Program Requirements
The Master of Science (M.Sc.) Dental Sciences; Non-Thesis program focuses on theoretical and methodological foundations spanning multiple approaches to health research.
Required Courses (24 credits)
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DENT 601 Quantitative Data Analysis for Oral Health Research (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : A quantitative data analysis model for oral health research.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Arekunnath Madathil, Sreenath (Fall)
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DENT 625 Applied Qualitative Health Research (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Foundations of qualitative health research through consideration of theory, initiation into fieldwork and the combination of pertinent theoretical and practical components.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Levine, Alissa (Winter)
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DENT 663 Principles of Health Research (1 credit)
Overview
Dentistry : Research topics and methodology, including critical thinking and evaluating evidence, scientific responsibilities, academic integrity, scientific writing, and publishing basics.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Kaartinen, Mari Tuulia; Martel, Marc; Quaiattini, Andrea; Kengne Talla, Pascaline (Fall)
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken DENT 563.
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DENT 668 Practicum Readings in Dentistry and Health Research (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Literature that contributes general and specific practicum skills and knowledge, including a literature search, documentation of the process and preparation of the background literature for the final practicum project.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Levine, Alissa (Winter)
Restrictions: Open only to students in the M.Sc. in Dental Sciences; Non-Thesis program.
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DENT 670 Dentistry Community Health Practicum (6 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Practical stage.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Levine, Alissa; Nicolau, Belinda Farias (Winter)
Corequisite: DENT 668
Restriction: Available only to those students registered in the non-thesis option of the M.Sc. in Dental Sciences.
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DENT 671D1 Advanced Research Seminar (1 credit)
Overview
Dentistry : Topics in current research in Oral Health Sciences.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Zimmermann, Elizabeth (Fall)
Students must register for both DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 together are equivalent to DENT 671
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DENT 671D2 Advanced Research Seminar (1 credit)
Overview
Dentistry : See DENT 671D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Zimmermann, Elizabeth (Winter)
Prerequisite: DENT 671D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 together are equivalent to DENT 671
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DENT 685 Theory of Dental Public Health (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Theory and principles of public health, as applied to the concepts and determinants of oral health and disease, oral disease prevention and health promotion, dental care delivery systems and professional issues related to dental care delivery.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Allison, Paul J; Bedos, Christophe (Fall)
Restriction(s): Only open to graduate students enrolled in the Faculty of Dentistry
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DENT 690 Literature Reviews (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Theoretical foundation and workflow outline for performing a narrative, rapid, scoping, or systematic literature review.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Wankah Nji, Paul; Quaiattini, Andrea (Fall)
Complementary Courses (21 credits)
21 credits from the following:
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ANAT 690D1 Cell and Developmental Biology (3 credits)
Overview
Anatomy & Cell Biology : Current developments in molecular cell biology and developmental biology will be presented by course coordinators and staff from primary papers in the scientific literature. These will be researched and critiqued by students through oral and written presentations. Two term papers are required for students taking the course.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Guo, Shuaiqi; Autexier, Chantal; Lamarche, Nathalie; Reinhardt, Dieter; Bui, Khanh Huy; Zeytuni, Natalie (Fall)
Students must register for both ANAT 690D1 and ANAT 690D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both ANAT 690D1 and ANAT 690D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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ANAT 690D2 Cell and Developmental Biology (3 credits)
Overview
Anatomy & Cell Biology : See ANAT 690D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Guo, Shuaiqi; Kennedy, Timothy E; Autexier, Chantal; Lamarche, Nathalie; McKee, Marc D; Presley, John; Stifani, Stefano; Mandato, Craig A.; Reinhardt, Dieter; Rocheleau, Christian (Winter)
Prerequisite: ANAT 690D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both ANAT 690D1 and ANAT 690D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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BMDE 505 Cell and Tissue Engineering (3 credits)
Overview
Biomedical Engineering : Application of the principles of engineering, physical, and biological sciences to modify and create cells and tissues for therapeutic applications will be discussed, as well as the industrial perspective and related ethical issues.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Prakash, Satya (Winter)
(3-0-6)
1.5 hours lecture/1.5 hours seminar per week
Restriction: graduate and final year undergraduate students from physical, biological, and medical science, and engineering.
