ORHL3101 builds on the knowledge and skills gained by students in Year 1 and Year 2 and relates to the expansion of clinical skills to include the management of the adult patient to enable the provision of simple direct tooth restorations. Students will develop clinical judgment skills to be able to identify patients and dentitions which require simple direct restorative care and those that require referral for complex treatment.

Clinical skills laboratory sessions provide opportunities for students to develop the necessary clinical skills in relation to direct restorations for adult patients. Students will treat patients in the University of Newcastle Oral Health Clinic.

This course is a compulsory program component and students must pass in order to demonstrate clinical safety and to progress in the Bachelor of Oral Health Therapy program. Students are unable to enrol in Year 3 Semester 2 clinical courses until they have passed this course.