Online Courses Handbook 2003

8391 (v.7) Oral Pathology and Medicine 236

Area:	Department of Dental Hygiene and Therapy
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Oral pathology - caries and periodontal disease. Tooth abnormalities. Orofacial pain, diagnosis and treatment. Infections and ulcerations of oral mucosa. Oral neoplasms, white lesions, cysts. Oral manifestations of systemic disease. Oral therapeutics - principles of drug administration, common drugs - analgesics, antimicrobials, sedatives, cardiovascular and respiratory drugs, anticonvulsants, antidepressants and antipsychotics.