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Catalog/Bulletin 2012-2013 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses in the School of Dentistry

School of Dentistry

Courses

Dental Hygiene

  • DHY 3204 - Oral Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

    [2 Credits]
    This is an introductory course that presents the etiology and steps in the prevention of dental diseases. Philosophies of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention are discussed. The development and maintenance of dental disease programs are addressed as they relate to communicating with, educating and motivating patients.

  • DHY 3205 - Introductory Clinic

    [3 Credits]
    A clinical course that applies techniques, procedures and information presented in Pre-Clinic. The course consists of the clinical treatment of patients for prophylaxis, in varying degrees of difficulty, complete series of X-rays, fluoride treatments, and oral health instruction. The course is supplemented by scheduled seminars on root planing, special patients, use of power scalers, auxiliary health aids, and laboratory diagnostic tests used in dental practice.

  • DHY 3206 - Radiographic Interpretation

    [1 Credit]
    This is a comprehensive course in radiographic interpretation of normal anatomy, anomalies, caries, periapical lesions, periodontal disease, cysts, trauma and various pathological lesions of the jaws and associated structures.

  • DHY 3208 - Professional Development II

    [1 Credit]
    This course is a continuation in the development of the student as an oral health care professional. It is designed to facilitate communication concepts and skills, and includes exercises in practical application with the dental patient, and other dental professionals. The student is made aware of the various barriers to successful communication by exposure to concepts of culture, verbal and non-verbal language, and group dynamics. Principles of human behavior affecting the dental hygienist’s relationship with co-workers and patients, the influence of personality types on interpersonal relations, motivation of patients to proper oral health will also be addressed. Students will also be introduced to a Professional Codes of Ethics and further study in ethics as it relates to patient care.

  • DHY 3210 - Pain Control IIA

    [2 Credits]
    One of 2 courses designed to prepare the student for the management of pain, anxiety, and medical emergencies in the dental practice. This course includes the majority of the LSUSD material pertaining to management of medical emergencies. Didactic and clinical instruction in the use of nitrous-oxide analgesia is included in order to qualify the student for the clinical use of this pain-control modality.

  • DHY 4101 - Pharmacology

    [2 Credits]
    This course consists of a series of lectures, conferences, and demonstrations emphasizing the pharmaco-dynamics of drug action. This includes modes of administration, mechanisms of action, biotransformation, excretion, drug interactions, and side effects. Special considerations are given to those drugs relevant to the practice of dentistry.

  • DHY 4102 - General and Oral Pathology I

    [3 Credits]
    This course educates students regarding the pathologic basis for systemic and oral disease. It includes a consideration of basic principles of pathology as well as specific disease processes. The definition, epidemiology, distribution, morphology, symptoms, etiology, treatment, and prognosis of each disease process are studied. Emphasis is placed on oral, and head and neck pathology.

  • DHY 4103 - Clinical Nutrition

    [2 Credits]
    This course consists of techniques for diet assessment, nutritional counseling and patient management. It is designed to increase the student’s skill in developing a comprehensive disease program to treat individual patients. The course format is a combination of lectures, presentation of abstracts, and discussion of current nutritional issues.

  • DHY 4104 - Periodontics

    [2 Credits]
    This is a fundamental lecture course in periodontics with emphasis on a basic understanding of the normal and diseased states of the periodontium. An orientation to the concepts of periodontal examination, charting, diagnosis, treatment planning, root planing, soft-tissue curettage, and other surgical therapeutic techniques is presented.

  • DHY 4105 - Intermediate Clinic

    [3 Credits]
    This is a continuation of clinical treatment of patients from Introductory Clinic with the addition of impressions, study casts, root planing, and limited local-anesthesia experiences. Scheduled seminars are held to review clinical procedures. Students are assigned to selected departments within the school as well as extramural clinics for observation and participation.

  • DHY 4106 - Dental Materials

    [1 Credit]
    This course provides a working knowledge of metallurgy, ceramics and polymer science. Specific restorative and dental-laboratory products are presented, and their proper manipulation is described. Laboratory sessions involve experience in handling these materials.

  • DHY 4107 - Internal Medicine

    [1 Credit]
    This course presents basic principles of medicine as they relate to patients receiving local anesthesia for dental treatment. Emphasis is on understanding disease processes and medical or pharmacologic treatment of the diseases, rather than on diagnosis of disease. Dental -treatment concerns and anesthesia modifications for patients with diseases such as hypertension, asthma, cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, diabetes, liver disease, arthritis, and end-stage renal disease are covered. The interrelationship of medicine and dentistry is stressed.

  • DHY 4108 - Dental Public Health I

    [1 Credit]
    This course presents the principles of basic public-health mechanisms of epidemiology, disease measurement, including dental indices, and public-health program planning. It introduces scientific methodology and the use of its attendant statistics, i.e., sample selection, measures of central tendency, measures of variation, tests of significance and correlation coefficients.

  • DHY 4110 - Pain Control I

    [2 Credits]
    A lecture course designed to develop an understanding and knowledge of the various techniques of local anesthesia. The course includes the landmarks and relationships of the anatomical structures involved, the chemistry and pharmacology of the local anesthetic solutions, pre-anesthetic evaluation, and the management of complications and emergencies of local anesthesia. A laboratory/clinical session follows the didactic phase. Competence in administering local anesthesia is evaluated in the intermediate and advanced dental hygiene clinical courses.

