Doctor of Dental Medicine

The Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) degree program is a four year program that educates and trains individuals as dentists who have not only the fundamental knowledge of the profession, but also the qualities and characteristics required of dentists as leaders of dental teams and members of community health teams.

Approximately 295 students are currently enrolled in the College of Dental Medicine’s four-year program leading to a Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) degree. Before receiving their degrees, dental students must be able to recognize and assess disease as it affects the oral cavity and to appreciate the systemic effects of oral disease, to understand the effects of systemic and local therapy on oral health, and to treat or refer for treatment not only the disease but the patient as a whole. A dentist must be capable of preventing oral disease and maintaining and restoring oral health. A dentist must also be aware of his or her professional limitations, be motivated to seek the patient’s best interests, and have the self-confidence to ask others to participate in the treatment of patients.

Throughout their professional lives, dentists must add to their knowledge by evaluating their own observations and those of others, this ability having been engendered by a critical approach to learning and cultural competence.

Curriculum

The curriculum is structured to allow for a balanced work load, time for remediation of weak students, a broadening of the student’s clinical experience, and an opportunity for the honor student to gain additional experience in areas of special interest. The first two years concentrate on preclinical dental science courses, but clinical observations and experiences are incorporated. The final two years concentrate on clinical practice.

Year 1, Summer

DBSCI 724	Gross Anatomy	8
GENDT 802	Introduction to Dentistry	3
Semester Total		11

Year 1, Fall

CLNDM 805	Early Clinics I	3.5
DBSCI 727	Dental Biochemistry	3
DBSCI 728A	Cell Bio and Basic Histology	3
DBSCI 728B	Oral Histology and Embryology	2
DPOH 806	Preventive Dentistry	1
FXPRO 801	Pre-Clinical Occlusion I	2.5
GENDT 801	Dental Morphology	3
GENDT 804	Nutrition and Oral Health	1
GENDT 819	Infection Control	1
IP 711	IP Foundations & Teamstepps	1
IP ###	IP Concentration Course	1
PERIO 802	Periodontics I	2
GENDT 831	Evidence Based Dentistry	0.5
Semester Total		24.5

Year 1, Spring

CLNDM 806	Early Clinics II	3.5
DBSCI 723	Dental Microbiology	4
FXPRO 805	Fixed Prosthodontics I	2
DBSCI 725	Physiology	6
DBSCI 729	Oral Immunology/Biology	4
MATSC 801	Dental Materials	2.5
PROS 820	Implant Prosthodontics I	2.5
SDENT 880	Behavioral Science	2
Semester Total		26.5

Year 2, Fall

CLNDM 810	Early Clinics III	3
ENDO 816	Principles of Endodontics	3
FXPRO 806	Fixed Prosthodontics II	2.5
GENDT 805	Operative I and Cariology	4.5
OMFS 801	Oral Surgery I	1
ORAD 800	Intro Rad Tech & Interp	2
ORTHO 801	Orthodontics I	2
RMPRO 811	Complete Dentures Pros I	4.5
SDENT 623	General & Systemic Pathology	3.5
SDENT 838	Oral Medicine I	1
Semester Total		27

Year 2, Spring

CLNDM 811	Early Clinics IV	3
ENDO 817	Endodontic Technique	1.5
FXPRO 807	Fixed Prosthodontics III	2.5
GENDT 830	Operative II	4
OMFS 805	Comp. Control of Pain/Anxiety Dentistry	1
ORTHO 802	Orthodontics II	2
DBSCI 726	Pharmacology	4
PDENT 800	Pediatric Dentistry I	1
RMPRO 813	Complete Dentures II	1.5
RMPRO 835	Removable Partial Pros	3.5
SDENT 907	Oral Medicine II	1
Semester Total		25

Year 3, Summer

CLNDM 812I	Jr Clinic Oral Diagnosis/Rad	1
CLNDM 890	Orientation to Clinics	1
CLNDM 896	Junior Attendance I	2
GENDT 835	Treatment Plan Fundamentals	1
GENDT 888	Preclinical Skills Assessment	0.5
OMFS 806	Clinical Pathopsys of Com Med Cond	0.5
OMFS 810	Physical Diagnosis	1
PEDOR 825	Pediatric/Orthodontic Lab	1
PROS 821	Implant Prosthodontics II	2.5
PERIO 817	Periodontics II	1.5
Semester Total		12

