Our mission is accomplished by a curriculum that addresses the following goals and objectives:

2. The ability to recognize and diagnose oral diseases based on diagnostic data.

3. The ability to integrate multiple dental disciplines into effective treatment planning - this includes
the gathering and analysis of diagnostic information, treatment organization, treatment presentation
for informed consent and implementation of accepted treatment.

4. The ability to manage the emergent, urgent, episodic and comprehensive patient.

5. The ability to develop patient assessment procedures that lead to appropriate dental
recommendation for patients with complex dental, medical, social and economic needs.

6. Provide in-hospital experience to treat hospitalized and medically compromised patients on medical
services as well as on the dental service and specifically to provide the resident experience to
function in the hospital operating room, the emergency ward and on the general medical wards

7. The ability to make referrals and obtain consultations from professional colleagues to allow for
comprehensive care of the patient's needs whose treatment may be impacted by dental, medical,
psychological and social considerations.

8. The ability to use pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods of pain and anxiety in
effective patient management.

9. The ability to practice in hospital, community and private office settings and have understanding of
legal issues associated with patient care.

10. The development of an understanding of hospital organization, functioning and credentialing. The
resident will have basic experience and skill to obtain hospital privileges and be a successful
participant on a hospital medical staff.

11. The development of an awareness of and ability to work with resources to provide disease
prevention and treatment.

12. To provide the resident experience and knowledge in treating special care components of the
community including indigent patients, medically challenged patients and developmentally disabled
patients who are not usually afforded dental care in routine outpatient settings.

13. Provide the resident with exposure to medical disciplines which may have direct or indirect affects
in dental practice and which will allow the resident the chance to observe the functions of these
related services and improve patient care with increased knowledge of dentistry's roles in general
health care.