  • DHY 4203 - Practice Management

    [2 Credits]
    The course is the final professional development course. It is designed to facilitate the transition from student to dental hygiene clinician in a private dental practice. Topics included, but not limited to the use of technology, recall systems, scheduling of patients, maintaining the appointment book, ordering supplies and equipment, and studying state laws and ethics. Students will also be given methods to solve an ethical dilemma as it relates to dental practice. An integral part of the course includes preparation for employment search.

  • DHY 4204 - Interdisciplinary Principles for Dental Hygiene Practice

    [2 Credits]
    This course integrates the various disciplines taught in the dental hygiene curriculum. It consists of guest lecturers and case-based exercises.

  • DHY 4205 - Advanced Clinic

    [4 Credits]
    This course is a continuation of clinical treatment from Intermediate Clinic with the additional application of duties including sulcular irrigation, tobacco cessation counseling, and pit and fissure sealants. Students have specific local anesthesia requirements. Students are assigned to selected departments within the school, as well as extramural clinics for observation and participation.

  • DHY 4206 - Advanced Clinic Seminars

    [2 Credits]
    This course incorporates the literature with the didactic and clinical applications of dental-hygiene care. It promotes the student’s understanding of the latest trends and newest technologies in comprehensive dental care.

  • DHY 4208 - Dental Public Health II

    [2 Credits]
    This course is a continuation of public health issues from Dental Public Health I with a focus on the role of the practicing hygienist in the health ecology of the United States, exploring social issues, consumerism, legislation, alternative systems of health care and other issues. The students are afforded the opportunity for a wide variety of extramural experiences, both observation and participation.

  • DHY 4209 - Statistical Evaluation of Dental Literature

    [2 Credits]
    This course provides guided direction and practice in reading and interpreting dental literature to enable the student to evaluate critically the reported findings of research studies. It offers a review of current dental hygiene and periodontal literature to provide the basis for understanding current philosophies of theory.

Dental Laboratory Technology

  • DLT 2101 - Dental Morphology

    [4 Credits]
    This course is designed to teach the student tooth anatomy along with some relationship to oral anatomy. The course introduces the student to dental language and terminology. This is a technical science, which requires carving and wax build-up techniques. The student is taught the value of tooth anatomy as applied to good esthetics and function in dental restoration.

  • DLT 2101 - Dental Morphology

    [4 Credits]
    This course is designed to teach the student tooth anatomy along with some relationship to oral anatomy. The course introduces the student to dental language and terminology. This is a technical science, which requires carving and wax build-up techniques. The student is taught the value of tooth anatomy as applied to good esthetics and function in dental restoration.

  • DLT 2102 - Fixed Prosthodontics I

    [2 Credits]
    The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with various requirements for restoring lost tooth structures in the laboratory using techniques and materials as prescribed by the dentist. The dental technician must be able to understand the use of dies and casts in fixed procedures. The student must be able to reproduce lost structures and fabricate a finished product using metals and plastics. This course will employ a combination of both lecture and laboratory sessions aimed at providing the student with skills needed to operate effectively in this vital area of dental technology.

  • DLT 2102 - Fixed Prosthodontics I

    [2 Credits]
    The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with various requirements for restoring lost tooth structures in the laboratory using techniques and materials as prescribed by the dentist. The dental technician must be able to understand the use of dies and casts in fixed procedures. The student must be able to reproduce lost structures and fabricate a finished product using metals and plastics. This course will employ a combination of both lecture and laboratory sessions aimed at providing the student with skills needed to operate effectively in this vital area of dental technology.

  • DLT 2103 - Fundamentals of Dental Laboratory Technology

    [2 Credits]
    This course is designed to give the first-year student the early steps in laboratory procedures. The student will learn model pouring, custom tray making, occlusion rims, mounting casts on articulators, all leading to setting teeth. This course has both lecture and laboratory and is planned to lead the student into the second semester of denture construction. Fixed and removable prosthodontic preparatory procedures are also taught in this course.

  • DLT 2104 - Fundamentals of Occlusion I

    [3 Credits]
    This lecture laboratory course is designed to provide the student a comprehensive study of theory and practice in occlusal rehabilitation. A primary concern of the dental technologist is the restoration of the occlusal surfaces of teeth of opposing arches together in such a manner that they still function to preserve the health of the masticatory system. The student will study the dynamics of mandibular movement and its effect on tooth form. Principles of articulation and instrumentation will be presented to enable the student to simulate mandibular movements on an articulator. Occlusal restorations will be fabricated in wax on a semi adjustable articulator, according to functional criteria.

  • DLT 2104 - Fundamentals of Occlusion I

    [3 Credits]
    This lecture laboratory course is designed to provide the student a comprehensive study of theory and practice in occlusal rehabilitation. A primary concern of the dental technologist is the restoration of the occlusal surfaces of teeth of opposing arches together in such a manner that they still function to preserve the health of the masticatory system. The student will study the dynamics of mandibular movement and its effect on tooth form. Principles of articulation and instrumentation will be presented to enable the student to simulate mandibular movements on an articulator. Occlusal restorations will be fabricated in wax on a semi adjustable articulator, according to functional criteria.

