Doctor of Med in Dentistry

This course establishes the foundation of normal oral histology, embryology, and the surrounding extraoral and intraoral structures. Topics include the embryologic development and related histology of the orofacial structures, which is a fundamental element in the oral health science and provides the background for Oral Pathology, Operative Dentistry, Endodontics, and Periodontics. 

This course introduces students to the structure and function of the healthcare system. The course will also lay the groundwork in establishing the student as a lifelong learner who will uphold the professional and ethical standards of the Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry

This course is continuous, throughout the D1 and D2 year (I - VI) with integrated didactic and laboratory components to take the student from dental materials, dental morphology and occlusion, basic through advanced clinical dentistry including radiology, oral medicine, nutrition, periodontics, rotary endodontics, cariology, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics including CAD/CAM and implant dentistry, removable prosthodontics, oral surgery including temporomandibular function and dysfunction, pediatric dentistry, and orthodontics including Invisalign while utilizing case-studies and an evidence-based approach to simulate patient cases and treatment. Students will participate in simulated clinical competency evaluations, including radiographic interpretation and diagnosis, oral health sciences, oral medicine, and treatment planning while developing the psychomotor skills necessary to practice Comprehensive General Dentistry.

This course is continuous throughout the D1, D2, D3, and D4 year (I - XI) and involves community service-learning theory and practice. Courses I - III focus on Health Promotion. Through Remote Area Medical, the Health Wagon, and Smile TN, students' partner with non-profit agencies and programs serving the underserved populations of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia. Additionally, students will visit elementary and junior high schools to provide health promotion education to students in oral disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and drug avoidance. Student engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination are vehicles for the implementation of service-learning. These courses are designed to enhance students' understanding of the social determinants of illness, community public health dentistry, and civic engagement.

This course is designed to provide dental students with the anatomical foundation of dentistry and entails the study of regional and systemic anatomy. Presented through didactic, case-based learning, and experiential learning pedagogy, this course focuses on conceptual anatomy, demonstrating the dental significance of anatomical structures including the skull, face, oral cavity, and cranial cavity are critical to the practice of dentistry.

This course is continuous, throughout the D1 and D2 year (I - VI) with integrated didactic and laboratory components to take the student from dental materials, dental morphology and occlusion, basic through advanced clinical dentistry including radiology, oral medicine, nutrition, periodontics, rotary endodontics, cariology, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics including CAD/CAM and implant dentistry, removable prosthodontics, oral surgery including temporomandibular function and dysfunction, pediatric dentistry, and orthodontics including Invisalign while utilizing case-studies and an evidence-based approach to simulate patient cases and treatment. Students will participate in simulated clinical competency evaluations, including radiographic interpretation and diagnosis, oral health sciences, oral medicine, and treatment planning while developing the psychomotor skills necessary to practice Comprehensive General Dentistry.

This course will introduce students to the structure and function of the healthcare system, including topics in health policy, professionalism, research, and the dentist-patient relationships. These areas are topics such as epidemiology and population health, interprofessional education, evidence-based dentistry, research ethics, and public health and disease surveillance. The course will include introducing the importance of standard precaution and disease prevention, along with topics in global health and the epidemiology of infectious diseases.

This course introduces the student dentist to activities that offer knowledge-based information, focused on describing roles and responsibilities, and demonstrates awareness of interprofessional communication and teamwork required across the health profession. Concentrating on the interprofessional team dynamics as they relate to individual team members' values and the impact on team functioning in ethical dilemmas.

This course is continuous throughout the D1, D2, D3, and D4 year (I - XI) and involves community service-learning theory and practice. Courses I - III focus on Health Promotion. Through Remote Area Medical, the Health Wagon, and Smile TN, students partner with non-profit agencies and programs serving the underserved populations of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia. Additionally, students will visit elementary and junior high schools to provide health promotion education to students in oral disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and drug avoidance. Student engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination are vehicles for the implementation of service-learning. These courses are designed to enhance students' understanding of the social determinants of illness, community public health dentistry, and civic engagement.

