UWA Handbook 2027

Unit Overview

Description

This is the third-year clinical practice unit in Periodontics in the Doctor of Clinical Dentistry course. The unit is taken over two semesters and parts 1 and 2 must be completed to fulfil the requirements of the unit. The unit studies the processes of examination, diagnosis, planning and treatment of patients in respect to periodontal disease and implant treatment. The linkage of periodontics with all other dental disciplines is established especially in the field of treatment planning. The unit comprises two distinct but inseparable parts: periodontology—the study of the periodontal tissues and their diseases; and periodontics—the application of periodontology to the clinical treatment and management of periodontal conditions and the interrelation with other clinical disciplines.

Students will be supervised during clinical sessions by specialist Periodontists. On average, five half-day sessions per week are devoted to the Periodontics and Implant Clinics. Students are required to maintain a logbook, summarising all patients treated during their training, which is evaluated throughout the course.

Teaching Methods: Clinical management of patients whilst being supervised by specialist

Periodontists, pre-clinical laboratory work, workshops, & student presentations of case reports.

Assessment: Students are continuously assessed by their supervisors during clinical practice

sessions.

Participation in seminars and the presentation of case reports will also be assessed.

The formal assessment in these two semester clinical practice units consists of a combination of

formative and summative methods.

Formative methods are:

• Participation in the clinical sessions as primary operator
• Satisfactory completion of periodontal cases documented in form of a clinical logbook
• Additional formative methods to monitor the progression of the students during the semester are DOPS & CbD forms.

Summative methods:

At the end of the year an exam (with internal and external examiners ) will be carried out as below:

clinical assessment (50%)

case presentation (30%)

clinical logbook (20%)

Professional Behaviour Requirements - Please refer to the Dental School Handbook regarding requirements and consequences of non-compliance, which can delay course progression and/or graduation, depending on circumstances.

Credit

12 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Non-standard teaching period	UWA (Perth)	On-campus

The timetable for this teaching period is not currently available. Please see the Important Dates page for the timetable release date and other key date information.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) demonstrate autonomous specialist practice with personal and professional integrity, recognising the boundaries of the specialty and referring or seeking advice appropriately.; (2) provide patient-centred specialist care that is compassionate and respectful of patients' best interests, dignity, and choices, incorporating awareness of moral, cultural, ethical, and legal responsibilities including the obligation to obtain and document valid informed consent.; (3) apply relevant legislation to specialist dental practice including obligations related to record-keeping.; (4) demonstrate leadership in supporting the professional development of the dental team and broader health community.; (5) identify and interpret patient, parent, guardian, and carer expectations, preferences, and attitudes to inform specialist treatment planning and delivery, and support valid informed consent through clear communication of options, risks, benefits, and alternatives.; (6) communicate effectively with patients, families, and carers across a range of ages, intellectual development levels, and social and cultural backgrounds, utilising appropriate technological and telecommunication aids.; (7) produce clear and accurate health and legal reports, and interpret and communicate specialist knowledge and skills to dental and non-dental audiences.; (8) apply expert clinical reasoning and judgement to develop comprehensive diagnosis and treatment plans by interpreting and correlating findings from patient history, clinical examination, imaging, and diagnostic investigations; (9) manage complex cases, including medically compromised patients, with appropriate multidisciplinary engagement; (10) anticipate, recognise, and manage complications arising in the context of specialist dental practice.; (11) collaborate effectively with relevant dental and health professionals to foster interprofessional practice in the planning and delivery of specialist dental care; (12) integrate culturally safe practices into specialist dental care, demonstrating critical awareness, respect for and responsiveness to the oral health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other diverse patient populations; (13) independently evaluate and formulate evidence-based management strategies for periodontal disease and conditions, including peri-implant disease, integrating clinical findings to justify diagnosis and adapt treatment within specialist periodontic practice.; and (14) critically appraise and formulate evidence-based strategies for soft and hard tissue management including implant placement, synthesising clinical findings to justify treatment planning decisions and evaluate outcomes..

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) clinical assessment (ongoing); (2) case presentation; (3) clinical logbook; and (4) professional behaviour assessment. Further information is available in the unit outline.

To pass this unit, a student must: (a) achieve an overall mark of 50 per cent or higher for the unit; and (b) achieve the requisite requirements(s) or a mark of 50 per cent or greater, whichever is higher and specified in the unit outline, for the clinical assessment (ongoing), case presentation, clinical logbook, and professional behaviour assessment components.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Pradeep Koppolu

Unit rules

Prerequisites

Successful completion of

DENT6845 Periodontics Clinical Practice II Part 1 (ID 2977)
and DENT6846 Periodontics Clinical Practice II Part 2 (ID 2978)

Co-requisites

Enrolment in

DENT6841 Periodontics Theory III Part 1
and DENT6850 Periodontics Research Dissertation

Contact hours

clinics: five to six 4-hour sessions per week

Texts

Textbooks

• Lindhe J, Lang N. Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry.6th edn. Blackwell

Munksgaard 2014.

• Sato N. Periodontal Surgery: A Clinical Atlas. Quintessence Publishing..

• Newman M, Takei H, Carranza F. Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology. 10th edn. Elsevier

2006.

• Nield-Gehrig J. Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root

Instrumentation. 7th edn Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2012.

• International Team for Implantology ITI Treatment Guides. Volume I to VII. Quintessence

Publishing

• Merli M: Implant Therapy: Integrated Treatment Planning, Volume I Quintessence

Publishing 2015. 1st Edn.

• Zucchelli G. Mucogingival esthetic surgery. Quintessence Publishing 2013. 2nd Edn

• Renvert S and Giovannoli JL : Peri-implantitis. Quintessence Publishing. 2014 1st Edn

• Misch C. Dental Implant Prosthetics. Elsevier Mosby Editions. 2005

• Laskaris G, Scully C. Periodontal Manifestations of local and systemic diseases. Springer

Editions. 2003

• N. Karimbux. Clinical cases in Periodontics. Wiley Blackwell. 2012. 1st Edn

Journals

• Journal of Clinical Periodontology - Wiley Blackwell Publishing

• Journal of Periodontology - American Academy of Periodontology

• Clinical Advances in Periodontology - American Academy of Periodontology

• Journal of Periodontal Research - Wiley Blackwell Publishing

• Periodontology 2000 - Wiley Blackwell Publishing

• Implant Dentistry Wolters Kluver Editors

• Clinical Oral Implants Research- Wiley Blackwell Publishing

• The International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry - Quintessence Publishing

Other additional implant and periodontics related journals.