  • DLT 2106 - Infectious Disease Control

    [1 Credit]
    This is an introductory course providing instructions in blood-borne infections–AIDS and hepatitis. The epidemiology and prevention of these diseases are presented, and a complete infection control policy is presented and discussed in order that the student may function properly in a dental setting. Federal, state, OSHA and medical-center policy concerning legal issues will also be discussed.

  • DLT 2106 - Infectious Disease Control

    [1 Credit]
    This is an introductory course providing instructions in blood-borne infections–AIDS and hepatitis. The epidemiology and prevention of these diseases are presented, and a complete infection control policy is presented and discussed in order that the student may function properly in a dental setting. Federal, state, OSHA and medical-center policy concerning legal issues will also be discussed.

  • DLT 2202 - Fixed Prosthodontics II

    [3 Credits]
    This course is designed to enhance further he students’ knowledge and hand skills by fabricating multi-unit fixed restorations according to work authorization specification. Each class will consist of a lecture and laboratory session through which fixed prosthodontics theory and practice will provide the student with the skills necessary to produce clinically acceptable appliances.

  • DLT 2202 - Fixed Prosthodontics II

    [3 Credits]
    This course is designed to enhance further he students’ knowledge and hand skills by fabricating multi-unit fixed restorations according to work authorization specification. Each class will consist of a lecture and laboratory session through which fixed prosthodontics theory and practice will provide the student with the skills necessary to produce clinically acceptable appliances.

  • DLT 2204 - Concepts of Occlusion II

    [2 Credits]
    This is an advanced course designed as a continuation of Fundamentals of Occlusion I. Three additional theories of occlusal rehabilitation will be presented. The student will study the functional relations of the temporomandibular joint. The primary focus of the course is the relationship of the anterior teeth pertaining to form and function. Occlusal restorations will be fabricated in wax on a semi-adjustable articulator, according to the organic theory of occlusion.

  • DLT 2205 - Dental Ceramics I

    [1 Credits]
    The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with procedures and techniques used in restoring lost tooth structures with ceramic materials. Fundamentals of ceramic materials will be taught by lecture and laboratory sessions.

  • DLT 2207 - Complete Dentures I

    [3 Credits]
    The aim of this course is to teach students the fundamental skills of fabricating complete dentures for the edentulous patient. The dental technician must have an understanding of the biological and mechanical factors involved in denture construction for the edentulous patient so that the student can better communicate with the dentist and serve the needs of the patient.

  • DLT 2208 - Removable Partial Dentures I

    [3 Credits]
    This course is designed to provide the student with intensive study and training in the fabrication of removable partial dentures. The dental laboratory technician must have a thorough understanding of the varying approaches of surveying and framework design to be utilized by dentists. The course employs a combination of lecture and laboratory sessions in order to provide the student with skills the student will need to operate in this vital area.

  • DLT 3105 - Dental Ceramics II

    [1 Credit]
    This course is a continuation of Dental Ceramics. The student will study advanced principles of restoring lost tooth structure with porcelain materials. Laboratory exercises include the fabrication of multi-unit porcelain fused to metal bridges, individualized characterization and staining, and porcelain margins. Students are encouraged to pursue individual interests in the ceramic arts.

  • DLT 3111 - Advanced Removable Prosthodontics

    [2 Credits]
    This course is designed to give the student further instruction in removable prosthodontics. The basic plan of the course is to divide the lecture and laboratory materials into three major divisions. One part will deal with additional instruction in removable partial design. A second part will be additional instruction in complete dentures. The third division will give the student an introduction to maxillofacial prosthesis. The student will receive both lecture and laboratory learning experiences.

  • DLT 3112 - Professional Ethics

    [1 Credit]
    The purpose of this course is to introduce the prospective dental technician to the legal and ethical aspects of the profession of dentistry and dental technology. Its main focus will be on the professional relationship between the dental technician and the dentist. As one of the important links in the process of providing total dental care to every patient, dental technicians must be aware of their responsibility in assuring that the ethical standards of the fields of dentistry and dental technology are maintained.

  • DLT 3113 - Orthodontic Laboratory

    [2 Credits]
    This course is designed to teach students how to construct basic orthodontic appliances. Five orthodontic appliances are fabricated with heavy emphasis on wire bending. Lectures are geared to understanding the orthodontic classification system, orthodontic terminology, work authorizations, and purposes of the appliances. Finally, the student is exposed to fixed, banded, edged wise orthodontic cases.

  • DLT 3114 - Applied Laboratory Techniques I

    [7 Credits]
    This course is designed to provide the student with applied experiences in all phases of laboratory procedure. More specifically, the course is so arranged that the student will gain experience in all areas of basic laboratory work, including fixed prosthodontics, complete dentures, as well as laboratory work in ceramics. To reinforce and extend the learning previously acquired in the program, small-group seminars will be held periodically. DLT students work closely with the senior dental students fabricating dental restorations in partial support of the school clinics. Communication with the dental team, professionalism, and work ethic is emphasized.

