Course coordinator
Dr Miranda Moor
Course overview
- Study period
- Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025)
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Location
- Herston
- Attendance mode
- In Person
- Units
- 2
- Administrative campus
- Herston
- Coordinating unit
- Dentistry School
Introduction to Dental Disciplines A will introduce students to the foundations of dental specialist disciplines. Students will demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the epidemiology, aetiology, pathology and prevention of gingivitis and mild periodontal disease, and develop appropriate manual dexterity skills for their management. At the completion of this course, students will apply dental materials science knowledge to specific tasks related to Prosthodontics and demonstrate the scientific principles of radiation and its safe use.
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Course requirements
Prerequisites
You'll need to complete the following courses before enrolling in this one:
DENT1060 and DENT1061.
Companion or co-requisite courses
You'll need to complete the following courses at the same time:
DENT2060
Course contact
Course staff
Lecturer
Dr Miranda Moor
Dr Necla Asli Kocak Oztug
Dr Sadaf Rizwan
Timetable
The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.
Aims and outcomes
This course aims to introduce specialist dental disciplines for students to develop relevant emerging laboratory and clinical skills.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
LO1.
Describe properties and clinical applications of dental materials used in prosthodontics
LO2.
Apply the knowledge of the properties and applications of dental materials in prosthodontic practical activities
LO3.
Demonstrate an understanding of scientific principles of radiation and radiation safety
LO4.
Describe the epidemiology, aetiology, pathology and prevention of gingivitis and mild periodontal disease
LO5.
Demonstrate the effective use of periodontal instruments to perform supragingival debridement
LO6.
Demonstrate the ability to learn from experiences and apply critical reflective learning skills to dental practice
Assessment
Assessment summary
| Category | Assessment task | Weight | Due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Production/ Exhibition, Presentation, Reflection |
Critical reflection VLOG
|
20% |
16/05/2025 - 30/05/2025
Submissions can occur during this period. |
| Quiz |
In semester Quiz
|
15% |
10/04/2025 |
| Examination, Practical/ Demonstration |
Multiple Station Assessment Task (MSAT)
|
30% |
15/05/2025 |
| Examination |
End of Semester 1 final exam
|
35% |
End of Semester Exam Period 7/06/2025 - 21/06/2025 |
Assessment details
Critical reflection VLOG
- Team or group-based
- Mode
- Product/ Artefact/ Multimedia
- Category
- Creative Production/ Exhibition, Presentation, Reflection
- Weight
- 20%
- Due date
16/05/2025 - 30/05/2025
Submissions can occur during this period.
- Other conditions
- Time limited.
- Learning outcomes
- L02, L05, L06
Task description
Task Description: Group assignment
This assessment is to be completed in the allocated clinical group for week 7-13 in DENT2070 peer clinical activity. Each group will have 3 or 4 students and the video blog is to be submitted on Blackboard in week 13 at the end of semester 1 2025.
A newly qualified dental graduate is expected to develop competency in critical thinking which is described in the Australian Dental Council's "Professional competencies of the newly qualified dentist" document as "the process of assimilating and analysing information, encompassing an interest in finding new solutions, a professional curiosity with an ability to admit to any lack of understanding, a willingness to examine beliefs and assumptions and to search for evidence that supports the acceptance, rejection or suspension of those beliefs and assumptions, and the ability to distinguish between fact and opinion".
In this assessment, students should produce a group video blog (4-6 mins) that demonstrates a reflection of the clinical group's experience at the Oral Health Centre clinics. The reflection should be based on a clinical experience or a range of experiences that your clinical group will have participated or observed within weeks 7-13 of Semester 1 2025. The video will need to describe the experience, analyse the experience and reflect on how it has informed both personal and group's future practice. The video reflection should be based on UQ employability framework SEAL (Situation, Effect, Actions taken and Learning) reflection model.
The aim of this team assignment is for students to critically reflect on clinical experiences as a group, enabling peer to peer reflection as well as critical self reflection to understand skills and attributes needed to successfully gain the best effect in a work context.
