ORTH 540 Introduction to Clinical Orthodontics
Training in patient management procedures, treatment and techniques. Patients are treated in the clinical setting under strict supervision to prepare the student for private practice. The purpose of this course is to give the students through the 1 year of Fellowship an introduction of the understanding of the clinical principles of orthodontic treatment and management of the orthodontic patient. The course is designed to integrate the knowledge of evidence based diagnosis and treatment planning with clinical management of simple assigned cases (minimum of 25 cases/per student) as well as proper patient's charts keeping, records keeping and efficient scheduling. The course will prepare the student to be competent in delivering clinical care to the orthodontic patient with simple problems list. The majority of the cases with need for limited or simple orthodontic correction are expected to be assigned and completed by the Fellows.