  • DLT 3115 - Dental Materials Science I

    [2 Credits]
    Materials-science fundamentals, based upon metallurgy, ceramics, polymer science and surface interactions are presented as background for specific product discussions. Emphasis is placed upon laboratory processes, such as noble and base metal fabrication, porcelain manipulation, denture-base polymer curing, and the proper handling of gypsum products. Time will also be spent on other restorative materials of interest to the dentist and the technician. Class sessions provide experience in materials composition in relation to physics, chemistry and scientific measurements.

  • DLT 3116 - Principles of Dental Implantology

    [3 Credits]
    This course is designed to give DLT students additional information in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics. Students will gain knowledge about implant design, the implant-bone interface, implant-soft tissue interface and prosthodontic considerations which must be incorporated in the restoration to ensure long-term success. This is a multi-disciplinary course integrating the Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Periodontics, and Prosthodontics. Lecture information will be utilized in the laboratory by applying principles to fabricate implant supported prostheses.

  • DLT 3214 - Applied Laboratory Techniques II

    [7 Credits]
    This course is designed to provide the student with applied experiences in all phases of laboratory procedure. The course is so arranged that the student will gain experience in all areas of basic laboratory work, including fixed prosthodontics, complete dentures, as well as advanced laboratory work in ceramics. To reinforce and extend the learning previously acquired in the program, small-group seminars will be held periodically. DLT students continue to work closely with the senior dental students fabricating dental restorations in partial support of the schools clinics. Communication with the dental team, professionalism, and work ethic is emphasized.

  • DLT 3216 - Professional Development

    [1 Credit]
    The purpose of this course is to give the student a broad view of the dental profession as it is related to the technician. Guest speakers in various specialties will be meeting with the class, and seminar sessions will be used to discuss viewpoints in dentistry. Some periods will be used to review technology subjects in preparation for board examinations.

  • DLT 3217 - Laboratory Management

    [2 Credits]
    This course is a combination of introductory business and management principles based upon the manual of the National Association of Dental Laboratories. This course involves both lecture and workshop and introduces a system of business management for both small and large laboratories.

  • DLT 3218 - All Ceramic Restorations Advanced Technique

    [3 Credits]
    This is an advanced ceramic course designed to teach dental laboratory students cosmetic aspects of dental restorations utilizing various all ceramic systems that are available in the dental technology industry. This course includes the fabrication of Composite, Alumina, Zirconia, and Pressed Ceramic Crowns.

  • DLT 3219 - DLT Informatics

    [1 Credit]
    This course is designed to expose DLT students to the structure and scope of information in dentistry and dental laboratory technology. Dental laboratory technicians who are familiar with the dental and dental laboratory literature are better able to communicate with dentists, find information related to their work and manage their laboratories. Students will learn how to identify, locate and retrieve print and electronic information from significant and valid information sources.

Endodontics

  • ENDO 5102 - Teaching Undergraduate Seminar and Labs

    Teaching allows consolidation of knowledge by requiring instant analysis and judgment in guiding pre-doctoral students in developing skills in preclinical procedures. All students must teach the Preclinical Endodontics Laboratory Course to the sophomore dental students in the Spring Semester of each year. First Year students must also attend all lectures. This course consists of 10 all-day sessions: approximately half of the time is lectures, seminars and demonstrations while the other half is devoted to the development of skills using laboratory exercises.

  • ENDO 5103 - Topical Literature Review

    The main purpose of this course is to aid the students in the development of an endodontic philosophy based on available research evidence. The students will also develop skill in the evaluation and interpretation of scientific articles. The students use this philosophy in the selection of procedures performed in the clinic. The dental literature offers the most accessible means for the practitioner to develop a philosophy and to update knowledge and skills. This course uses articles from the dental literature to present classical and current philosophies in selected subject areas. Development of skills in evaluating the literature encourages the student to continue this practice throughout his dental career. The knowledge and skills gained will serve the student well in all clinical procedures and in the successful completion of American Board of Endodontic examinations. Approximately 160 hours are scheduled for the presentation of this course. Classes meet for approximately 45 sessions of 3 1/2 hours each. Approximately 25-30 articles will be covered in each of the 40 topical sessions.

  • ENDO 5104 - Clinical Endodontic Seminar

    The purpose of this seminar is to provide a forum in which clinical experiences can be shared and in which discussion of clinical cases presented will benefit not only the presenter, but all in attendance. Student and faculty presentations of clinical cases will serve as the basis for discussions of diagnosis and treatment philosophies. Individual evaluation of student clinical performance with constructive criticism is also provided. Approximately 80 hours are scheduled for this course on a yearly basis. Seminars meet for 3-hour sessions. Other seminars with guest clinicians are usually added as they are arranged.

  • ENDO 5105 - Endodontic Journal Club

    The purpose of this course is to review the current literature for articles pertaining to endodontics. The articles reviewed are evaluated for placement in the Endodontic Literature Review. This allows the student to consider new ideas or information in relationship to classical and current endodontic philosophy. Updating the literature review course is extremely important if one is to keep up with the latest changes in endodontics. The process of reviewing and abstracting the current articles serves as a means of using the skills gained during literature review for comparing and analyzing recent work. There are 14 sessions, each 3 and ½ hours. During each session, each article reviewed will be evaluated for the following characteristics: 1) experimental design, materials and methods, and statistical evaluation; 2) reliability and validity of results; 3) relationship of results and conclusion; and 4) value to the literature topic, especially compared to articles already included in respective Literature Review Session.

