A graduate of our postdoctoral Program
in general dentistry will be able to:
1. Function as a patient's primary,
and comprehensive oral health care provider. (P)
2. Explain and discuss with patients
(or parents or guardians of patients) findings, diagnoses, treatment
options, realistic treatment expectations, patient responsibilities,
time requirements, sequence of treatment, estimated fees and
payment responsibilities in order to establish a therapeutic
alliance between the patient and care provider. (C/P)
3. Integrate multiple disciplines into
an individualized, comprehensive, sequenced treatment plan using
diagnostic and prognostic information for patients with complex
needs. (P)
4. Modify the treatment plan, if indicated,
based on unexpected circumstances or on the patient's individual
needs. (C/P)
5. Diagnose and manage a patient's occlusion. (C/P)
6. Perform dental consultations and
request medical consultations for AEGD patients and patients
from other health care facilities. (C/P)
7. Treat patients efficiently in a dental
practice setting. (C/P)
8. Use the school's scheduling system,
insurance, and financial arrangements to maximize productivity
in dental practice. (C/P)
9. Support the program's mission by
acting in a manner to maximize patient satisfaction with the
practice. (C/P)
10. Use and implement accepted sterilization,
disinfection, universal precautions and occupational hazard
prevention procedures in the practice of dentistry. (C/P)
11. Provide patient care by working
effectively with allied dental personnel, including sit down,
four-handed dentistry. (C/P)
12. Provide dental care as part of an
interprofessional and interdisciplinary health care team. (C/P)
13. Practice and promote ethical principles
in the practice of dentistry and in relationships with patients,
personnel, and colleagues. (P)
14. Evaluate scientific literature and
other sources of information to determine the safety and effectiveness
of medications and diagnostic, preventive, and treatment modalities,
and make appropriate decisions regarding the use of new and
existing medications, procedures, materials, and concepts. (C/P)
15. Take advantage of available information
technology and use CMS information systems as they are developed
within The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry. (C/P)
16. Maintain a patient record system
that facilitates the retrieval and analysis of the process and
outcomes of patient treatment. (C/P)
17. Analyze the outcomes of patient
treatment to improve that treatment. (P)
18. Participate in a quality assurance
system for continuous quality improvement in the dental practice.
(P)
19. Select and use assessment techniques
to determine differential, provisional and definitive diagnoses
for patients with complex needs. (C/P)
20. Obtain and interpret the patient's
chief complaint, medical, dental and social histories. (P)
21. Obtain and interpret appropriate
clinical and radiographic data and additional diagnostic information
from other health care providers or other diagnostic resources.
(P)
22. Use the services of clinical, medical,
and pathology laboratories, and refer to other health professionals
for the utilization of these services. (P)
23. Perform a limited physical evaluation
and collect other data (chief complaint, medical, dental, &
social histories) to establish a risk assessment for dental
treatment and use that risk assessment to develop a dental treatment
plan. (P)
24. Diagnose and manage oral manifestations
of systemic disease, intraoral soft tissue lesions of non-traumatic
origin, and common oral pathological abnormalities. (C/P)
25. Use accepted prevention strategies
(e.g., oral hygiene instruction, caries risk assessment, nutritional
education, and pharmacologic intervention) to help patients
maintain and improve their oral and systemic health. (C/P)
26. Treat patients with a broad variety
of acute and chronic systemic disorders and social difficulties,
including patients with special needs. (C/P)
27. Develop and carry out dental treatment
plans for patients with special needs in a manner that considers
and integrates those patients' medical, psychological, and social
needs. (C/P)
28. Use pharmacologic agents in the
treatment of dental patients. (P)
29. Provide control of pain and anxiety
in the conscious patient through the use of psychological interventions,
behavior management techniques, local anesthesia, and oral and
nitrous oxide conscious sedation techniques. (C/P)
30. Prevent, recognize, and manage the
complications related to the use and interactions of drugs,
local anesthesia, and nitrous oxide. (C/P)
31. Restore single teeth with a wide
range of materials and methods. (P)
32. Place restorations and perform techniques
to enhance patient's facial esthetics. (P)
33. Restore endodontically treated teeth.
(P)
34. Treat patients with missing teeth
requiring removable restorations. (P)
35. Treat patients with missing teeth
requiring uncomplicated fixed restorations. (P)
36. Communicate case design with laboratory
technicians and evaluate the resultant prostheses. (P)
37. Perform and maintain uncomplicated
endosseous implant restorations. (C/P)
38. Diagnose and treat early and moderate
periodontal disease using nonsurgical and surgical procedures.
(C/P) 39. Manage advanced periodontal disease. (C/P)
40. Evaluate the results of periodontal
treatment and establish and monitor a periodontal maintenance
program. (C/P)
41. Diagnose and treat pain of pulpal
origin. (P)
42. Perform uncomplicated non-surgical
anterior endodontic therapy. (P)
43. Perform uncomplicated non-surgical
posterior endodontic therapy. (C/P)
44. Treat uncomplicated endodontic complications.
(P)
45. Manage complex endodontic complications.
(C/P)
46. Perform adjunctive and limited orthodontic
treatment for adult comprehensive care patients. (C/P)
47. Perform surgical and non-surgical
extraction of teeth. (P)
48. Extract uncomplicated impacted wisdom
teeth. (C/P)
49. Perform uncomplicated pre-prosthetic
surgery. (C/P)
50. Perform or manage biopsies of oral
tissues. (C/P)
51. Treat patients with intraoral dental
emergencies and infections. (P)
52. Treat patients with complications
related to intraoral surgical procedures. (C/P)
53. Perform endosseous implant placement
surgery. (none/C)
54. Anticipate, diagnose and provide
initial treatment and follow-up management for medical emergencies
that may occur during dental treatment. (C/P)
55. Treat intraoral hard and soft tissue
lesions of traumatic origin. (C/P)