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DENT 504 Biomaterials and Bioperformance (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Biological and synthetic biomaterials, medical devices, and the issues related to their bioperformance. The physicochemical characteristics of biomaterials in relation to their biocompatibility and sterilization.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Tabrizian, Maryam (Winter)
Restrictions: Graduate and final year undergraduates from physical, biological, medical and dental sciences, and engineering.
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DENT 505 Epidemiology and Data Analysis in Primary Care 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : An introduction of epidemiological concepts, data analysis, and methods applicable to primary care research.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Nicolau, Belinda Farias; De Pokomandy, Alexandra; Barnett, Tracie; Arekunnath Madathil, Sreenath; Schuster, Tibor (Fall)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the Faculty.
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking FMED 505.
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DENT 509 Epidemiology and Data Analysis in Primary Care 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Intermediate epidemiological concepts, data analysis, and methods applicable to primary care research.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: De Pokomandy, Alexandra; Nicolau, Belinda Farias; Barnett, Tracie; Arekunnath Madathil, Sreenath (Winter)
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DENT 625 Applied Qualitative Health Research (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Foundations of qualitative health research through consideration of theory, initiation into fieldwork and the combination of pertinent theoretical and practical components.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Levine, Alissa (Winter)
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DENT 654 Mechanisms and Management of Pain (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Presentation of the neurobiology of pain and analgesia, clinical pain conditions, basic and applied research methods in the study of pain, and the theory and practice of pain management. The course is designed for graduate students interested in pain mechanisms and clinical residents interested in pain management.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Martel, Marc; Velly, Ana Miriam (Fall)
Restriction: Open to all health professionals
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DENT 664 Health Research Communications (1 credit)
Overview
Dentistry : Practical training in written and oral communication skills for biomedical sciences and oral health research.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Martel, Marc; Kengne Talla, Pascaline (Winter)
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DENT 665 Leadership and Management Skills in Research (1 credit)
Overview
Dentistry : Introduction to leadership theory, models and practice, as well as the development of project and time management skills, resource allocation, team and consensus building.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restriction(s): Only open to students enrolled in the MSc Dental Sciences (Thesis), MSc Dental Sciences (Non-Thesis) or the Faculty of Dentistry's PhD program, or with permission of instructor.
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DENT 669 Extracellular Matrix Biology (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Advanced topics on extracellular matrix biology with emphasis on matrix molecules and their effects on cell communication, tissue structure and integrity.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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DENT 681 Readings in Dentistry and Health Research 1 (1 credit)
Overview
Dentistry : Advanced readings in student's area of research.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructors.
Restriction(s): Open to students enrolled in a graduate program at the Faculty of Dentistry. In some circumstances, it may be opened to students from another Faculty.
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DENT 682 Readings in Dentistry and Health Research 2 (2 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Advanced readings in student's area of research.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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DENT 683 Readings in Dentistry and Health Research 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Advanced readings in student's area of research.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructors.
Restriction(s): Open to students enrolled in a graduate program at the Faculty of Dentistry. In some circumstances, it may be opened to students from another Faculty.
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DENT 686 Illness Experience and Social Determinants of Health (2 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Exploration on the experience of illness and suffering, the social determinants of health, illness, access to care and broader contexts related to oral [and other] health. Critical reflection and challenge of assumptions in relation to the main themes.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Bedos, Christophe (Winter)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Priority will be given to Dentistry graduate students; other students are requested to contact the instructor with an explanation of their interest in this course.
