Postgraduate Course: Craniofacial Anomalies (DENT12023)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This module will build on the first year teaching on normal craniofacial and dental development by introducing the anomalies of growth and development of interest to the orthodontist, such as cleft lip and palate, skeletal disharmony, facial asymmetries, syndromes, and how these can be diagnosed and treated.
Course description	Abnormalities of facial and craniofacial growth and development are covered in this section. The assessment, diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired craniofacial anomalies (such as skeletal disproportion, cleft lip and palate, etc) will be presented. The multidisciplinary nature of such treatment will be emphasised.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 196 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Workplace-based assessments«br /» End of term exam«br /» Summative: end of course term exam 100%«br /»
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Be familiar with the major anomalies that affect craniofacial growth Be able to diagnose and describe these Be able to prescribe the appropriate treatment in collaboration with other disciplines of dentistry, medicine and surgery