  • ENDO 5106 - Clinical Endodontics

    The clinical emphasis is on developing proficiency with a single basic technique, although competence with alternative techniques is demanded. Clinical experience will include the complete scope of endodontic practice. Medically compromised patients, as well as healthy patients, are treated under appropriate supervision. The range of treatment includes emergency and diagnostic treatment; conservative and surgical therapy; vital and non-vital bleaching procedures; implants, replants, and root-extrusion techniques. A minimum of 300 clinical cases must be completed. These cases must demonstrate a clinically acceptable result. There must be a variety of treatment modalities. Cases are reviewed with all students monthly during Clinical Seminar. Grades are determined by the students’ progress in developing stated competencies and proficiencies and by progress toward completion of the required minimum number of cases.

  • ENDO 5107 - Endodontic Research

    An original laboratory, animal, or clinical research project must be completed during the 24-month program. This research must result in the production of a publishable manuscript. The results must also be presented in an oral presentation at LSUSD, or in any presentation format at a national meeting (AAE, IADR, etc.). Grades are determined by the students’ timely progress in completing the following research activities (appropriate to the research topic): 1) Formulate a research activity, 2) submit a written proposal, in proper format, to the LSUSD Student Research Committee, 3) revision and amendment of the proposal as necessary to receive approval and funding, 4) submit the proposal to the AAE Foundation for funding, 5) obtain Institutional Animal Care and Utilization Committee approval for studies using animal models, or Institutional Review Board approval for studies using human subjects, 6) conduct the research, 7) analyze the results, and 8) present the results in an oral presentation.

  • ENDO 5405 - Basic Endodontic Review

    This course is designed to review current philosophies and techniques of endodontic practice as presented in current textbooks, in order to give the students the opportunity to demonstrate their current endodontic clinical skills, and to allow the students the opportunity to modify their philosophies and techniques and improve their skills. This course consists of 62 hours in 9 all-day sessions: 16.5 hours of didactic seminars, 42.5 hours of laboratory instruction, reviews, and exercises, and 3 hours of postgrad clinical case review seminar. The seminar sessions consist of a guided discussion of textbook reading assignments. The laboratory sessions guide the students through a self-assessment of their current endodontic techniques and introduce the student to experiences with new materials and techniques. The clinical case review seminar introduces the student to management of complex clinical cases.

  • ENDO 5406 - Teaching Undergraduate Clinic

    Teaching allows consolidation of knowledge by requiring instant analysis and judgment in guiding pre-doctoral students in reviewing knowledge and rationale and in developing skills in clinical procedures. Second Year students must teach in the Junior Endodontic Clinic and in the Advanced Endodontic Elective Clinic for Seniors. The schedule for this assigned teaching responsibility is included in the Endodontic Postgraduate Schedule. Second Year students also participate in the teaching responsibilities of the Endodontic Department by consultation with students or faculty in other departments. This is done on a time-available basis, depending on student and faculty schedules.

Oral Pathology

  • OPATH 5501 - Pediatric Oral Pathology

    The purpose of this course is to provide information on diseases and abnormalities of the oral and maxillofacial regions that affect the pediatric and adolescent age groups. The course will be taught using a lecture and a clinical-pathologic-conference (CPC) problem-solving format in order to develop the diagnostic and management skills expected of dental specialist. The CPC cases are purposely presented in a random order, without regard to categorization or classification, to simulate more closely actual clinical setting.

Orthodontics

  • ORTH 5200 - Orthodontic Practicum and Clinic

    Students matriculating in the curriculum gain experience with hands on treatment of patients in the clinic in order to see the results of various treatment modalities practiced by the clinical faculty. From their experiences, the students can determine which methods they feel most comfortable with in order to begin developing their own treatment methods to be used upon successful completion of the program.

  • ORTH 5201 - Orthodontic Seminar

    e curriculum gain experience with diagnosing malocclusions, establishing treatment objectives, and formulating treatment plans for individual cases presented in the seminar on a daily basis. The students present the case’s chief complaint, medical and dental histories, clinical exam findings, radiographic exam findings, cephalometric analyses, and diagnostic casts. Using an open format seminar the instructors draw on their own clinical experience to question the students about various aspects of the case being presented. This format offers a unique interaction and discussion between the students and faculty members present for the day. It is expected that with increased exposure to numerous methods of diagnosis, treatment planning, and biomechanical therapy, the students upon graduation have the skills necessary to successfully transition into an orthodontic practice.

  • ORTH 5202 - Advanced Orthodontic Technique

    The purpose of this technique course is to give the first year students an introduction to the materials and wire-bending skills used in treating patients with standard edgewise appliances (0° torque, 0° tip, and 0° rotation). The first year students “treat” cases on orthodontic typodonts to familiarize them with the appliances, instruments, and hand skills that will be used during the treatment of orthodontic patients in the LSU Postgraduate Orthodontic Clinic. The course is taught in conjunction with the Biomechanics course (ORTH 5211 ) that gives the student an introduction to the principles and application of standard edgewise appliances.

