ORTHODONTICS (ORTH)

ORTH 801.  Orthodontic Technique.  4 Credits.  

Introduction to orthodontic technique and procedures for beginning orthodontic graduate students.

Rules & Requirements  
Repeat Rules: May be repeated for credit.   
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
ORTH 802.  Current Topics in Orthodontics.  2 Credits.  

Seminars on pertinent orthodontic literature for advanced orthodontic students.

Rules & Requirements  
Repeat Rules: May be repeated for credit.   
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
ORTH 803.  Orthodontic Diagnosis.  2 Credits.  

Principles of orthodontic diagnosis and analysis of diagnostic records for orthodontic specialists.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
ORTH 805.  Advanced Clinical Orthodontics.  2-6 Credits.  

Clinical Orthodontics

Rules & Requirements  
Repeat Rules: May be repeated for credit.   
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
ORTH 806.  Science of Tooth Movement.  2 Credits.  

Mechanical principles in orthodontic force production and control; biological response to orthodontic force.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
ORTH 807.  Orthodontic Biomaterials.  1-3 Credits.  

Introduction to orthodontic biomaterials and integration with the basic principles of engineering, science, and orthodontics.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
ORTH 808.  Growth and Development.  4 Credits.  

Principles of growth and development, emphasizing dento-facial development from an evolutionary and molecular biology perspective, as well as the traditional anatomical perspective.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
ORTH 809.  Preventative Orthodontics.  3 Credits.  

Preventative orthodontics.

Rules & Requirements  
Repeat Rules: May be repeated for credit.   
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
ORTH 810.  Multidisciplinary Management of Craniofacial Anomalies.  1 Credits.  

This course introduces the graduate student to the management of patients with craniofacial anomalies using a multidisciplinary team approach. The course gives the graduate student a basic understanding of the role of specialties involved, the procedures, and timing of interventions in the management of craniofacial patients from birth to adulthood.

Rules & Requirements  
Repeat Rules: May be repeated for credit.   
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
ORTH 815.  Oral-Pharyngeal Function.  1 Credits.  

Maturation of oral and pharyngeal function, including speech and its relation to dento-facial development.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
ORTH 822.  Environment of Specialty Practice.  3 Credits.  

Trends in health care delivery; organization and management of orthodontic specialty practice.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
ORTH 992.  Master's (Non-Thesis).  3 Credits.  

Individual research under the direction of a mentor with the intention of publication. Completion of a manuscript and submission is a requirement for an MS degree.

Rules & Requirements  
Repeat Rules: May be repeated for credit.   
ORTH 993.  Master's Research and Thesis.  3 Credits.  

Individual research under the direction of a mentor and committee. Completion of a thesis for an MS degree is required.

Rules & Requirements  
Repeat Rules: May be repeated for credit.