Advanced Oral Pathology I

Catalog description

This course examines the etiology and pathogenesis of oral and head and neck diseases in basic oral & maxillofacial pathology. The subject matter includes introduction and reinforcing of etiology and mechanisms of pathological disorders taught in combination with basic principles of pathologic processes. However, this course is clinically oriented and details description of the clinical and radiographic features, and the general outlines of treatment modalities of the following, developmental defects and anomalies, abnormalities of teeth, mucosal white and red lesions, papillary lesions, ulcerative conditions, vesiculo-bullous conditions, oral cancer and epithelial pathology, non-neoplastic and neoplastic salivary gland pathology, and osseous and odontogenic pathology. The course is conducted via lectures coupled with case-based clinicopathology conferences which emphasize the development of a differential diagnosis and establishment of a final diagnosis. Lecture Hours: 2 Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time. Grade Mode: Normal College Restrictions: Residents Schedule Type (Primary): Seminar - Small Group Click here for the Schedule of Classes.