This course is continuous throughout the D-1 and D-2 year (I – VI) with integrated didactic and laboratory components to take the student from dental materials, dental morphology and occlusion, basic through advanced clinical dentistry including radiology, oral medicine, nutrition, periodontics, rotary endodontics, cariology, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics including CAD/CAM and implant dentistry, removable prosthodontics, oral surgery including temporomandibular function and dysfunction, pediatric dentistry, and orthodontics including Invisalign while utilizing case-studies and an evidence-based approach to simulate patient cases and treatment. Students will participate in simulated clinical competency evaluations, including radiographic interpretation and diagnosis, oral health sciences, oral medicine, and treatment planning, while developing the psychomotor skills necessary to practice Comprehensive General Dentistry. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4 years (I – XI) and involves community service-learning theory and practice. Courses I – III focus on Health Promotion. Through Remote Area Medical, the Health Wagon, and Smile TN, students partner with non-profit agencies and programs serving the underserved populations of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia. Additionally, students will visit elementary and junior high schools to provide health promotion education to students in oral disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and drug avoidance. Student engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination are vehicles for the implementation of service- learning. These courses are designed to enhance students' understanding of the social determinants of illness, community public health dentistry, and civic engagement. 

Evidence-based dentistry (EDB) is the major theme for all courses within the dental medicine curriculum and contemporary dental practice. This course provides a foundation for students, along with an introductory working knowledge of all of the tools for EBD. 

This course is a continuation of Interprofessional Education I and introduces the student dentist to activities that offer knowledge-based information, focused on describing roles and responsibilities, and demonstrates awareness of interprofessional communication and teamwork required across the health profession—focusing on describing the student dentist's role, responsibilities, values, and scope of practice effectively to clients/patients/families and other professionals. 

This course encourages LMU College of Dental Medicine students to become involved in oral health-related research (basic, biomaterials, clinical, or behavioral) at LMU CDM. The research experience is flexible to fit the diversity of the projects and the changing goals of the students as they progress through the dental medicine curriculum. 

This course focuses on the identification and differential diagnosis of the oral pathology lesions most encountered in general dental practice and their management. Emphasis is placed on the pathology of the oral mucosa, dental tissues, and related structures. Student dentists learn about the pathogenesis, etiology, histopathological features, and diagnostic methods of a range of lesions of the teeth, oral mucosa, and jawbones, including developmental anomalies, caries, pulp, periapical, and periodontal diseases. Additionally, cystic lesions that affect the jaws and perioral soft tissues will be discussed, along with oral connective tissue lesions and epithelial lesions, most importantly, squamous cell carcinoma. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1 and D-2 year (I – VI) with integrated didactic and laboratory components to take the student from dental materials, dental morphology and occlusion, basic through advanced clinical dentistry including radiology, oral medicine, nutrition, periodontics, rotary endodontics, cariology, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics including CAD/CAM and implant dentistry, removable prosthodontics, oral surgery including temporomandibular function and dysfunction, pediatric dentistry, and orthodontics including Invisalign while utilizing case-studies and an evidence-based approach to simulate patient cases and treatment. Students will participate in simulated clinical competency evaluations, including radiographic interpretation and diagnosis, oral health sciences, oral medicine, and treatment planning, while developing the psychomotor skills necessary to practice Comprehensive General Dentistry. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4 years (I – XI) and involves community service-learning theory and practice. Courses IV-VI focuses on Local and Global Health. Through Remote Area Medical, the Health Wagon, and Smile TN, students partner with non-profit agencies and programs serving the underserved populations of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia. Additionally, students will visit elementary and junior high schools to provide health promotion education to students in oral disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and drug avoidance. Student engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination are vehicles for the implementation of service- learning. Students will have an opportunity to participate in humanitarian mission trips to Uganda and Belize to provide dental care to the underserved. These courses are designed to enhance students' understanding of the social determinants of illness, community public health dentistry, and civic engagement. 