  • ORTH 5203 - Cephalometrics

    The purpose of the course is to have the student acquire a working knowledge of Cephalometric Radiology and the ability to apply the information in diagnosing and treatment planning. Students learn the appropriate radiographic techniques, cranial anatomy, cephalometric landmarks, tracing techniques, select analyses with their interpretation and application, how to evaluate changes due to growth and/or treatment through superimpositions of serial radiograph tracings, to evaluate normal tooth formation and eruption, and various arch length analyses and their applications.

  • ORTH 5207 - Orthodontic Theory and Diagnosis

    The faculty gives lectures and reading assignments on the history, theory, and techniques of edgewise orthodontic procedures. A component of the course includes laboratory wire bending. Soldering and detailed wire bending in a modified Tweed philosophy is taught. The students are expected to be proficient in these areas when the course is completed.

  • ORTH 5208 - Practice Administration

    The course is designed to give the residents exposure to practice management techniques that will help them during their initial years in private practice. The course is customized on a yearly basis in order to address the needs of the individual graduates (e.g. - partnership vs. solo practice).

  • ORTH 5209 - Journal Club

    The first and second year Journal Club is a sixteen-hour course, meeting every other week that involves lecture and seminar participation. Postdoctoral students have the opportunity to discuss the merits of clinical techniques and philosophies. The purpose of the course is to familiarize the students with the classic and contemporary literature that has influenced orthodontics and to critically analyze the literature that they have read and will be exposed to. They are encouraged to consider the principals, described in valid literature, as foundations for the development of their clinical and philosophical protocols.

  • ORTH 5210 - Research

    Through the performance of a research project, the students must select a topic, perform a literature search, formulate an experimental design, collect the data and perform appropriate statistical analyses, interpret the results, and present the project (written and orally). All of these tasks give the student an appreciation for the effort necessary to produce quality research. Performing the project also assists the students in analyzing professional literature and approaching professional literature in an unbiased manner.

  • ORTH 5211 - Biomechanics

    The purpose of this course is to give the first year students an introduction to the principles and applications used in treating patients with standard edgewise appliances (0° torque, 0° tip, and 0° rotation). Basic concepts of orthodontic mechanics are covered in this course in an effort to give the student the foundation to draw upon for the diagnosing, treatment planning, and treatment of cases. The course is taught in conjunction with the Advanced Orthodontic Technique course (ORTH 5202 ) in which the first year students “treat” cases on orthodontic typodonts. The Advanced Orthodontic Technique course familiarizes the students with the appliances, instruments, and hand skills that will be used during the treatment of orthodontic patients in the LSU Postgraduate Orthodontic Clinic.

  • ORTH 5213 - Craniofacial Morphology

    The development of the dentofacial complex follows a long sequential parth of events to completion. Prenatal or postnatal insult to this developmental process can lead to abnormalities requiring treatment by dentists and other health professionals. It should be apparent that an awareness of the mechanisms underlying the morphogenesis of the human face would aid the clinician in his understanding of the causal factors related to clinical problems. The course is divided into two parts: Mechanisms of Craniofacial Growth A Study of Mechanisms of Skeletal Growth and Remodeling; and Dentition Development.

  • ORTH 5217 - Case Analysis

    The course is divided into three main sections: 1) guidance of eruption, 2) approach to early treatment, and 3) evaluation of long-term post-treatment results. The lecture course is designed to aid the students to gain a better understanding what can be done to alleviate problems later in dental development with appropriate action in the mixed dentition. The discussion about possible intervention includes observing the development of the dentition clinically and radiographically, when to extract deciduous teeth and the reasoning for these extractions, and when to begin biomechanical therapy in the mixed dentition and the reasoning for initiating early treatment. In addition the course reviews cases that have been followed up after at least ten years post-treatment with complete orthodontic records. Discussion includes observation of dental, facial, and cephalometric changes that occur with maturation of the individual and includes problems encountered in retention.

  • ORTH 5219 - Advanced Orthodontic Technique II

    The purpose of this course is to enhance the materials introduced in the Advanced Orthodontic Techniques course (ORTH 5202 ) and in the Seminar course (ORTH 5201 ) with additional information on different orthodontic treatment philosophies and biomechanical principles including: Tweed mechanics, Roth mechanics, MBT mechanics, and Surgical Orthodontic mechanics. Students will integrate the gnathological (occlusion) principles into orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning for each of these principles. The treatment mechanics for each discipline will be incorporated into the respective treatment philosophy. Students will familiarize themselves with the cephalometric analyses, software applications and instruments used in each of the philosophies.

  • ORTH 5220 - Advanced Orthodontic Laboratory

    The purpose of this course is to instruct the students in the fabrication, adjustment, and utilization of numerous orthodontic appliances (fixed and removable) used during orthodontic treatment to maintain space, control harmful habits, facilitate orthodontic treatment (interceptive, partial, or comprehensive) and to assist in maintaining alignment and fit of the dentition after completion of active orthodontic treatment.

