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Aug 30, 2025
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Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog
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HDG 522 - Cariology
Cariology is a preclinical course taught in Year 1. This course introduces basic principles of cariology such as caries etiology and progression, different methods of diagnosis and classification of lesions. This course also focuses on control of caries progression, describing home and office fluoride treatment, dietary control, oral hygiene, patient education and motivation. Surgical treatment is introduced in this course as concepts and practical exercises of caries removal with hand and rotary instruments in extracted teeth. Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA) is presented in this course based on a critical discussion of risk indicators, risk factors, destructive and protective factors associated with caries to determine interventions.
0 credit
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
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