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CTL7200H - Curriculum and Teaching in French as a Second Language – Primary/Junior

This course will help teacher-candidates develop the theoretical framework, skills, knowledge, and professionalism expected of beginning French teachers at the Primary and Junior levels. Since this course is offered in French, teacher candidates will also have the opportunity of practicing their oral and written French. Teacher candidates will be expected to speak French at all times during class and all written assignments will be submitted in French.



Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Successful completion of the OISE French Proficiency Test administered by OISE’s Continuing and Professional Learning Office – see https://cpl.oise.utoronto.ca/course/french-proficiency-test/
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: Online, In Class, Hybrid, Online (Summer only)

DEN1001H - Graduate Research Dissemination Seminars

Graduate Research Dissemination Seminars is required as part of the program for all graduate students at the Faculty of Dentistry. This course is primarily student-led with students providing the seminar content and chairing sessions. The course is designed to provide graduate students with an opportunity to present their research in a safe environment and to receive tailored and individualized feedback to improve their performance. The submission of an abstract of the presentation on Quercus is mandatory, at least a week before the presentation. Each student will have 20 minutes to present their research, and this will be followed by a 5-minute question period. Following the presentation, the student will meet with at least one of the Course Directors for 30 minutes to review student performance and to provide feedback. During that meeting, no comments will be made about the research content presented. As part of this course, the student will also be required to chair an oral session to experience timekeeping monitoring, audience management, and questions fielding. All sessions will take place online through Zoom to increase accessibility. MSc students register in DEN1001H while PhD students register in DEN1100H.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
This continuous course will continuously roll over until a final grade or credit/no credit is entered.
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1001Y - Seminars in Oral Health Sciences

Seminars in Oral Health Sciences is required as part of the program for all MSc and PhD students at the Faculty of Dentistry. The course is designed to demonstrate research progress, develop, and enhance presentation skills to a large audience, field questions and chair a seminar session. As part of this program, students must also meet individually with an instructor from the University of Toronto Health Sciences Writing Centre, one to two weeks before their seminar to receive expert advice on presentation skills and the design of their presentation. MSc students register in DEN1001Y and PhD students register in DEN1100Y.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Grading: Credit/No Credit
This continuous course will continuously roll over until a final grade or credit/no credit is entered.
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1002H - Oral Pathology

This is a weekly seminar course that reviews the pathology of oral soft and hard tissues, to prepare graduate students in various Dental Specialty Programs for specialty practice. Students are expected to participate in discussions of the pathology underlying broad categories of disease, for example, infections, developmental defects, reactive hyperplasia, benign and malignant tumors, and to use this understanding to develop rational schemes for differential diagnosis and treatment. Students will also learn about recent advances in oral and surgical pathology, including their potential application to diagnosis and patient management.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1003H - Preventive Dentistry

This course uses a seminar format to discuss and develop critical thinking among graduate students in regards to the aetiology, risk assessment, and prevention of oral diseases and conditions. Preventive dentistry aims to maintain and improve the oral health status of individuals and populations. The typical image of preventive dentistry is to prevent dental caries in a patient. However, prevention of dental caries at the individual level only represents one part of preventive dentistry. Preventive dentistry integrates primordial, primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary prevention, along with considerations at the individual and population level, including the oral-systemic health link, and involvement of other health and social service providers in the prevention of all oral diseases and conditions. The course is available to all graduate students at the faculty.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1006Y - Seminars in Dental Public Health

This course uses a seminar format to survey the discipline of dental public health. This includes the determinants of health, primary health care, oral health care systems, insurance, health economics, health planning and evaluation, and ethical issues in dentistry. The course is available for all graduate students at the faculty.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1007H - Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology

This lecture and seminar course will review fundamental principles of radiobiology and radiation protection, and the application of conventional and advanced imaging modalities in the interpretation of abnormalities of the oral and maxillofacial region that may be encountered in the practice of the dental specialties.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1008H - Cone Beam CT Imaging

This lecture and seminar course builds on the image interpretation concepts developed in DEN1007H Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, a graduate-level course for students enrolled in one of the MSc/dental specialty programs. This new course specifically emphasizes the applications of three-dimensional imaging in the form of limited/small (less than or equal to 8 cm) field-of-view cone beam computed tomography in the dental specialties. Successful completion of this course will enable the student to make an application to the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario for a permit to own and/or operate a limited/small field-of-view cone beam CT system on graduation.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.25
Prerequisites: DEN1007H
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1009H - Pain: From Basic Science to Patient Care