Evidence-based dentistry (EDB) is the major theme for all courses within the dental medicine curriculum and contemporary comprehensive dental practice. This course discusses the integration of the dentist's clinical expertise, the patient's needs and preferences, and the most current, clinically relevant evidence as to the three-part decision- making process for patient care. 

This course will introduce students to the structure and function of the healthcare system. The course will also lay the groundwork in establishing the student as a lifelong learner that upholds the professional and ethical standards of the dentist while exposing the students to diverse populations. This will include topics in health policy, professionalism, research, and dentist-patient relationships. Included in these areas are topics such as health care organization, dental service organizations, insurance, interprofessional education, evidence-based dentistry, ethics, and malpractice. The course will include the introduction of key principles and methods of biostatistics and epidemiology that are important for the understanding of published studies. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1 and D-2 year (I – VI) with integrated didactic and laboratory components to take the student from dental materials, dental morphology and occlusion, basic through advanced clinical dentistry including radiology, oral medicine, nutrition, periodontics, rotary endodontics, cariology, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics including CAD/CAM and implant dentistry, removable prosthodontics, oral surgery including temporomandibular function and dysfunction, pediatric dentistry, and orthodontics including Invisalign while utilizing case-studies and an evidence-based approach to simulate patient cases and treatment. Students will participate in simulated clinical competency evaluations, including radiographic interpretation and diagnosis, oral health sciences, oral medicine, and treatment planning, while developing the psychomotor skills necessary to practice Comprehensive General Dentistry. 

This course is a continuation of Interprofessional Education II and introduces the student dentist to activities that offer knowledge-based information, focused on describing role and responsibilities, and demonstrates awareness of interprofessional communication and teamwork required across the health profession—focusing on the recognition and understanding of how one's uniqueness, including power and hierarchy within the IP team, contributes to communication effectiveness. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4 years (I – XI) and involves community service-learning theory and practice. Courses IV-VI focuses on Local and Global Health. Through Remote Area Medical, the Health Wagon, and Smile TN, students partner with non-profit agencies and programs serving the underserved populations of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia. Additionally, students will visit elementary and junior high schools to provide health promotion education to students in oral disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and drug avoidance. Student engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination are vehicles for the implementation of service- learning. Students will have an opportunity to participate in humanitarian mission trips to Uganda and Belize to provide dental care to the underserved. These courses are designed to enhance students' understanding of the social determinants of illness, community public health dentistry, and civic engagement. 

This course focuses on the unique dental and medical needs of pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients with special needs and limitations. Student dentists will develop the knowledge and skills required to provide comprehensive oral health care to this population. They will gain an understanding of the complexities and limitations, management techniques, and the role so the dentist in comprehensive oral healthcare while managing patients with mental or physical disabilities and those medically compromised. 

This course provides student dentists with the anatomy, medical considerations, pharmacology, techniques, and complications of local anesthesia in dental practice. Additional topics include the administration of nitrous oxide, oral, IM, IV, and conscious sedation, general anesthesia, along with the management of medical emergencies likely to be seen in the dental office. Students will learn how to administer local anesthesia efficiently and effectively for patient treatment 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1 and D-2 year (I – VI) with integrated didactic and laboratory components to take the student from dental materials, dental morphology and occlusion, basic through advanced clinical dentistry including radiology, oral medicine, nutrition, periodontics, rotary endodontics, cariology, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics including CAD/CAM and implant dentistry, removable prosthodontics, oral surgery including temporomandibular function and dysfunction, pediatric dentistry, and orthodontics including Invisalign while utilizing case-studies and an evidence-based approach to simulate patient cases and treatment. Students will participate in simulated clinical competency evaluations, including radiographic interpretation and diagnosis, oral health sciences, oral medicine, and treatment planning, while developing the psychomotor skills necessary to practice Comprehensive General Dentistry. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4 years (I – XI) and involves community service-learning theory and practice. Courses IV-VI focuses on Local and Global Health. Through Remote Area Medical, the Health Wagon, and Smile TN, students partner with non-profit agencies and programs serving the underserved populations of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia. Additionally, students will visit elementary and junior high schools to provide health promotion education to students in oral disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and drug avoidance. Student engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination are vehicles for the implementation of service- learning. Students will have an opportunity to participate in humanitarian mission trips to Uganda and Belize to provide dental care to the underserved. These courses are designed to enhance students' understanding of the social determinants of illness, community public health dentistry, and civic engagement. 

This course introduces the student dentist to the ethical and legal issues related to the practice of dentistry. Case studies are presented to determine the principles of dental ethics and jurisprudence. Review and interpretation of the Tennessee Dental Practice Act and licensure requirements are reviewed. The student dentist will be introduced to practice management, employment issues, dental office procedures, career opportunities, resume building, and effective communication as a member of the oral healthcare team. 

This course introduces the student dentist to the role of behavioral science in the study and practice of dentistry. It provides the student with an understanding of human behavior and its effects on dental treatment. Emphasis is placed on the psychobiology of inflammation and pain, oral health and quality of life, saliva health, and hypnosis in dentistry. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 and D-4 years (I – VI). Student dentists learn comprehensive patient-centered oral health care and develop clinical competency required to enter the general practice of dentistry. Student dentists will provide patient care under the supervision, guidance, and support of faculty and will enhance their diagnostic, technical, and interpersonal skills. This courses emphasize the importance of these skills in effective, efficient, and compassionate patient care and guide the students towards independent practice by evaluating competence in the delivery of specific services, providing high-quality, comprehensive care to all patients, maintaining professionalism in the delivery of care, accurately self-evaluating one's clinical performance, and practicing efficiently and profitably. Case studies include topics in evidence-based, comprehensive general dentistry, advanced radiological interpretation and diagnosis, implantology, laser dentistry, CAD/CAM dentistry, occlusion, obstructive sleep apnea, temporomandibular dysfunction, occlusion, surgical periodontics, pharmacology, and practice management. 

This course is a continuation of Interprofessional Education III and introduces the student dentist to activities that offer knowledge-based information, focused on describing roles and responsibilities, and demonstrates awareness of interprofessional communication and teamwork required across the health profession—focusing on the practice of Interprofessional Education with respect to the science and theories behind teamwork. Including the description of the culture of the Interprofessional team that facilitates or inhibits collaboration and its constraints. And identifies instances where Interprofessional care will improve patient, family, and community outcomes. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 and D-4 years (I – VI). Student dentists learn comprehensive patient-centered oral health care and develop clinical competency required to enter the general practice of dentistry. Student dentists will provide patient care under the supervision, guidance, and support of faculty and will enhance their diagnostic, technical, and interpersonal skills. This courses emphasize the importance of these skills in effective, efficient, and compassionate patient care and guide the students towards independent practice by evaluating competence in the delivery of specific services, providing high-quality, comprehensive care to all patients, maintaining professionalism in the delivery of care, accurately self-evaluating one's clinical performance, and practicing efficiently and profitably. Case studies include topics in evidence-based, comprehensive general dentistry, advanced radiological interpretation and diagnosis, implantology, laser dentistry, CAD/CAM dentistry, occlusion, obstructive sleep apnea, temporomandibular dysfunction, occlusion, surgical periodontics, pharmacology, and practice management. 

This course is a continuation of Behavioral Dentistry I and facilitates the integration of the role of behavioral science in the study and practice of dentistry and provides the student with an understanding of human behavior and its effects on dental treatment. Emphasis is placed on the examination of anxiety, fear, dental and chronic orofacial pain, and then reviews techniques for designing and managing behavior change. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4 years (I – XI) and involves community service-learning theory and practice. Courses VII-IX focus on School Districts. Through Remote Area Medical, the Health Wagon, and Smile TN, students partner with non-profit agencies and programs serving the underserved populations of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia. Additionally, students will visit elementary and junior high schools to provide health promotion education to students in oral disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and drug avoidance. Student engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination are vehicles for the implementation of service- learning. These courses are designed to enhance students' understanding of the social determinants of illness, community public health dentistry, and civic engagement. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 year (I-III) and is a seminar review course that involves the synthesis and implementation of comprehensive treatment plans applicable to direct patient care. Emphasis is placed on collecting diagnostic data, proper sequencing of treatment steps dealing with the prevention, elimination, and control of the dental disease. Clinical patient management and practice management are incorporated into the course design. Topics will include practice management, radiology, oral medicine, internal medicine, advanced treatment planning, emergency patient care, pain management, periodontics, endodontics, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics, implantology, occlusion, removable prosthodontics, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, geriatric dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and orthodontics. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 and D-4 years (I -V). It gives student dentists the broadest input on the treatment of patients with perspectives from endodontists, orthodontists, periodontists, pedodontists, prosthodontists, and oral surgeons, for the development of interdisciplinary comprehensive treatment plan. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 and D-4 years (I – VI). Student dentists learn comprehensive patient-centered oral health care and develop clinical competency required to enter the general practice of dentistry. Student dentists will provide patient care under the supervision, guidance, and support of faculty and will enhance their diagnostic, technical, and interpersonal skills. This courses emphasize the importance of these skills in effective, efficient, and compassionate patient care and guide the students towards independent practice by evaluating competence in the delivery of specific services, providing high-quality, comprehensive care to all patients, maintaining professionalism in the delivery of care, accurately self-evaluating one's clinical performance, and practicing efficiently and profitably. Case studies include topics in evidence-based, comprehensive general dentistry, advanced radiological interpretation and diagnosis, implantology, laser dentistry, CAD/CAM dentistry, occlusion, obstructive sleep apnea, temporomandibular dysfunction, occlusion, surgical periodontics, pharmacology, and practice management. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4 years (I – XI) and involves community service-learning theory and practice. Courses VII-IX focus on School Districts. Through Remote Area Medical, the Health Wagon, and Smile TN, students partner with non-profit agencies and programs serving the underserved populations of Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia. Additionally, students will visit elementary and junior high schools to provide health promotion education to students in oral disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and drug avoidance. Student engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination are vehicles for the implementation of service-learning. These courses are designed to enhance students' understanding of the social determinants of illness, community public health dentistry, and civic engagement. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 year (I-III) and is a seminar review course that involves the synthesis and implementation of comprehensive treatment plans applicable to direct patient care. Emphasis is placed on collecting diagnostic data, proper sequencing of treatment steps dealing with the prevention, elimination, and control of the dental disease. Clinical patient management and practice management are incorporated into the course design. Topics will include practice management, radiology, oral medicine, internal medicine, advanced treatment planning, emergency patient care, pain management, periodontics, endodontics, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics, implantology, occlusion, removable prosthodontics, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, geriatric dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and orthodontics. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 and D-4 years (I -V). It gives student dentists the broadest input on the treatment of patients with perspectives from endodontists, orthodontists, periodontists, pedodontists, prosthodontists, and oral surgeons, for the development of interdisciplinary comprehensive treatment plan. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 and D-4 years (I – VI). Student dentists learn comprehensive patient-centered oral health care and develop clinical competency required to enter the general practice of dentistry. Student dentists will provide patient care under the supervision, guidance, and support of faculty and will enhance their diagnostic, technical, and interpersonal skills. This courses emphasize the importance of these skills in effective, efficient, and compassionate patient care and guide the students towards independent practice by evaluating competence in the delivery of specific services, providing high-quality, comprehensive care to all patients, maintaining professionalism in the delivery of care, accurately self-evaluating one's clinical performance, and practicing efficiently and profitably. Case studies include topics in evidence-based, comprehensive general dentistry, advanced radiological interpretation and diagnosis, implantology, laser dentistry, CAD/CAM dentistry, occlusion, obstructive sleep apnea, temporomandibular dysfunction, occlusion, surgical periodontics, pharmacology, and practice management. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4 years (I – XI) and involves community service-learning theory and practice. Courses VII-IX focus on School Districts. Through Remote Area Medical, the Health Wagon, and Smile TN, students partner with non-profit agencies and programs serving the underserved populations of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia. Additionally, students will visit elementary and junior high schools to provide health promotion education to students in oral disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and drug avoidance. Student engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination are vehicles for the implementation of service- learning. These courses are designed to enhance students' understanding of the social determinants of illness, community public health dentistry, and civic engagement. 

