ORAL12001 - Oral Disease Prevention and Management

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will study current approaches for the prevention, treatment and management of dental diseases such as dental caries (including root caries), periodontal diseases and non carious tooth structure loss. By recording and considering the patient’s medical, dental and social history you will be able to diagnose dental diseases and develop an appropriate treatment plan. You will use your clinical judgment skills with a wide range of patients, including children and adults, medically compromised patients, people with special needs and the elderly.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 3
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites:
ORAL11003 Introduction to Oral Disease
ORAL11005 Oral Anatomy 2; AND
ORAL11006 Introduction to Oral Health Practice; AND

Co-requisites:

ORAL12002 Oral Health Pre Clinical Practice 1; AND
ORAL12003 Oral Health Clinical Practice 1; AND
ALLH12006 Evidence Based Practice for Health Professionals

BMSC11001 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026

Term 1 - 2026 Profile
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 92.31% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 44.83% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: SUTE comments and informal feedback
Feedback
The students would appreciate extension of the quiz times by 5 to 10 minutes.
Recommendation
It is recommended to review the quiz timeframes.
Action Taken
Quiz timeframes were increased by 10 minutes.
Source: SUTE comments
Feedback
The students enjoyed the unit and felt supported.
Recommendation
It is recommended to continue the unit delivery in a similar format.
Action Taken
Unit delivery was delivered with the same format as 2024.
Source: SUTE and In-class feedback
Feedback
Students felt overwhelmed by the volume of readings and suggested a clearer weekly breakdown with prioritised content
Recommendation
It is recommended to review the volume of weekly content.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The informal group assessment 'Question and Answer' session was a positive and engaging experience
Recommendation
It is recommended to continue using the current format of the 'Question and Answer' session to support group assessment learning.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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