  • ORTH 5221 - Team Management of Oral-Facial Anomalies

    The purpose of this course is to introduce postgraduate dental residents to the professional management of patient with oral-facial and speech problems. Lecturers will discuss: a) orthodontic management, b) embryology of the oral facial complex, c) speech physiology and pathology, d) surgical management of hard and soft tissue, e) neonatology considerations, f) genetic considerations, g) prosthodontic management, and h) otorhinolaryngologic considerations.

Pediatric Dentistry

  • PEDO 5300 - Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Research

    All postgraduate students in Pediatric Dentistry are required to complete a research project pertinent to the specialty of Pediatric Dentistry. The student is allocated time on a weekly basis to develop and pursue the research project. The student is encouraged to have scheduled meetings with the course director and other faculty to evaluate progress and develop new ideas or strategies. A list of research done by former residents is available in the program manual. The research may involve surveys, laboratory studies, clinical observational studies, animal experimental models or human subjects studies.

  • PEDO 5301 - Dental Pediatrics

    The practice of Pediatric Dentistry requires collaboration and consultation with various other medical specialties. Pediatricians from various specialties are scheduled to lecture to the residents during seminar on various topics in pediatrics, such as endocrinology, cardiology, hematology & oncology, pulmonology, ENT, etc.

  • PEDO 5304 - Case Analysis and Treatment Planning

    The purpose of this course is to provide the pediatric dentistry postgraduate student with experience and discipline in thorough case work-up, case analysis and oral presentation. A basis is provided in this seminar format for stimulating discussion for pediatric dentistry concepts as they relate to the practical aspects of providing treatment. A further benefit of this course is to promote the sharing of ideas and substantiated opinions of diagnosis and treatment among faculty as well as other residents. Each postgraduate student makes an oral presentation of a particular case that he/ she has been involved with and has completed dental treatment in a prescribed format (data gathering, prioritized treatment plan and risk/ benefits/ alternatives).

  • PEDO 5306 - Advanced Clinical Pediatric Dentistry Children Hospital

    This clinical course is scheduled at Special Children’s Dental Clinic at Children’s Hospital. Pediatric patients with various medical conditions are scheduled for dental treatment with the residents. The dental care of these patients involves obtaining consults and/or scheduling sedation or OR appointments. It gives the resident the opportunity to learn about medical problems encountered in children and gain experience in providing comprehensive dental care for them.

  • PEDO 5307 - Advanced Clinical Pediatric Dentistry LSU

    The general objective of this course is to provide the first and second year postgraduate student with experience in treating children with varied social and medical problems. Through careful supervision, the student should become competent in clinical activities such as complex restorations, space management, orthodontic records, management of trauma to the orofacial complex and the provision of restorative dentistry utilizing conscious sedation. Clinical pediatric dentistry provides the postgraduate student with opportunities to diagnose and treat oral disease and anomalies and traumatic injuries to the dentition.

  • PEDO 5308 - Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Seminar

    The objective of this course is to review the significant literature in pediatric dentistry. It is the fundamental didactic experience for the pediatric dentistry resident over the two year program. The first year and second year residents meet jointly meet for this seminar for four hours every week. The seminar topics are available in the program manual; the topics are covered only once in the two year period. Reading assignments are made available to the residents via sharepoint and hard copy of the assignments.

  • PEDO 5310 - Minor Tooth Movement

    This course provides the Pediatric Dentistry students instruction in orthodontics so that they can recognize, describe, classify, and differentiate occlusal problems in children. The primary objective is to observe, record, and collate the various findings in order to make an accurate diagnosis. The Orthodontic experience includes 12 two-hour seminar sessions as well as 75 half days of clinical experience providing orthodontic care for patients under the guidance of the orthodontic faculty.

  • PEDO 5314 - Pediatric Rotation Children’s Hospital

    The postgraduate student is assigned for four weeks of Pediatrics rotation at Children’s Hospital. During this assignment he/ she will accompany the hospital pediatric staff on ward rounds as well as participate in pediatric outpatient clinics of pulmonology, ENT, neurology, hematology & oncology, radiology and cardiology. The postgraduate student is responsible to the department of Pediatrics at a level similar to a fourth year medical student.

Periodontics

  • PERIO 5404 - Research

    A seminar, laboratory and/or clinical course during which the postgraduate student identifies, develops a protocol for, performs, analyzes the data for, writes up and presents his/her research project. Various types of projects are supervised by different faculty.

  • PERIO 5408 - Literature Review Seminar

    A seminar course during which postgraduate students review assigned readings, develop abstracts, and present and discuss the articles. Comprehensive Basic Science and Clinical Science reading lists are developed by the program director. A trimester system is used to allow all topics to be discussed twice during the three year program. The course is taken each Fall and Spring semester by all students.

  • PERIO 5409 - Periodontic Clinic

    Supervised treatment of patients. Students learn diagnosis and evaluation techniques, determine etiology and prognosis, develop treatment plans (periodontal and overall), perform therapy, and develop maintenance schedules for patients with a variety of periodontal and dental implants needs. Clinic sessions and treatment plans are supervised by full and part-time faculty.

  • PERIO 5410 - Advanced Periodontal Concepts

    This seminar course familiarizes the postgraduate students with advanced concepts in the science and art of clinical periodontics through intense study of textbooks and by means of clinical demonstrations.