This course is a continuation of Behavioral Dentistry II and facilitates the integration of the role of behavioral science in the study and practice of dentistry and provides the student with an understanding of human behavior and its effects on dental treatment. Emphasis is placed on professional practice, including care of special needs, geriatric, and diabetic patients, and interpersonal communication in dental education. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 year (I-III) and is a seminar review course that involves the synthesis and implementation of comprehensive treatment plans applicable to direct patient care. Emphasis is placed on collecting diagnostic data, proper sequencing of treatment steps dealing with the prevention, elimination, and control of dental disease. Clinical patient management and practice management are incorporated into the course design. Topics will include practice management, radiology, oral medicine, internal medicine, advanced treatment planning, emergency patient care, pain management, periodontics, endodontics, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics, implantology, occlusion, removable prosthodontics, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, geriatric dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and orthodontics. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 and D-4 years (I -V). It gives student dentists the broadest input on the treatment of patients with perspectives from endodontists, orthodontists, periodontists, pedodontists, prosthodontists, and oral surgeons, for the development of interdisciplinary comprehensive treatment plan. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 and D-4 years (I – VI). Student dentists learn comprehensive patient-centered oral health care and develop clinical competency required to enter the general practice of dentistry. Student dentists will provide patient care under the supervision, guidance, and support of faculty and will enhance their diagnostic, technical, and interpersonal skills. This courses emphasize the importance of these skills in effective, efficient, and compassionate patient care and guide the students towards independent practice by evaluating competence in the delivery of specific services, providing high-quality, comprehensive care to all patients, maintaining professionalism in the delivery of care, accurately self-evaluating one's clinical performance, and practicing efficiently and profitably. Case studies include topics in evidence-based, comprehensive general dentistry, advanced radiological interpretation and diagnosis, implantology, laser dentistry, CAD/CAM dentistry, occlusion, obstructive sleep apnea, temporomandibular dysfunction, occlusion, surgical periodontics, pharmacology, and practice management. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4 years (I – XI) and involves community service-learning theory and practice. Courses X – XI focus on Community Health. Through Remote Area Medical, the Health Wagon, and Smile TN, students partner with non-profit agencies and programs serving the underserved populations of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia. Additionally, students will visit elementary and junior high schools to provide health promotion education to students in oral disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and drug avoidance. Student engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination are vehicles for the implementation of service-learning. These courses are designed to enhance students' understanding of the social determinants of illness, community public health dentistry, and civic engagement. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-4 year (I-II) and will provide student dentists with lectures on advanced topics in general dentistry, including practice management, radiology, oral medicine, internal medicine, advanced treatment planning, emergency patient care, pain management, periodontics, endodontics, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics, implantology, occlusion, removable prosthodontics, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, geriatric dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, behavioral dentistry, forensic odontology**, leadership and communication**, evidence based- dentistry, ethics and jurisprudence, community health and epidemiology**, Invisalign treatment for Class I and II Malocclusion**, obstructive sleep apnea, oral parafunction, substance abuse, temporomandibular function and dysfunction, orofacial myofunctional disorders, and IV sedation**. **lectures are elective. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 and D-4 years (I -V). It gives student dentists the broadest input on the treatment of patients with perspectives from endodontists, orthodontists, periodontists, pedodontists, prosthodontists, and oral surgeons, for the development of interdisciplinary comprehensive treatment plan. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 and D-4 years (I – VI). Student dentists learn comprehensive patient-centered oral health care and develop clinical competency required to enter the general practice of dentistry. Student dentists will provide patient care under the supervision, guidance, and support of faculty and will enhance their diagnostic, technical, and interpersonal skills. This courses emphasize the importance of these skills in effective, efficient, and compassionate patient care and guide the students towards independent practice by evaluating competence in the delivery of specific services, providing high-quality, comprehensive care to all patients, maintaining professionalism in the delivery of care, accurately self-evaluating one's clinical performance, and practicing efficiently and profitably. Case studies include topics in evidence-based, comprehensive general dentistry, advanced radiological interpretation and diagnosis, implantology, laser dentistry, CAD/CAM dentistry, occlusion, obstructive sleep apnea, temporomandibular dysfunction, occlusion, surgical periodontics, pharmacology, and practice management. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4 years (I – XI) and involves community service-learning theory and practice. Courses X – XI focus on Community Health. Through Remote Area Medical, the Health Wagon, and Smile TN, students partner with non-profit agencies and programs serving the underserved populations of Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia. Additionally, students will visit elementary and junior high schools to provide health promotion education to students in oral disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and drug avoidance. Student engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination are vehicles for the implementation of service-learning. These courses are designed to enhance students' understanding of the social determinants of illness, community public health dentistry, and civic engagement. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-4 year (I-II) and will provide student dentists with lectures on advanced topics in general dentistry, including practice management, radiology, oral medicine, internal medicine, advanced treatment planning, emergency patient care, pain management, periodontics, endodontics, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics, implantology, occlusion, removable prosthodontics, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, geriatric dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, behavioral dentistry, forensic odontology**, leadership and communication**, evidence based- dentistry, ethics and jurisprudence, community health and epidemiology**, Invisalign treatment for Class I and II Malocclusion**, obstructive sleep apnea, oral parafunction, substance abuse, temporomandibular function and dysfunction, orofacial myofunctional disorders, and IV sedation**. **lectures are elective. 

