The Pre-Doctoral Pediatric Dentistry education is designed to provide fundamental principle and basic knowledge in pediatric dentistry and to prepare students in the practice of pediatric dental care as a general dental provider.   The pre-doctoral students's first encounter with pediatric dentistry is in their first year with lecture on the Morphology of Primary Dentition (DS116).  In the Summer and Fall quarters of the third-year dental curriculum, the pre-doctoral students received 16 hours of lecture course encompassing basic principles and covering various topics on dentistry for infants, children, adolescents, and special care patients (PCC 131 and PCC 132).  The clinical experience starts in the Fall quarter of the third-year dental curriculum, consisting of 26 half-day sessions in clinical care for children (PCC 136).  The rotation for all student groups begins with the simulation sessions and typodont exercises.  The students provide comprehensive dental care with all phase of treatments, including nitrous oxide and space maintanencce, for children of all ages.  As a part of the course requirements, the pre-doctoral students are required to attend and to observe in the Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program for advanced cases.  During the third-year and fourth-year curriculums, students would also provide pediatric dental care in the various community externship sites.  Opportunities are presented for those students who are interested in the specialty through Pediatric Dentistry Clinical Elective Course (PD189) which is conducted in collaboration with the Alameda County Medical Center and the San Francisco Native American Health Center, where the students will receive one on one instruction, infant oral healthcare, and advanced pediatric clinical skills.  Students are also given opportunities to observe in the operating room upon request.