This course is designed to provide the student with an introduction to the dental profession, the dental team and each team member’s roles and responsibilities, infection control procedures, sterilization, and patient confidentiality. Students will also receive basic knowledge of dental terminology, anatomical structures of the oral cavity and classification of occlusion. Emphasis is placed on applying information to the clinical setting.

This course is designed to give students an introduction to dental terminology, medical-dental histories, dental instruments, charting, oral evacuation, instrument transfer and procedure-specific tray setups. Emphasis is placed on utilization of four-handed dentistry skills.

This course is designed to provide the student with basic knowledge of the principles of radiology and radiographic techniques, including the principles and methods employed in the paralleling technique and radiographic interpretation. Emphasis is placed on the practice of exposing, processing, mounting and interpreting intraoral radiographs.

This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to and basic knowledge of dental terminology, anatomical structures of the oral cavity and classification of occlusion. Emphasis is placed on applying information to the clinical setting.

In the first part of the course, students will be introduced to the basic principles of microbiology and immunology, host-microbe interactions, and the oral cavity as a microbial habitat. The second part will focus on the concepts of microbial biofilms and microbiome, how microbiome relates to oral health and disease, and potential strategies to modulate the microbiome. Students will be able to understand the importance of the microbiome, various human factors that control it, and its ultimate role in health and disease.

This course will cover topics related to laboratory techniques employed to study microorganisms in general and the human microbiome in particular. The topics will range from basic techniques including microscopy, cultivation, and biochemical and immunological identification to advanced molecular techniques including nucleic acid amplification, hybridization and sequencing, with particular focus on microbiome analysis. Students will be trained to analyze and critique scientific data for soundness of scientific methodology by reading, discussing and presenting oral microbiome research papers. Students will be able to appreciate and understand laboratory techniques and analytical methods needed for both diagnostics as well as basic and translational research in the field of microbiology and microbiome.

This course is designed to introduce students to bone biology/regeneration. In addition, students learn about the formation of dental hard tissues such as dentin, enamel and periodontal bone, as well as the development of regeneration strategies for each dental hard tissue. Clinical application of regeneration concepts will also be introduced.

This course will provide students with an introduction to statistical theory and applied methods, including modeling techniques, to analyze dental data. The course will describe the impact of clustering effects of data points in the oral cavity, correction for design effects, methods of analysis of different dental outcomes and appropriate statistical modeling methods useful in contemporary studies.

This course will review selected behavioral change theories associated with addressing common behavioral problems such as addiction.

Developing materials for use in dentistry and medicine is a challenging interdisciplinary process and requires an understanding of material bulk and surface properties, the various biological responses to materials, the clinical context of their use, manufacturing processes, cost, sterilization, packaging, and regulatory issues. This course is designed to introduce students to the various classes of biomaterials in use, their analysis and regulation, and examination of some of their applications in selected subspecialties of dentistry and medicine.

Students will be assigned as dental assistants, quality evaluators or patient advocates in the Kornberg School of Dentistry dental clinics and specialty clinics.

Students will continue to be assigned as dental assistants, quality evaluators or patient advocates in the Kornberg School of Dentistry dental clinics and specialty clinics.

This course is a survey of introductory topics in orthodontics as applied to development, etiology, diagnosis and treatment of oral health conditions.

Molecular biology research holds great promise for translation to clinical medicine and dentistry. This course is a survey of molecular technology along with its contemporary applications to clinical diagnosis and treatment. The course consists of didactic presentations to review basic concepts and student group discussions to address the importance of new technology for clinical applications, particularly in dentistry.

"Taste” is one of the chemosensory (chemical activation of ion channels on skin, mucosa and sensory nerve fibers) senses, along with smell and chemesthesis. Taste receptors convert gustatory stimuli into signals that sensory afferent fibers transport to the brain and result in the sensory experience of foods and beverages. This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of the anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of this process.