This course is continuous throughout the D-3 and D-4 years (I -V). It gives student dentists the broadest input on the treatment of patients with perspectives from endodontists, orthodontists, periodontists, pedodontists, prosthodontists, and oral surgeons, for the development of interdisciplina 

Medical Gross Anatomy (MGA) is the study of the body's structure. The course is organized according to the major body regions: back and upper limb; thorax and abdomen; pelvis and lower limb; and head and neck. Laboratory dissections will be utilized throughout the entire course. Supplemental lectures and tutorials will also be given. The student is expected to learn anatomical terminology, three-dimensional, and radiological anatomy. Throughout the course, students will be challenged to relate anatomy to solving clinical problems. The latter is an integral part of the anatomy curriculum. Students will be evaluated by a series of written examinations and laboratory practical exams.

The Molecular Fundamentals of Medicine I (MFM I) course is designed to provide each student with an integrated understanding of the basic biochemical, molecular, and cellular principles underlying cell structure and function in health and disease. The course integrates the basic science disciplines of molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry and metabolism, pathology, and medical genetics within the context of their clinical applications to basic biomedical sciences. Students will gain an understanding of (1) human molecular biology and genetics; (2) cellular biology and metabolism (3) cellular, molecular, and metabolic abnormalities resulting in pathological conditions and disease; and (4) the molecular basis for clinical diagnosis and therapy.

MFM II focuses on the function of the human immune system and the infectious diseases that afflict body uses normal microbiota and various components of the immune system for self-regulation, self- healing, and health preservation to protect us from infection and disease. The microbiology content is delivered in a "bug parade" manor to study the characteristics, disease presentation, and pathology caused by individual microorganisms allowing students to determine the diagnosis and treatments of infectious diseases. It is an integrated course introducing the student unfamiliar with microbiology to foundations of bacteriology, virology, parasitology, and mycology.

Medical Histology gives students a foundation in the basic structural and functional organization of cells and tissues in the human body. The course focuses on the histologic study of basic tissue types and the microscopic anatomy of major organs and organ systems. The understanding of the normal histology presented in this course is critical for the student's ability to: (1) envision the cellular/tissue structures associated with the biochemical and physiological processes explained in other courses, and (2) identify and comprehend the histopathology presented in the second-year systems courses

This course provides a thorough survey of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems. The basic science components will include embryologic neural development, neuroanatomy, and neurophysiology.

