DDS 6471 and DDS 6472 are didactic and laboratory pre clinical courses offered to DDS1 in spring term while DDS 6473 and DDS 6474 are offered in the summer term. They are part of the series of courses offered by the Division of Prosthodontics. These courses are designed to provide dental students the knowledge and skills of the science of Fixed Prosthodontics.
Specifically, the purpose of DDS 6471 and DDS 6472 is to provide students with fundamental knowledge and procedural skills necessary of managing simulated patient cases that require Full Crown Restoration. On the other hand, DDS 6473 and DDS 6474 are to provide students the ability to manage patient that require Fixed Partial Denture.
The terminal goal is for the students to be able to transfer the knowledge and skills they learn in these preclinical courses to managing real patients in their succeeding clinical courses that require fixed prosthodontic treatment.