Medicine

Dentistry: Сaries

More than 90% of the US adult population needs to be treated for cavities at least once in their lifetime. The treatment process consists of removing the affected tissue and filling the cavity with a dental light-curing composite, which is transformed from liquid to solid under a UV lamp.

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You will:

  • practice removing the damaged part of a tooth using a dental burr
  • make dental fillings using the sandwich technique
  • perform an examination of the oral cavity using dental instruments

You will learn:

  • how to fill out a dental claim form
  • how a dental composite works
  • what instruments are used in a dental exam

Experiments

Internship Dentistry

Learn how to fill a dental card

Examining you teeth

Examine your own teeth and fill a dental card

Drilling the cavities

Use a dental bur to treat cavities.

Tooth filling

Use dental composition to fill the cavities

Patient: John Smith

Meet and diagnose the patient

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