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Unit Code: DNT727

Unit Name: Oral Medicine and Pathology

Description: This course offers a comprehensive study of the general concepts of oral medicine and oral pathology. The first part of the course covers the basic concepts of general pathology. The second part focuses on common oral pathologic disorders and is of particular relevance and importance to practice of the future oral health practitioner. Oral pathology covers the epidemiology, clinical features, aetiology, pathogenesis, investigations and behaviour of oral diseases, and is also closely linked with the management of oral diseases, adjunct investigations such as, laboratory tests, imaging and clinical therapeutics. Students develop critical thinking skills in clinical reasoning when presented with cases, where they explain mechanisms of disease pathogenesis, rationale and selection of the most appropriate diagnostic tests for confirmation, and modalities of appropriate management or referral. The oral medicine component focuses on systemic conditions that may present as oral manifestations. It also introduces students to systemic diseases that may have implications in the management of dental patients and aims at enabling students to recognize them and manage them appropriately.

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Prerequisite: N/A

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1