| Unit name | Advanced Restorative and Surgical Planning |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ORDSM0076 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Tim Harris |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | Bristol Dental School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
Why is this unit important?
Dental implants can be used to retain and support a wide variety of restorations and it is important to know how to treat patients with multiple missing teeth using dental implants. This unit focuses on the stages involved in the treatment planning, construction and delivery of longer-span fixed and removable prostheses. As the complexity of an implant restoration increases, so do the biomechanical and maintenance requirements. Therefore, prosthodontic outcomes, various bio-mechanical complications and their management are studied. Surgical complexity varies depending on the case, so this unit focuses on surgical planning for complex cases with a focus on sinus augmentation.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
This unit fits into the second teaching block of the academic year of the Dental Implantology MSc programme. It covers core disciplinary competencies that are required to safely treat patients who require complex dental implant treatment. This unit complements the direct clinical care of patients seen and treated in the Advanced Clinical Practice unit alongside which it runs.
An overview of content
This unit covers the treatment planning and delivery of longer-span fixed prostheses and implant overdentures. It teaches advanced surgical skills to enhance the hard and soft tissue outcomes for dental implant treatment.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit?
What you know:
You will know how to treat a patient with multiple missing teeth using dental implants. You will know which advanced surgical procedures are available to enhance compromised sites.
How you think:
You will bring together your general prosthodontic knowledge and newly acquired dental implant teaching to think about how multiple missing teeth can be replaced using implants. You will think about the wider adjunctive treatment options for implants in compromised sites.
What you can do:
You will be able to treatment plan cases with multiple missing teeth. You will be able to perform advanced surgical skills required to improve hard tissue outcomes in compromised sites. You will continue to identify and appraise scientific literature to understand how science influences your personal practice.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the unit you will be able to:
1. Be familiar with the various dental implant treatment options and stages to replace multiple missing teeth
2. Understand the important complications and maintenance requirements of fixed and removable implant prostheses
3. Understand methods of improving hard tissue outcomes for compromised sites.
Lectures – in-person and remote lectures will be provided to deliver larger topics in manageable pieces. These will encourage critical thinking, student interaction, motivation to learn, and an appreciation of various perspectives and values.
Journal club tutorials – smaller group tutorials will teach critical appraisal skills. You will be encouraged to solve problems as a team and work with your peers to enhance your learning.
Hands-on practical sessions – hand-on surgical sessions using animal models will allow you to directly practice your advanced surgical skills with close mentorship to provide personalised feedback and reflection of skills.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
Journal club exercises will enable you to search and appraise the scientific literature and apply it to clinical practice. Direct feedback during journal club tutorials will give you personalised feedback and direction for further activities to improve your critical appraisal skills.
Workplace-based assessments undertaken within the hands-on elements will enable you to reflect on how you apply the taught knowledge into practical skills. Direct feedback will be given to ensure you understand how to refine your surgical skills prior to treating patients. The structure used in workplace-based assessments will provide the basis for developing the narrated PowerPoint of 2 advanced cases. This learning will complement the knowledge tested in the end of unit examination and formative clinical assessments in the Foundational Clinical Practice unit.
Example exam questions will be provided with the opportunity to discuss them with a tutor will prepare you for the end of unit knowledge exam.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
1) End of unit knowledge exam (50%)
2) Narrated PowerPoint of 2 advanced cases (50%)
When assessment does not go to plan
If you do not pass the unit, you will normally be given the opportunity to take a reassessment as per the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes. Decisions on the award of reassessment will normally be taken after all taught units of the year have been completed. Reassessment will normally be in a similar format to the original assessment that has been failed.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. ORDSM0076).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The assessment methods listed in this unit specification are designed to enable students to demonstrate the named learning outcomes (LOs). Where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, schools will make reasonable adjustments to support a student to demonstrate the LO by an alternative method or with additional resources.
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