The reflective process has the potential to enable early year health professional students to learn from their individual and group professional experiences to describe challenges encountered, explain the impact and actions taken to deal with the situation and explain what they can do in future situations in a similar context.
The assessment will be graded on the following criteria
1. Situation: Describe what happened during your chosen peer to peer clinic activity (Eg. Impressions, hand scaling)
2. Effect: List or explain any "challenges faced" and the impact they made on either the student operator, student assistant or student acting as patient. (Eg, Gag reflex during upper impression or breach in infection control observed, or limited mouth opening)
3. Action: Explain the actions taken or strategies employed to deal with the challenge/s, and the rationale for taking the actions.
4. Learning: Explain what was learnt from this case or patient interaction. The group must explain what they can now do as a result.
- What do they need to do to handle a similar situation again in the future?
- How has the experience added to the ones the student has already had in terms of their professional development?
- Can they identify particular skills or personal attributes that they drew on in this situation?
Submission guidelines
• You will need to submit your media file through an assignment link on the DENT2070 Blackboard site. This link will be made available 2 weeks before the due date.
• Peer assessment is via Buddycheck and further information will be made available on the course Blackboard site
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 7 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
Applications for extension should be submitted before the due date. Applications for extension after the due date will only be accepted in exceptional cases (e.g. Severe illness, hospitalization, or for compassionate reasons). Please refer to the policy and guidelines and further information as well as the following link on my.UQ for extension eligibility https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/manage-my-program/exams-and-assessment/applying-extension
Late submission
Late assignments will be penalised 10% percent of the course grade for every day or part thereof past the submission deadline, including weekends. For example, if you submit your assignment on time and it earns a grade of 70% out of the possible 100%, that is the percentage you will receive for that component of the assessment. If you submit the same report 1 day late, you will only receive 60% out of a possible 100%. If you are two days late, you will receive 50%, and so on.
In semester Quiz
- In-person
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Quiz
- Weight
- 15%
- Due date
10/04/2025
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02
Task description
The quiz will be held in-person during the scheduled preclinic activity in week 7. It will be for 30 mins duration, on paper. Please arrive 15 mins early to allow for ID check.
The exam may contain a mixture of multiple-choice questions (MCQ), problem solving such as match the following, fill in the blanks, and/or short answer questions (SAQ). The exam will be worth 30 marks in total. The quiz will cover content from all learning activities in weeks 1-6 inclusive.
See Blackboard for Task Description and marking criteria document for more details.
Submission guidelines
Written paper handed in at the completion of the quiz
Deferral or extension
You may be able to defer this exam.
A request for deferral of an exam must be submitted by lodging the appropriate (online) form with supporting documentation via mySI-net > my Requests no later than five (5) calendar days after the date of the original exam. Students are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the information on deferring an exam available on my.UQ.
Multiple Station Assessment Task (MSAT)
- In-person
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Examination, Practical/ Demonstration
- Weight
- 30%
- Due date
15/05/2025
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06
Task description
The Multiple Station Assessment Task will be conducted in Week 11.
The MSAT will have multiple working stations with a set duration between 3-10 mins each. Students will be rotated around all the stations and be asked to demonstrate competency to one or more learning objective/s for DENT2070. Students will also be expected to present and conduct themselves professionally.
During the MSAT, students can expect to answer questions, draw and explain diagrams, perform practical tasks, demonstrate concepts by role-playing, communicating understanding orally and in written form. The MSAT provides an assessment of the student’s knowledge and skills acquired from self directed modules (UQ Extend), applied concepts from clinical teaching sessions and acquired practical skills from laboratory sessions. All aspects explored in DENT2070 are examinable, with particular emphasis on practical and applied concepts.
Exam details
| Planning time | no planning time minutes |
|---|---|
| Duration | 60 minutes |
| Calculator options | No calculators permitted |
| Open/closed book | Closed Book examination - no written materials permitted |
| Materials | An answer booklet will be provided. |
| Exam platform | Paper based |
| Invigilation | Invigilated in person |
Submission guidelines
Answer booklets will be handed in at the completion of the MSAT.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to defer this exam.