This course begins the fundamental neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the somatosensory and pain systems. Next, we review how pain is measured in animals and in humans. Finally, we review pain diagnosis and current and new pain management approaches. The course also includes a flipped-classroom component, where students present some of the key topics. There are no prerequisites for enrolling in this course.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1010H - Research Ethics

This course aims to highlight ethical values and regulations in different topics that are research-related: scientific writing, confidentiality agreements, students mentoring, research with humans, animals, and biological samples, etc. The course involves participation in a seminar and the fulfillment of an online course offered by the Tri-council Funding Agencies of Canada. The same seminar will be offered in two different dates and attendance in one of the sessions is mandatory. Additionally, proof of completion of the online tutorial course "Tri-Council Policy Statement 2 — Tutorial Course on Research Ethics" is required.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
Grading: Credit/No Credit
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1011Y - Advanced Seminars in Oral Pathology

This course is designed for graduate students in Oral Pathology. In addition to the review of all cases received in the Oral Pathology Diagnostic Service, the course incudes formal and informal seminars on current topics in general pathology, oral histopathology, and clinical oral pathology. The Oral Pathology course (DEN1002H) must be taken either before or simultaneously with this course.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1012Y - Oral Medicine

This course is conducted in various relevant departments of the University Affiliated Teaching Hospitals (Humber River Hospital, Credit Valley Hospital, Rouge Valley Hospital, and Michael Garron) and through seminars, a pharmacology course, and case discussions. Experience is obtained in the investigation, diagnosis and management of a wide range of diseases and disorders of the oral and craniofacial structures including oral mucosal and salivary gland diseases/disorders and orofacial pain/dysfunctions. As well, students gain experience in the management of patients with complicating medical conditions.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1013Y - Seminars in Oral Surgical Pathology

The course is organized as a series of clinical-pathological conferences and covers all forms of disease of the mouth. A case-based approach is used for teaching and learning. Emphasis is placed on synthesizing clinical, radiographic, and histological data for a comprehensive evaluation of the case being discussed. The material for study is derived from the Oral Pathology Diagnostic Service and the hospital pathology departments. Current cases of interest are studied and in addition the surgical pathology of all oral disease is covered in a systematic manner. The course is divided into two sections. The first part is the clinical-pathological component held weekly. Students have the opportunity to review the case histories and virtual microscopic slides of the cases to be presented in the upcoming session, so they can be prepared to discuss the differential diagnosis and treatment, as well as controversies in treatment and topics that require further clinical research. The second part consists of a rotation for individual students to Oral Pathology, to be organized with the head of the respective graduate programs. The rotation provides an immersion in Oral Pathology that is appropriate for the student's future specialty practice.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1014H - Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Care

Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Care is a core course in the Faculty of Dentistry. Successful completion of this course is one of the program requirements for the graduate students seeking advanced training in a clinical specialty. This course will demonstrate the scientific basis for clinical decision-making in prognosis, causation, diagnosis, and therapy following the principles of evidence-based health care. Examples from the dental literature are used to illustrate the concepts and their practical application. The specific objectives of the course are: 1) to introduce principles of epidemiology as applied to clinical research; 2) to provide Clinical Specialty Graduate students with the fundamental scientific skills in clinical epidemiology to enable them to practice evidence-based dental care; 3) to provide the students with skills in answering questions using biomedical literature; 4) to provide students with the skills needed to critically appraise a biomedical research article.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
Corequisites: DEN1015H
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1015H - Introduction to Biostatistics

The Introduction to Biostatistics course is designed to provide graduate dental students with an understanding of the statistical methods necessary for data analysis and literature interpretation. The course covers: the summary of quantitative and categorical data; normal curve principles; the t-test, one-way, factorial and repeated measures analysis of variance; chi-square tests and other non- parametric methods; simple regression and correlation; multiple regression and ANCOVA. Special topics, such as examiner agreement and sample size estimation, are also included. In addition, the course offers an introduction to logistic regression and survival analysis. The course includes both lectures and statistics computer lab sessions. Students are taught to create and manipulate dental datasets and conduct statistical analysis of data using commonly available computer applications (e.g., SPSS). References from dental and medical literature are used extensively during the course.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1016H - Occlusion: Function and Dysfunction

