Unit name | Oral Surgery Medicine and Pathology |
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Unit code | DENT20014 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Miss. Sarah Bain |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Bristol Dental School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
The module is designed to provide the student the underpinning knowledge of general pathology, and oral medicine and oral surgery including presentation and management of infective and non-infective human diseases. The relevance of the common human diseases to the management of the practice of dentistry will be emphasised. Developmental anomalies of the dentition, pathological aspects of dental extractions, and systemic diseases affecting dentistry will also be studied. Common oral surgery procedures and their complications will be taught.
Aims:
This module is designed to study conditions affecting the oral tissues and will enable the student to have knowledge of the features of malignancy and potentially malignant lesions and conditions in the oral mucosa and of making an appropriate referral. The effects of smoking on the oral tissues, and problems and complications associated with the extraction of teeth in the primary and secondary dentition will also be studied.
Lecture Small group study Clinical treatment session Independent study.
Oral Medicine Formative assessment 2 essay questions 30 minutes each 50% pass mark Oral Pathology Formative assessment 2 essay questions 30 minutes each 50% pass mark Continuous assessment via clinic reporting on patients as part of their clinical placements.
A clinical guide to Oral Medicine (2nd Edition) Lamey and Lewis
Oral Medicine (4th Edition) Tyldesley/Field ISBN 01926 2626
Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine (7th Edition) Cawson and Odell