The College of Dentistry curriculum for the Doctor of Dental Surgery degree is both rigorous and tightly scheduled. Each cohort of students takes the same block of required courses for each academic year of the program. The Promotion and Advancement Policy is designed to ensure that students are clearly informed regarding requirements for advancement and the consequences when those requirements expectations are not met. For each semester of the program, all required courses must be successfully completed in order to advance.
Purpose: The University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry [COD] seeks to:
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Set clear standards for advancement through the curriculum.
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Inform students of requirements and consequences.
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Ensure that students are clearly informed and responsible for their own progression through the program.
Policy Statement:
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Students who earn an “F” grade in Human Structure for Dental Students during the first term will automatically be dismissed from the program.
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Any “D” or “F” grade automatically places the student on academic probation, with the exception of an “F” grade in Human Structure for Dental Students, which shall result in dismissal from the program.
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Any student who receives an “F” or 2 “D’s” in a simulation lab course must repeat the year, regardless of the term in which the “F” or 2 “D’s” were earned. For example, a second year student who earns an “F” in a simulation lab course offered in the spring term must repeat the second year in its entirety.
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A student who receives two (2) or more “F” grades in simulation lab courses will be dismissed from the program.
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A student may only repeat one year of the first three (3) years.
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Students must successfully complete Part 1 and Part 2 of NBDE or the INBDE in order to receive a DDS degree.
Scope and Applicability: This policy shall apply to all students in the Doctor of Dental Surgery Program.
A student is considered to have repeated a year if he/she retakes a portion of the curriculum and thus falls a year behind his/her original cohort.
Senior dental students not completing their minimal clinical experiences for graduation on or before the last regularly scheduled spring clinic session will be enrolled in the summer session and the diploma will reflect the final date of the summer session. Any dental student not completing their work by the end of the summer session must be enrolled in the fall semester and the diploma will reflect the final date of the fall semester.
Any senior student who does not fulfill graduation requirements by the end of the fall semester is enrolled in the spring semester. The student may be required to complete additional requirements in various clinical departments to ensure the maintenance of competency in all areas. The decision to assign additional clinical procedures is determined by the Comprehensive Care Course Director and/or considered by the fourth-year dental Periodic AssessmentCommittee. If required, these additional clinical expectations are presented to the student in writing.
Simulation Lab Courses include:
OCCL 7125 Dental Morphologoy
OCCL 7225 Articulation and Occlusion
ENDO 7225 Pre-clinical lab
FPRO 7125 Fixed Prosthodontics I
FPRO 7293 Fixed Prosthodontics II
FPRO 8125 Fixed Prosthodontics III
IMPL 8192 Oral Implantology I
OPDT 7292 Preclinical Operative Dentistry II
OPDT 7293 Operative Dentistry I Lab
ORTH 7225 Developmental Dentistry Orthodontics
ORTH 7391 Orthodontic Diagnosis
PEDO 7192 Basic Pediatric Dentistry
PERI 7192 Preventive Dentistry
PERI 7292 Oral Prophylaxis Technique
RD 7105 Alginate Impressions
RP 7125 Removable Prosthodontics
RP 7392 Removable Partial Prosthodontics
RP 8191 Immediate Dentures
Policy Approval: This policy was approved by the Curriculum Committee on June 1, 2018, went into effect on June 8, 2018, and will be reviewed annually thereafter.