This course is a comprehensive study of normal human physiology organized by system, with an emphasis on integration and control based on the body's innate capacity for regulation and healing. Students are also introduced to failures of the regulatory systems, due either to internal or external pathology. The major class activities are lectures and team-based learning (TBL) exercises. TBL activities are problem-solving exercises to reinforce learning.

The course is designed to build a foundation of pharmacologic knowledge. Drug modes of action and physiologic effects that stem from drug actions are introduced systematically by pharmacologic class with emphasis placed upon prototypical and commonly used members from each pharmacologic class.

This course provides the student with an interdisciplinary approach to the primary care focused evaluation and treatment of conditions involving the neuromusculoskeletal system. Foundations of anatomy and biomechanics, physiology, pharmacology, and pathology are included to enhance the understanding of fundamental clinical concepts. Basic science and aspects of clinical neuromusculoskeletal medicine are considered. 

This course provides the dental student with an interdisciplinary, integrated approach to the basic science and clinical medicine framework for understanding the fundamentals of the hematopoietic and lymphatic systems. The course will introduce students to biochemical, genetic, pathological, pharmacologic, and immunologic considerations as the basis for an approach to the pathophysiology and clinical evaluation and treatment of anemia, hemoglobinopathies, white blood cell disorders, primary immunodeficiency disorders, leukemias and lymphomas, multiple myeloma, myeloproliferative disorders, hemostasis disorders, platelet disorders, transfusion medicine, lymphedema, select infectious disease considerations, along with other specialized topics. 

This course will prepare students to apply scientific understanding of normal physiological functions, the mechanisms of disease, and principles of therapeutics within conceptual and clinical applications in order to: 

1. Distinguish normal from abnormal cardiovascular function, formulate a diagnosis, and determine the most appropriate basic therapeutic approach. 
2. Interpret and analyze history and physical examination, laboratory results, ECGs, and imaging technologies to diagnose and guide basic therapeutic approach for common cardiovascular conditions. 

The purpose of this course is to present relevant clinical information of the pathophysiology and diagnosis and treatment of renal diseases to allow the student to develop an in-depth knowledge of the structures and functions of the human renal system and how they are altered by various specific renal and systemic disease processes. This second-year renal course will build on and augment what the student has already learned in the various first- year courses and will develop a more comprehensive understanding of the structure and function of the renal system in health and illness and how it is evaluated. This course will also introduce and reinforce for the student the systemic manifestations of renal disease impacting other body systems and how pathophysiological processes in other systems impact renal function. The course will also provide an introduction to the understanding of the alterations of the pharmacology of various medications as a result of the presence of renal disease. 

The Respiratory Course is designed to instruct students about the pathologic conditions ofthe Respiratory system. The course is organized by disease types and has the pathophysiology early and integrated throughout the course. The course instructs students on the diagnostic and therapeutic tools used to evaluate and manage patients with pathology of the respiratory system. Numerous disciplines like anatomy, microbiology, and pharmacology are used to instruct the students about the evaluation and treatment of the pathology of the respiratory system. The greater design of the course is to teach an osteopathic student how to diagnose and treat problems originating from or related to the respiratory system. 

This course applies the physiologic principles of hormone production and function to pathologic processes of endocrine disorders. It also explores metabolic dysfunction, including the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes and other obesity-related conditions. Clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of common adult endocrine disorders are covered. Emphasis is placed on understanding the interplay of endocrine regulatory mechanisms as they relate to appropriate pharmacologic treatment of endocrine dysfunction. 

This course will familiarize the student with the female and male reproductive system. The basic science and clinical information regarding the normal structure and function of the genitourinary system, the pathophysiology of genitourinary system disorders, and the clinical characteristics and epidemiology of these disorders. 

This course tasks the student with applying basic principles of histology, embryology, anatomy, genetics, microbiology, physiology, pharmacology, and pathology of gastrointestinal diseases in the adult and pediatric population. Basic concepts of nutrition will also be covered in this system. 

This course explores the anatomy of the skin, pathologies of the skin, and the pharmacology of dermatologic drugs. Clinical manifestations of skin disorders of various ages are presented in lecture format or TBL categorized by classification of lesions.