Course Coordinator: Katrina Plastow
Phone: +61 8 8313 8068
Email: katrina.plastow@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Room 4.06a, Oliphant Building

Tutor: Sue Gardner
Phone: +61 8 8313 5873
Email: sue.gardner@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Room 4.06, Oliphant Building

Tutor: Clinton Kempster
Phone: +61 8 8313 8279
Email: clinton.kempster@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Room 4.04, Oliphant Building

Tutor: Janet Messer
Email: janet.messer@adelaide.edu.au

Tutor: Vicki Skinner
Phone: +61 8 8313 8129
Email: vivki.skinner@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Room 2.28, ADH

Tutor: Mignon Watson
Phone: +61 8 8313 3115
Email: mignon.watson@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Room 4.19, Oliphant Building

Administrative Contact: Dee Rapaic
Phone: +61 8 8313 3286
Email: dee.rapaic@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 5, Oliphant Building

1	demonstrate an understanding of the healthy oral cavity, by utilising your developing clinical reasoning skills to analyse a patient's clinical presentation and explain the range of normal variability in the appearance, development and relationships of oral tissues and teeth, using basic dental terminology
2	use your developing knowledge of the normal characteristics of the oral cavity to analyse a patient’s problems by describing the changes that are evident in the teeth and their relationships, and explain how these may be altered under the influence of various oral conditions or common oral diseases
3	apply your developing knowledge of common dental diseases to the analysis of patients’ problems to devise and explain appropriate preventive plans and controls for these common diseases
4	demonstrate an understanding of behavioural science as it applies to oral health professional practice by explaining a patient's psychological development, and factors influencing communication, anxiety, learning and behaviour modification and how these influence the use of strategies for patient education and management
5	using your developing knowledge of current Australian dietary guidelines to analyse a patient’s diet, explain why modifications may need to be made and develop recommendations and alternatives for patients to optimise their oral and general health
6	Pro-actively manage your own learning, including self-evaluation, organisation, accessing and evaluating information, seeking advice and assistance, and working collaboratively

Equipment
Columbia teeth and bases:

We will arrange for a class purchase. They are required at the beginning of week 3.


Textbooks
Highly recommended – semester 1

Fehrenbach MJ & Bath-Balogh M 2011 Illustrated dental embryology, histology and anatomy 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders and Co.

Fejerskov O & Kidd E (eds) 2008 Dental caries: the disease and its clinical management Oxford: Blackwell Munksgaard,.

Harris NO, Garcia-Godoy F & Nathe CN 2009 Primary preventive dentistry 7th ed. Pearson: Prentice Hall, New Jersey

Scheid RC & Weiss G 2011 Woelfel's dental anatomy: its relevance to dentistry 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins

General references – semester 1

Ash MM 2003 Wheelers dental anatomy, physiology and occlusion 8th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders and Co.

Brand RW & Isselhard DE 2003 Anatomy of orofacial structures 7th ed. St Louis: CV Mosby Co.

Edgar WM & O'Mullane DM (ed.) 2004 Saliva and oral health 3rd ed. London: British Dental Journal

Ianucci JM & Howerton LJ 2012 Dental radiography: principles and techniques 4th ed. Sainders Elsevier

Johnson ON & Thomson EM 2007 Essentials of dental radiography for dental assistants and hygienists 8th ed. Pearson prentice Hall

Whaites E 2007 Essentials of dental radiography and radiology 4th ed. Churchill Livingstone

Communications about the course will be via the Announcements section on MyUni and/or by email. Please read the Announcements section and your email regularly to keep up to date.

Additional course-related material, such as the detailed lecture and tutorial schedule, assessment schedules plus topics for oral presentation will be available through MyUni.

A variety of learning modes will be used in this course including:

•    a number of dentally related situations and cases
•    small group meetings related to PBL and SGDE, including discussions and presentations
•    resource sessions
•    on-line resources
•    practical exercises
•    tutorials
•    research and assignments

Contact Hours

60h/semester, 5-6 hours per week consisting of:

Topics Covered

•    Dental terminology
•    Dental morphology
•    Dental development and emergence
•    Supporting tissues
•    Dental occlusion and functions of the masticatory system
•    Dental diseases: introduction to caries and gingivitis
•    Preventive dentistry: caries and gingivitis (introduction)
•    Behavioural science in dentistry
•    Theories of learning
•    Principles of behaviour change
•    Management of dental fear and anxiety
•    Developmental psychology: development across the lifespan
•    Nutrition

The University of Adelaide has committed to a pedagogical approach that incorporates several aspects of scholarship. A key component of the Beacon of Enlightenment strategic pedagogical approach is that all students commencing in 2014 will experience a "Small-Group Discovery Experience" (or SGDE for short) in at least one course in every year of their degree program.

