REQUIRED COURSES

FIRST YEAR, SUMMER SEMESTER

ANATOMY: HEAD AND NECK

This course is designed to review basic head and neck anatomy and to cover details that may not have been included in a general anatomy course. Each region is treated by lecture followed by dissection. An optimum faculty-to-student ratio and discussion in the laboratory insures that the material is understood and learned.

APPLIED SCIENCES I

This course provides the advanced student with the opportunity (1) to understand the principles of scientific writing and evaluation of the literature, (2) to utilize basic principles of research design and methodology, (3) to understand the importance of ethical data acquisition and analysis, and (4) to become acquainted with commonly used non-parametric and parametric biostatistical test.

ORTHODONTIC CLINIC I

TOPICS IN ORTHODONTICS I

This advanced course provides the student with the scientific knowledge, biomechanical principles and orthodontic techniques required to diagnose and treatment plan and correct routine and complex malocclusions of growing and skeletally mature patients. Students are required to make oral case presentations of patients diagnosed and treated in the postgraduate clinic. Class time is a combination of lectures, seminars, laboratories and clinical activities. Topics include: orthodontic diagnosis & treatment planning, cephalometrics & radiology, orthodontic & orthodontic appliance design, orthodontic techniques, dentofacial orthopedics, biomechanical principles, interdisciplinary comprehensive care, interdisciplinary care lecture series, clinical photography and clinical orthodontic treatment/case management.

RESEARCH SEMINAR

Research being conducted by students, residents and faculty of the Orthodontic Department will be presented. These seminars will be supplemented by research presentations of outside speakers drawn from the Texas Medical Center, Rice University, other academic centers in Texas and, when possible, from research centers throughout the United States. Periodic reviews of progress toward completion of research and thesis requirements will be presented by all Orthodontic residents in training.