This is a lecture- and seminar-based course held for graduate and postgraduate students in the second session of alternate years (available 2024-25). This course integrates current knowledge of dental occlusion by presenting a multidisciplinary array of lectures delivered by experts in prosthodontics, periodontics, orthodontics, pedodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, dental materials, oral neurophysiology, speech pathology, and sleep bruxism. It also utilizes topical reading and evidence-based discussion seminars led by course participants and critical appraisal assignments of recent peer-reviewed publications. The aims of this course are to demonstrate that multidisciplinary clinical approaches that take into consideration developmental, biological, neurophysiological, psychologica, and biomechanical factors are indispensable in the diagnosis, management, and prevention of a dysfunctional dental occlusion. This course is targeted principally at postgraduate candidates in clinical craniofacial specialties. Participants are required to have a clinical degree. Successful completion of the course is based on mandatory attendance, a topic presentation, a written assignment, short quizzes, and participation and demonstration of critical appraisal skills in the seminars and the written assignments.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1017H - Temporomandibular Disorders

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are the most common form of chronic orofacial pain and the second most frequent musculoskeletal pain condition. The complex multifactorial etiology of TMD makes diagnosis and treatment challenging. This course integrates the latest evidence in basic and clinical sciences related to TMD, to improve knowledge on TMD etiology and mechanisms, differential diagnosis, and evidence-based management. The course will also address the socioeconomic burden of acute and chronic pain, in addition to their effects on the patient’s quality of life. The topics will be presented by various scholars, dental and medical specialists.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1022H - Investigating Pathogenic Biofilms

A lecture course with assigned reading which will focus on the fundamental biology of microbial biofilms and how biofilm ecology impacts on the pathogenesis of infections. The course draws knowledge of oral microbiology, microbial genetics, and functional genomics. It is intended as a core course for graduate students whose specialty areas deal with biofilm-related diseases and for doctoral stream students from diverse SGS departments, whose research centers on bacterial adhesion, bacterial physiology, and bacterial genetics. Evaluation will consist of reading quizzes and one written term exam at the end of the course.

Credit Value (FCE): 0.50
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1033Y - Periodontology: Seminars and Clinics I

This ongoing course represents a three-year major program consisting of educational experiences targeted directly at developing the knowledge and clinical skill required of a specialist in periodontics, including many aspects not covered in other required courses. Seminars include Conscious Sedation, Periodontics — Prosthodontics Treatment Planning, Therapeutics, Clinical Photography, Practice Management, and Surgical Periodontics. Clinical rotations include Implant Prosthodontic Unit, and hospital rotations for periodontal consultation service for severe and refractory diseases, oral medicine, and diagnosis and treatment of facial pain and temporomandibular disorders. Residents will also be exposed to training in single drug I.V. sedation techniques, and other conscious sedation methods. There will be seminars in oral medicine and in the interrelationships of Orthodontics, Endodontics and Prosthodontics, with Periodontology.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Enrolment Limits: For Year 1 students
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1034Y - Periodontology: Seminars and Clinics II

This ongoing course represents a three-year major program consisting of educational experiences targeted directly at developing the knowledge and clinical skill required of a specialist in periodontics, including many aspects not covered in other required courses. Seminars include Conscious Sedation, Periodontics — Prosthodontics Treatment Planning, Therapeutics, Clinical Photography, Practice Management, and Surgical Periodontics. Clinical rotations include Implant Prosthodontic Unit, and hospital rotations for periodontal consultation service for severe and refractory diseases, oral medicine, and diagnosis and treatment of facial pain and temporomandibular disorders. Residents will also be exposed to training in single drug I.V. sedation techniques, and other conscious sedation methods. There will be seminars in oral medicine and in the interrelationships of Orthodontics, Endodontics, and Prosthodontics with Periodontology.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Enrolment Limits: For Year 2 students
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1035Y - Periodontology: Seminars and Clinics III

