Dentistry Curriculum

Biomedical Science

• DENT 1101 - GROSS ANATOMY AND NEUROANATOMY [168 Credits]
• DENT 1112 - GENERAL HISTOLOGY [66 Credits]
• DENT 1115 - HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY FOR DENTAL STUDENTS [74 Credits]
• DENT 1118 - MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY [70 Credits]
• DENT 1119 - GENERAL PATHOLOGY [48 Credits]
• DENT 1121 - ORALHISTOLOGY [46 Credits]

Clinical Science Courses

• DENT 1103 - FUNDAMENTALS OF OPERATIVE DENTISTRY [200 Credits]
• DENT 1105 - FUNDAMENTALS OF DENTAL RADIOLOGY [21 Credits]
• DENT 1107 - DENTAL MORPHOLOGY [76 Credits]
• DENT 1108 - PRINCIPLES OF OCCLUSION [68 Credits]
• DENT 1109 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT I [48 Credits]
• DENT 1122 - DENTAL GRAND ROUNDS I [14 Credits]
• DENT 1123 - INTRODUCTION TO ORAL DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY [124 Credits]
• DENT 1124 - INTRODUCTION TO EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY [29 Credits]
• DENT 1125 - INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL DENTISTRY - SCANNING [10 Credits]

Total Hours for First Year: 1062

Biomedical Science

• DENT 2122 - PHARMACOLOGY [60 Credits]
• DENT 2125 - ORAL PATHOLOGY [74 Credits]

Clinical Science Courses

• DENT 2102 - PRECLINICAL FIXED PROSTHODONTICS [124 Credits]
• DENT 2103 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPLETE DENTURES [110 Credits]
• DENT 2105 - INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL OPERATIVE DENT [108 Credits]
• DENT 2106 - INTRODUCTION TO PERIODONTICS [83 Credits]
• DENT 2108 - DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY [42 Credits]
• DENT 2109 - ORAL SURGERY [36 Credits]
• DENT 2110 - INTRODUCTION TO TREATMENT PLANNING [38 Credits]
• DENT 2111 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT II [50 Credits]
• DENT 2114 - PRECLINICAL ENDODONTICS [83 Credits]
• DENT 2115 - DENTAL MATERIALS SCIENCE [44 Credits]
• DENT 2116 - INTRODUCTION TO REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES [68 Credits]
• DENT 2117 - PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY LECTURE 1 [24 Credits]
• DENT 2118 - INTRODUCTION TO ORTHODONTICS [18 Credits]
• DENT 2123 - LOCAL ANESTHESIA AND MEDICAL EMERGENCIES [26 Credits]
• DENT 2124 - NITROUS OXIDE SEDATION [24 Credits]
• DENT 2130 - DENTAL GRAND ROUNDS II [14 Credits]
• DENT 2131 - ASSESSING PRIMARY LITERATURE [9 Credits]
• DENT 2135 - PRE-CLINICAL DIGITAL DENTISTRY-RESTORATION PROPOSAL AND MILLING [10 Credits]

Total Hours for Second Year: 1045

Biomedical Science

• DENT 3125 - DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ORAL LESIONS [20 Credits]

Clinical Science Courses

• DENT 3101 - PRECLINICAL ORTHODONTICS [20 Credits]
• DENT 3102 - PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY II [26 Credits]
• DENT 3104 - CLINICAL PROSTHODONTICS I [287 Credits]
• DENT 3105 - ADVANCED CLINICAL OPERATIVE DENTISTRY [143 Credits]
• DENT 3106 - INTERMEDIATE PERIODONTICS [103 Credits]
• DENT 3108 - PEDIATRICS DENTISTRY CLINIC I [64 Credits]
• DENT 3109 - JUNIOR ENDODONTIC CLINIC [40 Credits]
• DENT 3110 - ADVANCED ORAL SURGERY [26 Credits]
• DENT 3111 - CLINICAL ORTHODONTICS [40 Credits]
• DENT 3112 - CLINICAL ORAL DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT PLANNING [60 Credits]
• DENT 3113 - DENTAL RADIOLOGY III [40 Credits]
• DENT 3116 - APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY [10 Credits]
• DENT 3118 - INTRODUCTION TO TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS [38 Credits]
• DENT 3120 - CLINICAL ORAL SURGERY [48 Credits]
• DENT 3122 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT III [30 Credits]
• DENT 3123 - IMPLANTS IN DENTISTRY [36 Credits]
• DENT 3128 - DENTAL GRAND ROUNDS III [14 Credits]
• DENT 3129 - DENTISTRY AND THE AGING PATIENT [28 Credits]
• DENT 3134 - ADVANCED HEAD AND NECK ANATOMY [32 Credits]

Total Hours for Third Year: 1105

Clinical Science Courses

• DENT 4101 - COMPREHENSIVE CARE CLINIC [937 Credits]
• DENT 4102 - SR INTERMEDIATE PERIODONTICS [40 Credits]
• DENT 4103 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IV [56 Credits]
• DENT 4105 - SENIOR ENDODONTICS LECTURE [19 Credits]
• DENT 4107 - RURAL PRACTICE ROTATION [136 Credits]
• DENT 4108 - ADVANCED TREATMENT PLANNING SEMINAR [40 Credits]
• DENT 4112 - DENTAL GRAND ROUNDS IV [14 Credits]
• DENT 4113 - SENIOR ENDODONTIC CLINIC [26 Credits]
• DENT 4114 - PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY CLINIC II [56 Credits]
• DENT 4115 - CLINICAL PROSTHODONTICS II [30 Credits]
• Selective Courses [1-100 Hours]

Total Hours for Fourth Year: 1354-1485

Selective Courses

• DENT 4131 - ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY [30 Credits]
• DENT 4135 - ADVANCED ENDODONTICS [36 Credits]
• DENT 4139 - TEACHING SELECTIVE [1-99 Credits]
• DENT 4145 - SENIOR PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY [32 Credits]
• DENT 4155 - BATON ROUGE GENERAL PRACTICE RESIDENCY (GPR) SELECTIVE [40 Credits]
• DENT 4163 - TMD SELECTIVE [50 Credits]
• DENT 4164 - ORAL ONCOLOGY SELECTIVE [32 Credits]