MSc (Clin) Periodontology

Year of entry: 2024

Course unit details:
Advanced Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Course unit fact file
Unit code DENT74012
Credit rating 15
Unit level FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree
Teaching period(s) Semester 2
Available as a free choice unit? No

Overview

This unit aims to deliver the skills and knowledge required to see the patient as a whole and how the patient’s general wellbeing is affected by periodontal disease. It will aim to not only develop clinical abilities, but also to stimulate critical and analytical thinking in both the clinical and research environment.  

There will be an emphasis on the interrelationship between systemic/oral disease and periodontal health, and students will then be able to work as an effective part of a team to improve patients' general wellbeing and quality of life. 

The unit will cover the following topics:

  • medically compromised patients;
  • manifestations of systemic disorders in the oral cavity;
  • epulides and tumours of the gingivae;
  • interrelationships of periodontal disease and therapy with other dental disciplines;
  • systemic disease and effects of periodontal disease.

Aims

On completion of the programme of study, students will have acquired:

  • knowledge of contemporary aspects of clinical periodontology, including an appreciation of an interdisciplinary approach to comprehensive patient care;
  • appropriate practical and clinical skills relevant to clinical periodontology;
  • competence and confidence in a variety of transferable skills relevant to periodontology.

Assessment methods

Method Weight
Other 50%
Written assignment (inc essay) 50%

Mini-CEX (Treatment Planning Exercise) 50%

Written Assignment (inc SBA/MCQ) 50%

Feedback methods

Feedback forms will be completed by examiners for all elements of accredited assessment and students are encouraged to make an appointment with the Director via the Programme Administrator to discuss such feedback.

Study hours

Independent study hours
Independent study 150

Teaching staff

Staff member Role
Kevin Seymour Unit coordinator
Peter Clarke Unit coordinator

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