Clinical Introduction
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English
If the student is enrolled for the English track then classes for that subject will be taught in the same language.
Head instructor
Dr. Joan FERRÉ - jferre@uic.es
Dr. Juan BASILIO - jbasilio@uic.es
Office hours
Person in charge of the subject:
Group A: Dr. Juan Basilio Monné: jbasilio@uic.es
Group M: Dr. Joan Ferré Martínez: jferre@uic.es
Hours of attention
Contact via email to request a visit.
Knowledge of both dental equipment and ergonomics, as well as the basic diagnostic means and the ways in which we relate to patients and resolve potential emergencies, will provide the foundation for good clinical praxis.
There are no prerequisites.
To provide students with initial contact with the University Dental Clinic, as well as with dentistry instruments, equipment and tools, providing competence in their use.
To know the sterilisation circuits and their importance in clinical practice.
To train students on how to conduct first visits, their importance, as well as to analyse the different communication forms with the patient.
To provide the necessary knowledge for detecting a medical emergency and the various action protocols.
Students will be trained in the software used at the University Dental Clinic. Students will be provided with the necessary knowledge about the software’s applications, gaining competence in their use and interpretation.
Knowledge of the different machines in the clinical laboratory room, their utility and working instructions.
Knowledge of the importance of the internal sterilisation circuit and of the machines and products in the disinfection room – sterilisation.
Training for the use and recognition of the various options of the dental chair.
Knowledge on how to prepare the work area.
Knowledge of the most ergonomic work posture for accessing each quadrant and minimising the risk of lesions.
The student will start carrying out first visits on a step-by-step basis.
Assessment of precautions and interactions of medicines in special patients.
Knowledge on how to prepare medical prescriptions and specialist referral letters.
Ability to detect the emergency situations that may arise during dental practice.
Ability to react to possible medical emergency situations through simulation exercises.
Ability to use the CUO-Soft, Gesden software in its different applications.
Ability to consult the vademecum.
Ability to recognise the different structures on dental radiographs.
1.- Relationship between the clinician and the patient
• Basic aspects in communication with both verbal and non-verbal patients.
• Elements that facilitate and make communication difficult
• The clinical interview
• Groves syndrome
2.- Legal aspects in dental practice
• Clinical history
• LOPD (organic data protection law)
• Informed consent. Patient rights Legal value
• Medical prescriptions. Design and how to complete them.
3.- Description and manual of use of the dental equipment:
• Dental equipment.
• Suction module.
• Turbine, contract, handpiece and micromotor.
• Basic exploration material.
• Auxiliary and complementary material.
4.- Bases of photography applied to dentistry.
• Types of cameras and parameters that affect the quality of photography in dentistry
• Photographs necessary for dental practice
• Presentation of clinical cases (odontobook)
5.- Sterilization-Disinfection:
• Roads of contamination to the dental cabinet.
• Methods of disinfection and sterilization, and their indications and limitations
• Sterilization circuit of the material. Visit facilities.
• Biosecurity.
6.- Ergonomics:
• Musculoskeletal injuries derived from dental practice, and their prevention.
• Healthy work position and access to the different quadrants in dental practice.
7.- First Visits:
• Clinical history. Its professional and legal importance. Structure and contents.
• Structure to make a good diagnosis in integrated dentistry.
• Establish treatment options based on a good diagnosis.
• Use of the vademecum
• Inter queries. How to know how to convey the information.
• Special patients. That we understand by special patients. Precautions to follow.
8.- Computing:
• Presentation of the CUOsoft program and its use.
• Gesden Program.
• Image management programs and digital radiology.
9.- Radiology in dentistry.
• Radioprotection.
• CUO radiological protocol.
• Basis of interpretation of oral diagnostic radiology and its limitations.
• Intraoral and extraoral radiology: Types and identification of structures.
10.- Detection of the different emergency situations in the dental office.
• Detection of the patient at risk
• Basic health values
• Medical emergencies that may arise during dental care
• Protocols of action.
11.- Relationship between the clinic and the research
• Database of bibliographic research.
• Types of scientific articles applied to medical science and its structuring.
• Criteria for bibliographic selection
Chapter First contact with what would later occupy all his professional life, tools, equipment and professional and legal relationship with the patient
Theoretical or master classes:
• Theoretical classes will be given on the subject of the subject. Supplementary documentation will be added which will be part of the syllabus.
Practical classes:
• In smaller groups they explain and present practical applications of the contents, where participatively interacts with the student, with the intention of visualizing and putting into practice, within the possibilities, the contents taught. Supplementary documentation will be added which will be part of the syllabus.
Continuous evaluation
• During the course there will be partial tests of assimilation of the contents taught, both in theoretical and practical classes, to the moodle platform.
Clinical practice
• The student will attend rotary practices at the university clinic (CUO), where he can begin work and work dynamics, as a basis for his future clinical practice.
Theory class attendance:
It is recommended, since it is not very difficult to be able to assimilate the concepts. On the other hand, during the same, they will ask comprehension questions that will serve for the final note.
Attendance to practice class and clinical practice (rotary):
It is obligatory.
The student who accumulates more than 2 unexcused absences, at the discretion of the teaching staff, does not have the right to be evaluated of the practical part and therefore suspends the subject.
Since the practices will be evaluated day by day, the fact of missing, rest of the final grade of practices. Justified absences, at the discretion of the teaching staff, are less than the unexcused ones
Continuous assessment:
During the course there will be partial tests of assimilation of the contents taught, both in theoretical and practical classes, in the moodle platform
Students will be evaluated each practical and clinical class, in terms of attendance, attitude, participation and demonstration of knowledge.
At the end there will be a theoretical examination of the subjects taught, both in theoretical and practical classes
Final note:
You must have passed the internship note in order to be evaluated.
In order to pass the subject, the student must pass the theoretical exam, otherwise he will be suspended without other possibility. If you pass the theoretical exam, the final grade will be the result of the following average:
- 60% Final exam
- 40% Practice notes and continuous evaluation questions (moodle tests, practical classes and clinical
Consult the subject on Moodle, where the bibliography and recommended reading will be posted.
E: exam date | R: revision date | 1: first session | 2: second session: