This clinical course comprises the first year of clinical activity in pediatric dentistry. A prerequisite clinical simulation course is delivered during the orientation period. This is supported by didactic introductory seminars to review basic pediatric restorative dentistry techniques, caries risk assessment and treatment planning, and permits calibration of operative skills. Following successful completion of simulation exercises, the graduate student will be assigned to clinical activity at various sites. These encompass all clinical aspects related to the practice of the specialty of Pediatric Dentistry. The examination, diagnosis, and treatment of the infant and child patient and patients with special health care needs are supervised in the Graduate Pediatric Dentistry Clinic at the University of Toronto and in the Department of Dentistry at SickKids Hospital. Additional clinical assignments may include City of Toronto Public Health Clinic, and in the latter half of the clinical year, Oral Moderate Sedation clinic in the Pediatric Surgicentre. All graduate students begin participation in after-hours emergency call at SickKids towards the end of the clinical year. Graduate students also participate with clinical staff in weekly patient care conferences and chart auditing exercises.