First-year courses focus on the basic sciences and the integration of this knowledge with the practice of dentistry. These include a human body systems course series that integrates the anatomy, physiology and microanatomy of each major body system with clinical correlations. Other basic science courses include molecular biosciences, embryology, craniofacial biology, oral histology, microbiology, immunology, and pathology. Additionally, students are introduced to dental care in courses related to dental anatomy, occlusion, oral radiology, periodontology, dental materials, and an innovative Introduction to Clinical Dentistry course series that prepares and provides students with patient care activities. Finally, students begin to develop their hand skills by taking simulation lab courses in both direct and indirect restorative procedures.
FALL | SPRING | SUMMER | |||
DSBS 5502 | Microanatomy | DSBS 5500 | Embryology and Craniofacial Biology | DSBS 5516 | Pathology |
DSBS 5504 | Human Anatomy | DSBS 5506 | Oral Histology | DSCD 5502 | Nutrition |
DSBS 5507 | Molecular Biosciences | DSBS 5511 | Invaders and Protectors | DSCD 5503 | Person Centered Care |
DSBS 5508 | Physiology | DSOD 5502 | Oral Radiology Lecture | DSOD 5500 | Assessment of the Dental Patient |
DSCD 55019 | Community Public Health 1 | DSOD 5503 | Oral Radiology Laboratory | DSOP 5506 | Principles of Operative Dentistry - Direct Restorations 2 |
DSRE 5001 | Introduction to Dentistry | DSOP 5504 | Principles of Operative Dentistry - Direct Restoration 1 Lecture | DSOP 5507 | Principles of Operative Dentistry - Direct Restorations 2 Lab |
DSRE 5500 | Dental Anatomy | DSOP 5505 | Principles of Operative Dentistry - Direct Restoration 1 Lab | DSPE 5500 | Periodontics 1 |
DSRE 5501 | Dental Anatomy Laboratory | DSRE 5506 | Occlusion 1 Lecture | DSRE 5503 | Dental Materials 2 |
DSRE 5504 | Dental Materials Science 1 | DSRE 5507 | Occlusion 1 Laboratory | DSRE 5508 | Indirect Single Tooth Restoration 1 |
DSRE 5520 | Introduction to Clinical Dentistry 1 | DSRE 5521 | Introduction to Clinical Dentistry 2 | DSRE 5522 | Introduction to Clinical Dentistry 3 |
DSSD 5501 | Clinical Correlations | IPED 5002 | Interprofessional Education and Development I |
The primary focus of second year courses is to guide students in the transition from pre-clinical courses to clinical care and begin to see their first patients for periodontal appointments during the fall of their second year. Students refine their hand skills in pre-clinical lab courses involving indirect restorative procedures, fixed and removable prosthodontics, endodontics and esthetic dentistry. Clinical care is emphasized in courses related to pharmacology, occlusion, oral pathology, orthodontics, periodontics, endodontics, dental materials, oral radiology, cariology, pediatric dentistry, pain control, medical emergencies and oral and maxillofacial surgery. Students will also take courses on treatment planning and managing a student practice in order to begin providing comprehensive patient care in the student dental clinic during the summer of their second year.