This ongoing course represents a three-year major program consisting of educational experiences targeted directly at developing the knowledge and clinical skill required of a specialist in periodontics, including many aspects not covered in other required courses. Seminars include Conscious Sedation, Periodontics — Prosthodontics Treatment Planning, Therapeutics, Clinical Photography, Practice Management, and Surgical Periodontics. Clinical rotations include Implant Prosthodontic Unit, and hospital rotations for periodontal consultation service for severe and refractory diseases, oral medicine, and diagnosis and treatment of facial pain and temporomandibular disorders. Residents will also be exposed to training in single drug I.V. sedation techniques, and other conscious sedation methods. There will be seminars in oral medicine and in the interrelationships of Orthodontics, Endodontics, and Prosthodontics with Periodontology.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Enrolment Limits: For Year 3 students
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1036Y - Literature Review in Periodontology

The literature review program combines required reading and review of discussion points in order to gain an understanding of the classic and current literature in the field of periodontology. Each week, the student is presented with a list of articles that cover a given subject in its entirety. The student is expected over the course of the year to have read and be familiar with each article. Articles are chosen due to their "classic" standing, or because they highlight a given learning objective. This allows the student to focus on these articles for the weekly discussions in our seminar series. Along with a "classic" literature review, seminars are designated for current literature review in the most recent journals.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1037Y - Clinical Case Presentations

Residents present their clinical cases and are expected to defend the treatment provided. All aspects of the presentation will be covered which includes the medical history, clinical and radiographic interpretation, diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, treatment planning, therapy, and periodontal maintenance.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1038Y - Biomaterials and Implant/Reconstructive Dentistry

The didactic portion involves seminars that focus on the surgical and restorative aspects of implant therapy, biomaterials, tissue biology, and tissue engineering. The clinical aspect is primarily related to treatment planning and execution of surgical techniques in advanced implant reconstructive and plastics such as the surgical principles and techniques for placement of various implant systems, ridge augmentation and site development procedures.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1039Y - Principles and Practice of Periodontology

These weekly seminars review the clinical cases that are being performed by the residents. They also include discussions on various topics in Periodontology, such as treatment plan, appropriate therapy, and relevant periodontal literature. Residents will also present selected topics on various aspects related to periodontal therapy.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1041Y - Prosthodontics I: Prosthodontic Treatment Planning

Patients demonstrate a wide range of phenotypes and treatment needs following congenital conditions, diseases, or trauma that have affected the orofacial complex. Consequently, comprehensive treatment plans are required for all patients in need of complex rehabilitative care. The focus of these weekly sessions are patient presentations given by the residents, with an expectation that treatment plans will be articulated in the context of evidence-based and patient-mediated concerns. Presentations by residents in the beginning of their training focus on chief complaint, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning. Presentations by residents further along in their training focus on care delivery and outcome assessment.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1042Y - Restorative Dentistry and Laboratory Procedures

The seminar course will cover key concepts, methods and materials in prosthodontics, and laboratory management and is intended to prepare students for patient care.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1043Y - Prosthodontics III: Patients with the Partially Edentulous Mouth and Advanced Prosthodontic Care

This course will consist of seminars on current topics in prosthodontics including assessment, diagnosis, aetiology, (patho)physiology, risk, prognosis, biomaterials, diseases, and conditions of relevance to prosthodontics, clinical treatment approaches (including maxillofacial), and complications. The course will enable the student to become familiar with the various materials and methods for appraising the prosthodontic patient. Diagnosis, treatment planning, and the different fixed and removable or implant supported methods for patient treatment are analyzed and discussed. Students will be expected to develop the judgment and skills required to manage complex prosthodontic needs. The specific topics in this course vary from year to year.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1044Y - Prosthodontics IV: Patients with the Fully Edentulous Mouth and Advanced Prosthodontic Care

This seminar course reviews and critically appraises the current scientific literature pertaining to prosthodontics. This course is designed to help the students develop the necessary skill for critical reading of the scientific literature, while also acquiring knowledge of the most current advances in the diverse areas of research in prosthodontics and related areas. During weekly seminars, the students select, present and defend what they have identified as the best research papers in the contemporary literature relevant to prosthodontic care.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
This continuous course will continuously roll over until a final grade or credit/no credit is entered.
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class

DEN1045Y - Prosthodontics V: Critical Appraisal of the Literature

This course aims to provide the student with the understanding of scientific literature, biologic basis, and clinical approaches in implant surgery, including surgical anatomy, surgical management, and surgical complications.

Credit Value (FCE): 1.00
Campus(es): St. George
Delivery Mode: In Class