The goal of the periodontal student program curriculum is to enable students to integrate
periodontics into a general dental practice. The curriculum is designed to train the
dental student to perform a comprehensive periodontal examination, establish a periodontal
diagnosis, determine both individual tooth and overall periodontal prognosis, formulate
a periodontal treatment plan that is integrated into the patient's overall dental
treatment plan in proper sequence, provide non-surgical and surgical periodontal treatment
for gingivitis and mild to moderate periodontitis, evaluate the response to periodontal
therapy, and devise and implement an appropriate periodontal maintenance program