FALL | SPRING | SUMMER | |||
DSAD 6622 | Managing Your Student Practice I | DSCD 6623 | Managing Your Student Practice II | DSEN 6612 | Endodontics II Lecture |
DSBS 6600 | Pharmacology | DSEN 6610 | Endodontics I Lecture | DSEN 6613 | Endodontics II Lab |
DSON 6610 | Oral Pathology I | DSEN 6611 | Endodontics I Lab | DSOP 6610 | Operative Dentistry Seminar |
DSOT 6610 | Orthodontics I | DSFD 6610 | Fixed Prosthodontics | DSOS 7710 | (1) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery |
DSPE 6604 | Periodontics II | DSFD 6611 | Fixed Prosthodontics Lab | DSPD 6630 | Pediatric Dentistry II |
DSPE 6605 | Periodontics II Lab – Section I | DSON 6612 | Oral Pathology II | DSPE 6610 | Periodontics III |
DSRE 6600 | Transition Clinic I | DSOP 6600 | Pre-Clinical Operative Dentistry Workshop | DSRE 6604 | Esthetic Dentistry |
DSRE 6606 | Indirect Single Tooth Restoration II | DSPD 6620 | Pediatric Dentistry I | DSRE 6604 |
Occlusion II Lecture II |
DSRE 6607 | Indirect Single Tooth Restoration II Lab | DSPE 6606 | Periodontics II Lab – Section II | DSRE 6604 | Comprehensive Patient Care Clinic “A” |
DSRP 6600 | Combined Removable Prosthodontics | DSRE 6601 | Transition Clinic II | DSRE 6612 | Occlusion II Lab II |
DSRP 6601 | Combined Removable Prosthodontics Lab | DSRE 6608 | Dental Materials Science II | DSSD 6610 | Pain Control II (Nitrous Oxide Analgesia) |
DSSD 6612 | Orofacial Pain | DSRE 6609 | Treatment Planning | VAR-DSFD 6031 | Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics I |
IPED 6001 | Interprofessional Education II | DSRE 6611 | Occlusion II Lecture I | VAR - DSOD 6031 | Clinical Oral Diagnosis I |
DSRE 6613 | Occlusion II Lab I | VAR - DSOP 6031 | Clinical Operative Dentistry I | ||
DSRE 6644 | Cariology II | VAR-DSPE 6031 | Clinical Periodontics I | ||
DSSD 6600 | Clinical Dental Pharmacology | VAR-DSRP 6031 | Clinical Removable Prosthodontics I | ||
DSSD 6604 | Pain Control I (Local Anesthesia) | ||||
DSSD 6608 | Prevention and Management of Medical Emergencies |
The primary focus of third year is the development and practice of clinical dentistry. Students take courses on community assessment, public health, dental practice planning, clinical oncology, behavioral and geriatric dentistry, implant dentistry and treatment planning. Students begin to spend a lot more time in the clinical setting with the primary focus being on comprehensive patient care. Students perform clinical procedures in the fields of oral diagnosis and diagnostic radiology, periodontics, operative dentistry, fixed and removable prosthodontics, orthodontics, endodontics, dental pain and emergencies. Additionally, all students participate in a rotation in pediatric dentistry at the Healthy Smiles Clinic at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
FALL | SPRING | SUMMER | |||
DSAD 7704 | Community Health Education Practicum | DSCD 7706 | IPED | DSAD 7791 | Community-Based Clinical Dentistry I |
DSAD 7705 | IPED (Interprofessional Education Development) | DSCD 7709 | Public Health and Community Dentistry | DSAD 7797 | Special Care Clinic B |
DSAD 7720 | Behavioral Health, Gerontology and Geriatrics | DSCD 7726 | Dental Practice Planning | DSOD 7760 | Clinical Oral Radiology |
DSAD 7730 | Dentistry for Adults with Special Health Care Needs | DSCD 7796 | Special Care Clinic A | DSPE 7720 | Periodontics IV |
DSOD 7711 | Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Oral Lesions I | DSDD 7700 | Medical Problems and Physical Assessment | DSRE 7721 | Comprehensive Patient Care “D” |
DSOS 7011 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery II | DSDD 7702 | Hospital Dentistry | VAR-DSEN 7033 | Clinical Endodontics III |
DSPD 7700 | Pediatric Dentistry III | DSEN 7712 | Endodontics III | VAR-DSFD 7033 | Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics IV |
DSRE 7712 | Implant Dentistry | DSOD 7712 | Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Oral Lesions II | VAR-DSOD 7033 | Clinical Oral Diagnosis IV |
DSRE 7717 | Comprehensive Patient Care Clinics “B” | DSOD 7724 | Diagnostic Radiology | VAR-DSOP 7033 | Clinical Operative Dentistry IV |
DSRE 7718 | Critical Thinking and Patient Care Seminar | DSON 7755 | Clinical Oncology | VAR-DSPD 7033 | Clinical Periodontics IV |
DSRE 7935 | Treatment Planning and Case Presentation I | DSOT 7720 | Orthodontics II | VAR-DSPE 7033 | Clinical Pediatric Dentistry III |
DSSD 7712 | Dental Pain and Emergencies | DSRE 7706 | Critical Appraisal of Translation Literature | VAR-DSRP 7033 | Clinical Removable Prosthodontics IV |
VAR-DSEN 7011 | Clinical Endodontics I | DSRE 7711 | Advance Prosthodontics | ||
VAR-DSFD 7011 | Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics II | DSRE 7719 | Comprehensive Patient Care Clinic “C” | ||
VAR-DSOD 7011 | Clinical Oral Diagnosis II | DSRE 7936 | Treatment Planning and Case Presentation II | ||
VAR-DSOP 7011 | Clinical Operative Dentistry II | VAR-DSEN 7022 | Clinical Endodontics II | ||
VAR-DSPD 7011 | Clinical Pediatric Dentistry I | VAR-DSFD 7022 | Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics III | ||
VAR-DSPE 7011 | Clinical Periodontics II | VAR-DSOD 7022 | Clinical Oral Diagnosis III | ||
VAR- DSRP 7011 | Clinical Removable Prosthodontics II | VAR-DSOP 7022 | Clinical Operative Dentistry III | ||
VAR-DSOT 7021 | Clinical Orthodontics I | ||||
VAR-DSPD 7022 | Clinical Pediatric Dentistry II | ||||
VAR-DSPE 7022 | Clinical Periodontics III | ||||
VAR-DSRP 7022 | Clinical Removable Prosthodontics III |
At the beginning of their fourth year, students take the National Board Dental Examination Part II which tests their clinical knowledge of endodontics, operative dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, pain control, oral diagnosis, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, patient management, periodontics, pharmacology and prosthodontics. Students continue to develop their clinical and practical dental skills by providing comprehensive patient care in the dental clinic. Advanced courses in implant dentistry, restorative dentistry, treatment planning, cariology, dental ethics and jurisprudence, endodontics and forensic dentistry are taken to further prepare students to become licensed dental professionals. All students also participate in the Advanced Clinical Training and Service (ACTS) program and provide quality dental care to underserved communities in 30 clinics across the state. At the end of spring of their fourth year, students are fully prepared to take regional or state examinations to obtain dental licensure.
FALL | SPRING | SUMMER | |||
DSAD 8892 | Community – Based Clinical Dentistry II | DSCD 8812 | Dental Ethics and Jurisprudence | DSRE 8837 | Comprehensive Patient Care Clinic “G” |
DSAD 8896 | Special Care Clinic C | DSCD 8822 | Practice Management | ||
DSFD 8861 | Advance Implant Prosthodontics Seminar | DSCD 8893 | Community – Based Clinical Dentistry III | ||
DSRE 8806 | Critical Appraisal of Translational Literature II | DSCD 8894 | Community – Based Clinical Dentistry IV | ||
DSRE 8810 | Restorative Dentistry Adv. Clinical Training Service Seminar | DSEN 8810 | Endodontics IV | ||
DSRE 8817 | Comprehensive Patient Care Clinic “E” | DSOD 8820 | Forensic Dentistry | ||
DSRE 8945 | Treatment Planning and Case Presentation | DSRE 8827 | Comprehensive Patient Care Clinic “F” | ||
VAR-DSEN 8011 | Clinical Endodontics IV | DSRE 8946 | Treatment Planning and Case Presentation IV | ||
VAR-DSFD 8011 | Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics V | VAR-DSEN 8022 | Clinical Endodontics V | ||
VAR-DSOD 8011 | Clinical Oral Diagnosis V | VAR-DSFD 8022 | Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics VI | ||
VAR-DSOP 8011 |
Clinical Operative Dentistry V |
VAR-DSOD 8022 | Clinical Oral Diagnosis VI | ||
VAR-DSOS 8011 | Clinical Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery I | VAR-DSOP 8022 | Clinical Operative Dentistry VI | ||
VAR-DSPE 8011 | Clinical Periodontics V | VAR-DSPE 8022 | Clinical Periodontics VI | ||
VAR-DSRP 8011 | Clinical Removable Prosthodontics V | VAR-DSRP 8022 | Clinical Removable Prosthodontics VI | ||
VAR - DSSD 8011 | Clinical Emergencies I |