The Core Concepts upon which the SGDE pedagogical approach is based include goals that students will discover (or rediscover) learning as Intellectual Challenge, and develop a Scholarship of Discovery to inspire them toward learning and lifelong learning

To accomplish this learning journey, students will develop research skills, and learning and teaching delivery modes used will require students to engage actively with their discipline content. This active learning process will engender a commitment to knowledge for its own sake, and consequently learning to follow an investigation, in a disciplined fashion, wherever it may lead.

You will undertake SDGE to discover the various relationships between nutrition, health and oral health. Working with an experienced academic, you will undertake small group work as a collaborative project culminating in the group presenting and sharing their research with the larger class.

Assessment Task	Assessment Type	Due Date	Weighting	Learning Outcome(s) being addressed
Practical exercise – Tooth identification	Summative	Week 10	10%	1-2
Practical exercise – Tooth morphology drawings	Formative/Summative	Week 12	10%	1-2
Journal club – prevention	Formative/Summative	Weeks 8-11	15%	3
Integrated Semester Exam – combined DHS & ClinPrac	Summative	Exam week	20%	1-3, 6
Written assignment – developmental psychology report	Summative	week8, semester 2	20%	4, 6
SGDE – Nutrition presentations	Formative/Summative	Weeks 11-12, semester 2	15%	5-6
PBL exercises,Tutorial exercises & quizzes	Formative/Summative	Weeks 1-12	10%	1-3, 6

Feedback
You will receive feedback from a variety of sources – self-evaluation, peers and facilitators – during PBL and group discussions, research, tutorial exercises, assignments and examinations. Ongoing feedback on your performance is for your benefit and allows you to assess how you are progressing in this course. It is your responsibility to incorporate this feedback into your learning.

Tooth drawing
This exercise is designed to consolidate and apply your developing tooth morphology knowledge and understanding by sketching and highlighting key features of permanent and deciduous teeth.

Tooth identification
Your knowledge of dental morphology will be assessed mid semester 1 – you will be given a number of natural teeth (including permanent and deciduous teeth) and be required to identify each of these correctly.

Journal club
Journal club has been designed to complement your studies related to the aetiology and prevention of caries and gingivitis. It should also support your learning in evidence-based dentistry (EBD1). For this assessment activity, you are required to undertake more general research on a number of preventive strategies.

Mid year examination – combined DHS & Clinical Practice assessment
The mid-year examination will consist of a number of questions relating to both the D&HSc and Clin Prac courses. The aim is to assess whether you have a systematic approach to situations, and can demonstrate the application of knowledge and integration of information across courses. It is to your benefit to make sure that you are working consistently throughout the semester and have a good grasp of the course content and learning processes.

Developmental psychology report
This report will provide you with the opportunity to overview two more challenging stages of the lifespan, and relate these to strategies for improving health and care for dental patients. For this report you are required to research and review the theories which impact on the development of learning and behaviour at these two stages of the lifespan, and consider how these theories assist in understanding and managing the dental patient.

Nutrition presentations
In a small group, you will research a cultural group in Australia (this may be a religious, migrant or refugee group), or a group with particular needs relating to their oral condition, or a group for whom nutritional requirements may need to be specifically considered as a result of their age or medical condition. You are required to describe the considerations of nutritional intake applicable to this group and the relationship with, or impact on, oral health in class presentations.

Problem-based learning cases – Semester 1
Your participation in PBL sessions contributes to your grade in this course. In addition, these sessions provide a range of opportunities for yourself, peers and facilitators to provide feedback on your progress in this course. In particular, feedback related to your knowledge base, self-directed learning and research, and oral communication (including presentation skills) will be provided.

Tutorial exercises – Semester 1
Your preparation for and participation in tutorial sessions contributes to your grade in this course. During these sessions, you will have the opportunity to discuss your responses to a range of exercises that have been designed to help you learn the knowledge and skills required for this course. You are required to complete these exercises prior to each tutorial. These exercises enable you to assess your progress in this course as well as provide opportunities to receive feedback from facilitators.

Information on submission process and requirements will be available through MyUni.

Students can access final results via Access Adelaide. It is important that all assessment components are completed successfully. If an assessment item is not completed successfully a review meeting with the course and/or year co-ordinator may be scheduled in order to discuss the possibility of remedial strategies. For students who obtain a Borderline grade in a component of Dental & Health Science, an opportunity for redemption may be provided at the end of the academic year.

Each year we ask students to complete an assessment of their learning and teaching experience. Teaching staff reflect on the SELT, the outcomes achieved and processes implemented to identify necessary changes for future years. These are important tools in the Dental School’s aim for excellence in teaching and learning.

The following changes have been made as a result of these processes:
•    Assessment tasks and schedule revised
•    PBL case format and content revised
•    Mid-year exam integrated with Clinical Practice – format and content revised
•    Introduction of journal article reviews to support learning in prevention and evidence-based dentistry (EBD 1)