide an introduction to the externship experience (PT CN CARE 101C) with emphasis on the social determinants of health and cultural competency in providing dental care to a diverse patient pool.

Instructor(s): Julia Vu, Jennifer Perkins, Eric Wong, Ling Zhan

In this course, you will continue to build upon foundations of knowledge directly related to the delivery of patient care. You will review core knowledge and learn more advanced concepts in diagnosing, treatment planning, the steps for clinical care, and managing complications in general dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, endodontics, and pediatric dentistry.

Instructor(s): Julia Vu, Frederick (Fritz) Finzen, Yogalakshmi Rajendran, Ram Vaderhobli, Ray Stewart

This is the second in a four-course third-year didactic series. In this course, you will continue to review core knowledge and learn more advanced concepts in diagnosing, treatment planning, the steps for clinical care, and managing complications in periodontics, removable and fixed prosthodontics, general dentistry, and pediatric dentistry. Additionally, you will continue to build upon your framework for managing difficult patients utilizing techniques from the behavioral sciences.\r\n

Instructor(s): Julia Vu, Caroline Shiboski, Jennifer Perkins, Yogalakshmi Rajendran

This is the third of a four-course third-year didactic series. In this course, you will review core knowledge and learn more advanced concepts in diagnosing, treatment planning, the steps for clinical care, and managing complications in oral medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, dental implants, periodontics, and oral pathology. You will also learn about managing difficult patients utilizing techniques from the behavioral sciences, including issues related to diversity and inclusion.

Instructor(s): Julia Vu, Jennifer Perkins

This is the fourth and final course in the third-year didactic series. In this course, you will review core knowledge and learn more advanced concepts in diagnosing, treatment planning, the steps for clinical care, and managing complications in oral and maxillofacial surgery, endodontics, and orthodontics. You will also continue to learn about managing difficult patients, and engage in discussions about ethics, as related to the profession of dentistry.

Instructor(s): Eva Bender, Julia Vu

With a solid foundation in the most common oral diseases and conditions of the oral cavity, the management of these conditions, the systemic conditions that may impact dental care, and technical skills, students are ready to begin patient care. \r\nIn this course, students provide comprehensive general dentistry to adults with a diverse ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Patients may be healthy or have complex chronic medical conditions. Students will conduct oral evaluations,

Instructor(s): Jennifer Perkins

This intensive clinical skills course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to increase their clinical competency to a level appropriate for completion of the Doctor of Dental Surgery degree.

Instructor(s): Diana Nguyen

This course is the first in a series of four final didactic courses in the DDS and IDP curriculum. It is lecture-based and includes the following topics: principles of continuous quality improvement, types of lasers in dentistry, and advanced treatment planning concepts.

Instructor(s): Diana Nguyen

This course is the second in a series of four final didactic courses in the DDS and IDP curriculum. It is lecture-based and includes the following topics: lasers in dentistry, advanced treatment planning concepts, continuous quality improvement, and the business of dentistry.

Instructor(s): Diana Nguyen

This course is the third in a series of four final didactic courses in the DDS and IDP curriculum. It is lecture-based and includes the following topics: principles of continuous quality improvement, advanced treatment planning concepts, dental practice models and management, resume building, and anti-racism in dentistry.

Instructor(s): Diana Nguyen

This course is the fourth in a series of four final didactic courses in the DDS and IDP curriculum. It is project-based, and covers advanced treatment planning and quality improvement principles. Students will complete a group case presentation project and individual quality improvement project.

Instructor(s): Steven Lin, Grant Tsuji

This course is designed for D4 students to build upon foundational knowledge and skills to provide evidence-based comprehensive general dentistry to adults with a diverse ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Patients may be healthy or have complex chronic medical conditions. Students will conduct oral evaluations, derive diagnoses, formulate comprehensive treatment plans, and perform general dentistry. Students will work independently, under supervision, and with teams.

Instructor(s): Jyoti Singh, Lloyd Harris

This course is for 4th yr advanced standing int dental students to build upon foundational knowledge and skills to provide evidence-based comprehensive general dentistry to adults with a diverse ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Patients may be healthy or have complex chronic medical conditions. Students will conduct oral evaluations, derive diagnoses, formulate comp treatment plans, and perform general dentistry.Students will work independently, under supervision, & w/ teams.