Baghdad University

College of Dentistry

Department:Conservative Dentistry.

Course title: Operative Dentistry.

Stage: Third Year.

Course syllabus

Week / Date / Topics Covered / Lab. Experiment Assignments / Notes
1 / 25.9.2011 / Definition of operative dentistry:
a- Aim of operative dentistry.
b- General terminology. / Introduction on the lab work, phantom heads and teeth manikins / Each week there is one hour lecture and six hours practical lab
2 / 2.10.2011 / Principles of cavity preparations:
a- Steps of cavity preparation.
b- Types of caries. / Demonstration about the rotary instrument, and how to cut geometrical cavities
3 / 9.10.2011 / Hand and Rotary Instruments and general instrumentation of cavity preparation / Practicing lab under supervision
4 / 16.10.2011 / Sterilization of operative instruments / demonstration cavity preparation on buccal pit of lower 1st molar and palatal pit of upper lateral incisor
5 / 23.10.2011 / Amalgam cavity preparations for class I (buccal pit, palatal pit) / Practicing lab under supervision
6 / 30.10.2011 / Amalgam cavity preparations for class I (lower 2nd premolar) / principles of amalgam cavity preparation for CLI on the occlusal surface of lower 2nd premolar
7 / 6.11.2011 / Amalgam cavity preparations for class I (lower 1st premolar) / CL I amalgam cavity for lower 1st premolar.
8 / 13.11.2011 / Amalgam cavity preparations for class I ( upper 1st molar with palatal extention) / CL I amalgam cavity for upper 1st molar with palatal extension
9 / 20.11.2011 / Amalgam cavity preparations for class I (lower 1st molar with buccal extention) / Practical assessment of CL I amalgam cavity for lower 1st molar
10 / 27.11.2011 / Amalgam cavity preparations for class II (part 1) / CL II MO cavity for lower 1st pre molar
11 / 4.12.2011 / Amalgam cavity preparations for class II (part 2) / CL II MO cavity for upper 1st molar
12 / 11.12.2011 / Amalgam cavity preparations for class II MOD / Practical assessment Amalgam CL II MO cavity on lower 1st molar.
13 / 18.12.2011 / Amalgam cavity preparations for class III / CL II MOD cavity for lower 1st molar
14 / 25.12.2011 / Amalgam cavity preparations for class V / CL II MOD cavity for upper 2nd molar
15 / 2.1.2012 / Cavity liners and cement bases / CL V cavity for lower 2nd premolar and upper 1st molar
Half-year Break
16 / 19.2.2012 / Cement base ( Zinc phosphate cement, Zinc oxide-eugenol cements) / demonstration of the mixing of zinc phosphate cement on the CL I cavity of lower 1st premolar
17 / 26.2.2012 / Cement base (Zinc polycarboxylate cement, Glass ionomer cement, Resin cement) / mixing and placing zinc phosphate cement in CLII DO cavity of lower 2nd premolar
18 / 4.3.2012 / Cavity liner (cavity varnish,
Bonding agent, Calcium hydroxide / mixing and placing zinc phosphate cement in CLII MO cavity of upper 1st molar
19 / 11.3.2012 / Dental amalgam alloys (material) / Practical assessment for the students in zinc phosphate mixing and placement in CL II MOD cavity on lower 1st molar
20 / 18.3.2012 / Dental amalgam placement (part 1) / Amalgam filling of CL I cavity of lower 1st premolar
21 / 25.3.2012 / Dental amalgam placement (part 2) / Amalgam filling of CL II cavity of lower 2nd premolar
22 / 1.4.2012 / Complex amalgam restoration. / Amalgam filling of CL II cavity of upper 1st molar
23 / 8.4.2012 / Pin retained amalgam restoration / Amalgam filling of CL II MOD cavity of upper 2nd molar
24 / 15.4.2012 / Failures in amalgam restorations / Practical assessment on Amalgam filling of CL II MOD cavity of lower 1st molar
25 / 22.4.2012 / Tooth colored restorations composite / Amalgam filling of CL V cavities of upper 1st molar and lower 2nd premolar
26 / 29.4.2012 / Composite resin (material) / Preparation of CL III composite cavity on upper central incisor with composite filling placement (light cure)
27 / 6.5.2012 / Principles of cavity preparation for composite restoration (CL III,IV and V) / Preparation of CL III composite cavity on upper lateral incisor with composite filling placement (light cure)
28 / 13.5.2012 / Composite resin placement (part 1) / Preparation of CL V composite cavity on upper central incisor with composite filling placement (light cure)
29 / 20.5.2012 / Composite resin placement (part 2) / Final practical assessment
30 / 27.5.2012 / Failures in the anterior restorations / Finishing and evaluation of the practical work