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DENT 688 Bone Mechanobiology
(3 credits)
Overview
Dentistry : Foundational theories in mechanobiology in the context of skeletal tissues (namely, bone, growth plate cartilage, and periodontal tissues). Brief introduction to structure- function relations in bone, mechanical strain, and fluid flow. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of bone adaptation to biomechanical loading patterns, mechanobiology at the tissue level and mechanotransduction at the cellular level. Research methodologies and applications to disease are discussed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EDEM 692 Qualitative Research Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Theoretical and practical exploration of the foundations of qualitative methods, with emphasis on underlying principles.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Boyle, Dale (Winter)
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EPIB 635 Clinical Trials (3 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Lectures and discussions on issues, approaches and techniques of clinical trials including assessment of feasibility, ethics, randomization, strengths and weaknesses of alternative designs, sample size requirements, protocol development, trial management and analysis, reporting and interpretation of trial results.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Golchi, Shirin (Fall)
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EPIB 641 Substantive Epidemiology 1 (1 credit)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Designed to give students an overview of a major disease or health problem. Students will develop their knowledge of a topic regarding 1) key definitions, concepts and indicators useful in study of the problem; 2) epidemiology of problem; 3) major studies of interventions designed to address the problem. Topics currently offered include cancer, injury prevention and heart disease but not all are offered in each semester.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the third lecture day.
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EPIB 669 Special Topics 2 (2 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Study, through lectures, guided reading, practicals, assignments etc., of an elected and approved topic of epidemiologic importance.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
**Although this course follows a Monday class lecture pattern, there will be a final assignment/exam due on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.
**Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the third lecture day.
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EPIB 671 Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention (3 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : This course will explore the common epidemiologic approaches to studying etiologic relations in carcinogenesis and for assessing the efficacy of cancer prevention interventions. Emphasis will be given on both molecular and social epidemiology domains with examples of different study designs and data analysis methods and of the impact of measurement error and other biases.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Malagón, TalÃa (Fall)
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EPIB 677 Special Topics 8 (3 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Study, through lectures, guided reading, practicals, assignments etc., of an elected and approved topic of epidemiologic importance.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Basta, Nicole (Fall)
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EPIB 679 Special Topics 10 (3 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Study, through lectures, guided reading, practicals, assignments etc., of an elected and approved topic of epidemiologic importance.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Grant, Audrey (Winter)
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EXMD 609 Cellular Methods in Medical Research (3 credits)
Overview
Experimental Medicine : Different cellular methods used in biomedical research, including spectroscopic, microscopic and immunological techniques as well as statistics. Lectures, some demonstrations by faculty as well as short seminars given by the students.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Rousseau, Simon; McCusker, Christine T; Smith, Benjamin; Bateman, Andrew; Laporte, Stephane; Baglole, Carolyn; Fonseca, Gregory; Ding, Jun (Fall)
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EXMD 610 Molecular Methods in Medical Research (3 credits)
Overview
Experimental Medicine : Different molecular methods used in biomedical research, including chromatography, purification and analysis of proteins and nucleic acids, various techniques in molecular biology, transgenic technology, and stem cells. Lectures, some demonstrations, and short seminars given by the students.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Rousseau, Simon; Fonseca, Gregory (Winter)
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PHGY 518 Artificial Cells (3 credits)
Overview
Physiology : Physiology, biotechnology, chemistry and biomedical application of artificial cells, blood substitutes, immobilized enzymes, microorganisms and cells, hemoperfusion, artificial kidneys, and drug delivery systems. PHGY 517 and PHGY 518 when taken together, will give a complete picture of this field. However, the student can select one of these.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Chang, Thomas Ming Swi; Shum-Tim, Dominique; Prakash, Satya; Hoesli, Corinne; Chen, Guojun (Fall)
Fall
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): permission of instructors.
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PHGY 550 Molecular Physiology of Bone (3 credits)
Overview
Physiology : Students will develop a working knowledge of cartilage and bone. Discussion topics will include: molecular and cellular environment of bone; heritable and acquired skeletal defects; research models used to study metabolic bone disease.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Murshed, Monzur; Rauch, Frank; St-Arnaud, Rene; Siegel, Peter; Tiedemann, Kerstin; Moffatt, Pierre; Stone, Laura; Willie, Bettina; Marulanda Montoya, Juliana (Fall)
Other complementary 500- or 600-level courses at the University may be taken with the approval of the director of the program and GPS.