Year 3, Fall

CLNDM 813E	Jr Clinic Pediatric	0.5
CLNDM 813I	Jr. Clinic Oral Diagnosis/Radiology	1.5
CLNDM 830	Continued Quality Improvement	1.5
CLNDM 897	Junior Attendance II	3
DBSCI 730	Clinical Genetics	1
ENDO 813	Endo Special Topics	1
GENDT 818	Intro to Research Methods	2
PDENT 801	Pediatric Dentistry II	1
PERIO 818	Periodontics III	1.5
SDENT 839	Oral Pathology I	3
Semester Total		16

Year 3, Spring

CLNDM 814A	Jr Clinic Fixed Prosthodontics	1
CLNDM 814C	Jr Clinic Operative Dent	3.5
CLNDM 814D	Jr Clinic Oral Surgery	1
CLNDM 814E	Jr Clinic Pediatric Dent.	0.5
CLNDM 814I	Jr Clinic Oral Diagnosis/Rad	1.5
CLNDM 814J	Jr Clinic Periodontics	3
CLNDM 814K	Jr Clinic Orthodontics	0.5
CLNDM 814L	Jr Clinic Removable Pros	3
CLNDM 827	Junior Treatment Plan Clinic	1
CLNDM 831	Continued Quality Improvement II	1.5
CLNDM 874	Oral Rehab Clin Experience I	2
CLNDM 898	Junior Attendance III	3
GENDT 807	Practice Management I	1
GENDT 816	Patient Management	1
MATSC 886	Independent Project	1
PROS 830	Dental Implantology	1
SDENT 840	Oral Pathology II	3
DPOH 808	Dental Public Health	1
ORAD 801	Radiology Advanced Topics	1
Semester Total		30.5

Year 4, Summer

CLNDM 832	Cont. Quality Improvement III	1.5
CLNDM 850E	Sr Clinic Pediatric Dentistry	0.5
CLNDM 892	Senior Attendance I	2.5
GENDT 806	Esthetic Dentistry	0.5
GENDT 825	Comp Clinical Competency I	0.5
OMFS 885	Advanced Concepts in OMFS	1
GENDT 817	Practice Management II	1
SDENT 846	Chronic Orofacial Pain Mgmt	0.5
Semester Total		8

Year 4, Fall

CLNDM 833	Continued Quality Improvement IV	1.5
CLNDM 851C	Sr Clinic Operative Dentistry	3
CLNDM 851E	Sr Clinic Pediatric Dentistry	0.5
CLNDM 875	Oral Rehab Clin Experience II	2
CLNDM 893	Senior Attendance II	3
GENDT 810	Advanced Dental Seminar Series	1
GENDT 823	Advanced Treatment Planning	2.5
Semester Total		13.5

Year 4, Spring

CLNDM 828	Sr. Treatment Plan Clinic	1
CLNDM 818	Ryan White Wellness Center	0.5
CLNDM 834	Continued Quality Improvement V	1.5
CLNDM 845	Oral Surgery Rotation	1.5
CLNDM 852B	Sr Clinic Endodontics	1
CLNDM 852C	Sr Clinic Operative Dentistry	1
CLNDM 852E	Sr Clinic Pediatric Dentistry	0.5
CLNDM 852J	Sr Clinic Periodontics	3
CLNDM 852L	Implant Prosthodontic Clinic	1
CLNDM 852M	Sr Clinic Removable Pros	3
CLNDM 852N	Sr Clinic Fixed Prosthodontics	1
CLNDM 871	Clinical Rest Dent Comp	7.5
CLNDM 872	Oral Diagnosis Rotation	1.5
CLNDM 876	Oral Rehab Clin Experience III	1
CLNDM 880	Oral Head & Neck Cancer Clinical	0.5
CLNDM 894	Senior Attendance III	3
CLNDM 865	Off Campus Enrichment Sites	0.5
GENDT 822	EBD Capstone	0.5
GENDT 826	Comp Clinical Competency II	0.5
Semester Total		30.0

Curriculum Total

225