  • PERIO 5411 - Journal Club

    A seminar course that reviews and discusses current periodontal and dental implant literature. Reading assignments from recent publications are abstracted and discussed, and compared with concepts discussed in PERIO 5408 .

  • PERIO 5412 - Graduate Teaching

    Second and third year postgraduate students gain experience in teaching dental and dental hygiene students. This involves both clinic and didactic instruction developed under faculty supervision.

  • PERIO 5413 - Case Presentation Seminar

    Postgraduate students present cases they have treated that include at least one surgery. A complete write up is developed, and clinical and radiographic images are presented to other students and faculty. Discussion of the case follows with the student explaining the diagnosis, etiology, treatment plan, and treatment.

  • PERIO 5422 - Periodontal Treatment Planning

    A seminar course during which postgraduate students develop and present cases that require multidisciplinary treatment plans.

  • PERIO 5423 - Periodontal Microsurgical Training

    This course is designed with the specific intent of providing intensive individual one on one instruction in microsurgical and basic surgical techniques to all periodontics residents.

Prosthodontics

  • PROS 5420 - Advanced Overview Dental Implantology

    This course is presented in the group seminar form. This course presents a current overview of dental implants and the techniques used in their placement and restoration. Also presented are Biophysiology and histology of the implant and bone interface. History of dental implants is presented in this course. This course is intended for prosthodontic residents with emphasis on current placement and restorative techniques.

  • PROS 5501 - TMJ and Facial Pain Clinic

    The postgraduate prosthodontic and orthodontic programs allow the student time not only to be exposed but treat patients with a variety of symptoms associated with the temporomandibular joint and facial pain. This course allows the resident to gain insight into different techniques and philosophies required in the treatment of these patients. Students will be taught to diagnose and treat patients with such problems.

  • PROS 5502 - Prosthodontic Literature Review

    This bibliography is divided into four main sections. (A) Complete Removable Prosthodontics; (B) Fixed Prosthodontics; (C) Partial Removable Prosthodontics; (D) Maxillofacial Prosthodontics. This divides Prosthodontics for systematic study. In actuality, all the sections are applicable during every clinical eventuality. It is hoped that the students will, with experience, recognize and use this comprehensive knowledge and approach in their practice.

  • PROS 5503 - Prosthodontic Treatment Planning Seminar

    All postgraduate students, on a rotational basis, will conduct Treatment Planning Seminars. The general format will consist of presentation of data; review of the clinical situation by means of patient analysis, copies of the periodontal charting, projected Kodachrome slides and radiographs, and study casts (mounting optional); detailed diagnosis; enumeration of etiologic factors; and a comprehensive and detailed treatment plan. If treatment has commenced, procedures and results to date shall be presented both verbally and with visual aids.

  • PROS 5504 - Prosthodontic Journal Club

    The students are responsible for articles appearing in the prior months or next most recent issues of the assigned periodicals that are pertinent to the sciences, art and practice of prosthodontics. Each student will legibly abstract the selected articles on one side only of 5 X 8 index cards, and will submit these cards to the postgraduate secretary on the Tuesday preceding the seminar for collation, duplication, and distribution to the other participants. Submission of abstracts of articles not assigned, but felt to be of interest of the group, is encouraged.

  • PROS 5506 - Clinical Management of Mandibular Locomotor System Dysfunction

    Clinical management of locomotor system dysfunction is presented in the traditional lecture format. TMJ diagnosis and conservative treatment techniques are presented to a variety of dental specialty residents. Current views of pain management for Temporomandibular Disorder problems are discussed. Various types of occlusal stent therapies and their proper use are presented. This course is presented concurrently with PROS 5505 & PROS 5501 .

  • PROS 5507 - Periodontal-Prosthesis

    The purpose of these seminars is to discuss the treatment of the severely periodontally involved patient and present the basic principle of prosthodontics in the treatment thereof. Current concepts, techniques and theories will be studied based on all scientific and clinical evidence available. Further, a review of the literature will be coordinated through the seminars.

  • PROS 5511 - Prosthodontic Practicum

    This course consists of the practical clinical experience. Residents treat patients in a clinical setting utilizing all aspects of prosthodontics. The purpose is to develop skills, judgment, and expertise in techniques involved in the specialty of prosthodontics.

  • PROS 5514 - Principles of Prosthodontics

    Students from various backgrounds need to be introduced to specific philosophies and techniques which will be taught during their program. This course will allow the student to be reevaluated as to his strengths in prosthodontics and gain insight into techniques required in specialized cases, i.e., articulators, occlusion and mandibular movements, dental implants and various aspects of esthetics.

  • PROS 5516 - Research

    The students will perform a research project through selecting a topic performing a literature search, formulating an experimental design, collecting data, and performing appropriate statistical analysis, interpreting the results, and presenting the research both orally and written. The research will give the student an appreciation of the effort needed to produce quality research. In addition the research will assist the student in analyzing scientific and professional literature.

  • PROS 5517 - Conjoint Treatment Planning

    This course will be presented in the group seminar format. The course will be scheduled irregularly as treatment plans evolve. It consists of patient case presentations of patients both finished and in treatment. All disciplines of and dental specialties are invited to present problem, routine, and board exam patients.
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