Course Description:
The second of a two-quarter course that is a
survey of the diseases of the oral and maxillofacial region in
lecture and laboratory format. Among the conditions discussed
are cysts and neoplasms of teeth and their bony and soft tissue
supporting structures. In addition, oral manifestations of
systemic diseases such as blood diseases will be covered.
Correlations between clinical findings, etiologic factors, and
histopathologic features are stressed. Attendance in both the
laboratory and lectures is required.
Educational Objectives:
The student will gain knowledge of various
diseases of the oral and maxillofacial region. The main
objectives of this course are for the student to (1) identify
Oral & Maxillofacial disease pathogenesis (2) recognize and
detect Oral & Maxillofacial diseases (3) correlate the
histopathology with the clinical presentation of a disease (4)
investigate Oral & Maxillofacial clinical problems and reach a
working differential diagnosis (5) appropriately manage & treat
diseases within the scope of a general practitioner (6) refer
Oral & Maxillofacial diseases which are beyond the scope of a
general practitioner (7) be able to describe how to handle a
Pathology Specimen including the type of fixative, packaging,
shipping, and the filling of a Pathology Request form and (8) be
able to interpret a pathology report using histopathology
descriptive terms.
Course Outline:
Lecture topics include:
developmental/congenital conditions; epithelial lesions; soft
tissue lesions; immune-mediated mucocutaneous diseases; salivary
gland lesions; sexually transmitted diseases/AIDS; and
infectious diseases of the oral cavity; oral manifestation of
systemic diseases; odontogenic neoplasms; adverse effects of
medicinal substances; oral cysts; and bone pathology. |
Course Expectations:
To successfully meet
the requirements of this course, the student is expected to
attend lectures and laboratory sessions and to demonstrate
understanding of the lecture topics, supplemental readings,
and laboratory cases. This achieved through weekly quizzes
of unknown cases, weekly unknown three case reports, weekly
unknown case presentations, independent study of a web page
containing 240 unknown cases, and midterm and final examinations.
Effective
Winter Quarter 2007, completion of on-line course evaluation
is a requirement of this course. Failure to comply will
result in an "Incomplete" grade being assigned.
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