Oral Medicine and Periodontogy

Oral Medicine, Diagnosis & Radiology-1

( 3 Credits)

Description

-The course aims at establishing didactic information, knowledge and skills necessary for effectively diagnosing and non-surgically treating patients suffering from systemic and/or other local diseases affecting the oral and the head and neck regions.
-The course also introduces students to the importance of periodontics as a dental discipline. Emphasis is placed on understanding the basic micro- and macro-anatomy of the healthy tissues of the periodontium as well as its physiology.
-In addition, the student will be introduced to the diseased periodontium with special emphasis on aetiology, epidemiology and clinical and histopathological aspects of the disease.

 Students fulfill their clinical requirements under supervision in the department clinics where the patients have access to treatment completely free of charge

Syllabus

-Principles of oral diagnosis (the diagnostic method, methods of clinical examination, etc..).
-Oral manifestations of skin diseases.
-Oral manifestations of blood diseases.
-Basic immunology and diseases of the immune system.
-Laboratory investigations required in dental practice.
-Differential diagnosis of oral lesions using radiography.
-Management of oral manifestations of systemic diseases.

Textbook(s)

Greenberg M.S. and Click, M.,2003,Burkitt’s Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Treatment, 10th ed. B. C. Decker.
Crispian Scully, Roderick A. Cawson,1998,Medical Problems in Dentistry, 4th ed.Butterworth-Heinemann.
Cawson, R.A., Bennie, W.H. and Eveson, J.W.1995,Colour Atlas of Oral Diseases, 2nd ed. Mosby Wolfe.
Thomas G., Jr. Wilson, Kenneth S. Kornman,2002,Fundamentals of Periodontics, Quintessence Publishing.

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