A request for deferral of an exam must be submitted by lodging the appropriate (online) form with supporting documentation via mySI-net > my Requests no later than five (5) calendar days after the date of the original exam. Students are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the information on deferring an exam available on my.UQ.
End of Semester 1 final exam
- In-person
- Online
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Examination
- Weight
- 35%
- Due date
End of Semester Exam Period
7/06/2025 - 21/06/2025
- Learning outcomes
- L03, L04
Task description
This exam will be held in-person via Inspera in the scheduled end of semester examination block. The exam will be for 60 mins duration. Please arrive 15 mins early to allow for ID check and set up in Inspera.
Students will need a laptop for this exam with Inspera safe browser installed. If you do not have a laptop with access to the internet (connect to Eduroam) - you may be able to borrow a laptop from the Library (web.library.uq.edu.au/library-services/servicesstudents/ covid-19).
The exam may contain a mixture of multiple choice questions (MCQ), problem solving such as match the following, fill in the blanks, drag and drop labels, and/or short answer questions (SAQ). The exam will be worth 60 marks in total. It will cover content from learning activities in weeks 7-12 inclusive.
See Blackboard for Task Description and marking criteria document for more details.
Exam details
| Planning time | 10 minutes |
|---|---|
| Duration | 60 minutes |
| Calculator options | No calculators permitted |
| Open/closed book | Closed Book examination - no written materials permitted |
| Exam platform | Inspera |
| Invigilation | Invigilated in person |
Submission guidelines
The exam will only be available in Inspera Assessment for the duration of your exam. You will not be permitted to click START until directed to do so by your Exam Invigilator.
You will submit your exam by clicking ‘Submit Now’. Once you have clicked ‘Submit Now’ you will not be able to access the exam. So do not click submit until you are sure you do not want to make any further changes.
When the exam window has closed, you will be directed to the Summary page where you must click ‘Submit Now’. If you do not click ‘Submit Now’, you will not be able to exit Safe Exam Browser. You will not be able to access the exam after the exam window has closed.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to defer this exam.
You can request a deferred exam if you can provide evidence of unavoidable circumstances that prevented you from sitting your original exam at its scheduled date and time.
Your application must include supporting evidence.
Applications can be submitted no later than 5 calendar days after the date of the original exam and should be made through mySI-net.
Course grading
Full criteria for each grade is available in the Assessment Procedure.
| Grade | Cut off Percent | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (Low Fail) | 0 - 19 |
Absence of evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Attains an overall mark of less than 20% |
| 2 (Fail) | 20 - 44 |
Minimal evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Attains an overall mark of at least 20% but less than 45% |
| 3 (Marginal Fail) | 45 - 49 |
Demonstrated evidence of developing achievement of course learning outcomes Course grade description: Attains an overall mark of at least 45% but less than 50% OR Attains the overall pass mark BUT has failed the hurdle requirement |
| 4 (Pass) | 50 - 64 |
Demonstrated evidence of functional achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Attains an overall mark of at least 50% but less than 65% AND has passed the hurdle requirement |
| 5 (Credit) | 65 - 74 |
Demonstrated evidence of proficient achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Attains an overall mark of at least 65% but less than 75% AND has passed the hurdle requirement |
| 6 (Distinction) | 75 - 84 |
Demonstrated evidence of advanced achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Attains an overall marks of 75% but less than 85% AND has passed the hurdle requirement |
| 7 (High Distinction) | 85 - 100 |
Demonstrated evidence of exceptional achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Attains an overall mark of at least 85% AND has passed the hurdle requirement |
Additional course grading information
Students must attemptﾠallﾠassessment tasks.
Percentage marks will be rounded to the nearest whole number—e.g., 84.4% rounds down to 84%, and 84.5% rounds up to 85%. This applies to all grade cutoffs except for a grade of 4. The minimum pass mark is 50%, and a pass cannot be achieved with 49.5%.
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessment is available for this course.
Additional assessment information
If you received a grade of 3 you may be eligible for a supplementary assessment. It is designed to give you a second chance at achieving a passing grade for the course and is not a repeat of the exam. Supplementary assessment can take any form (e.g. oral, written, examination etc.), and the highest grade you can receive is a 4 (or P).
You need to apply no later than 11:59pm (AEST) on the 4th calendar day after the release of the final grade for the relevant course. Late applications may be considered, subject to demonstration of exceptional circumstances.
Learning resources
You'll need the following resources to successfully complete the course. We've indicated below if you need a personal copy of the reading materials or your own item.
Library resources
Find the required and recommended resources for this course on the UQ Library website.
Additional learning resources information
Practice questions will be provided in-class and on UQ Extend (edX)ﾠto help you to prepare for the standard of questions that you can expect in theﾠmid-semester quiz andﾠend of semester closed book exams.ﾠ
All of the materials that you will need for practicalﾠand assessment tasks in the course will be made available via the DENT2070 UQ Extend (edX) or Blackboard site, either directly or through internet links.
Learning activities
The learning activities for this course are outlined below. Learn more about the learning outcomes that apply to this course.
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| Learning period | Activity type | Topic |
|---|---|---|
Multiple weeks From Week 1 To Week 12 |
Clinical coaching |
UQ Extend material applied in face to face session Weekly 2-3 hour face to face series including prosthodontics, periodontics and radiology. Wednesday 1-4 pm in Auditorium. Student attendance is compulsory at face to face clinical coaching sessions, that will be case based in nature. Learning outcomes: L01, L03, L04 |
Not Timetabled |
Self Directed Learning: 1-2 hours per week Extend Modules Learning outcomes: L01, L03, L04 |
|
Multiple weeks From Week 1 To Week 13 |
Practical |
Preclinical Simulation laboratory activities: A series of sessions in the preclinical simulation laboratory will be scheduled through the semester. Further detailed timetables will be available on the Blackboard course site. Attendance is compulsory, and will be monitored. Weekly activities will be held including prosthodontic and periodontic sessions in Preclinic Lab 1 from 9-12 am. Students should arrive at 8:45am to set stations for a 9 am start. Learning outcomes: L02, L05, L06 |
Multiple weeks From Week 7 To Week 13 |
Clinical Hours |
Clinical work Peer to peer clinical group work (week 7-13): Clinical skills training will be undertaken in the OHC clinics under the direct supervision of a qualified dentist. Attendance is compulsory and will be monitored. Clinical experience should be recorded in a year 2 clinical experience log book and form the basis of the Critical Reflection VLOG assessment. Peer clinic activities will take place on Mondays 9-12 am (Group 1) and 1-4 (Group 2) from week 7-13 in Clinic 3.4 A. Students should arrive 15 mins early for group instructions and set up to start promptly at 9 am and 1 pm respectively. Learning outcomes: L02, L05, L06 |
Additional learning activity information
Your 6 peer clinic sessions will consist of 3x alginate impression sessions and 3x supragingival periodontal scaling sessions. These sessions will form the basis of your VLOG Critical Reflection assessment.
Policies and procedures
University policies and procedures apply to all aspects of student life. As a UQ student, you must comply with University-wide and program-specific requirements, including the:
- Student Code of Conduct Policy
- Student Integrity and Misconduct Policy and Procedure
- Assessment Procedure
- Examinations Procedure
- Reasonable Adjustments for Students Policy and Procedure
Learn more about UQ policies on my.UQ and the Policy and Procedure Library.
You'll also need to be aware of the following policies and procedures while completing this course:
- Occupational Health and Safety in the Laboratory Guideline
- Fitness to Practise Policy
- Vaccinations and Immunisation Procedure
School guidelines
Your school has additional guidelines you'll need to follow for this course: