This course is designed to provide students with knowledge of pathologic disorders and diseases of the head and neck and is of particular relevance and importance to practice of the future oral health practitioner. Oral pathology covers the epidemiology, clinical features, etiology, pathogenesis, investigations and behavior of oral diseases, and is also closely linked with the surgical management of oral diseases, adjunct investigations such as 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. They will also be provided with theoretical knowledge around surgical procedures and problems associated therewith and guide towards the clinical application of Oral Surgery, where actual hands-on surgery will be performed by the student in year 5.Year 4 students would have had the necessary foundation knowledge of the basic sciences and necessary Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology Oral Surgical knowledge of relevant Oral disease processes which are reinforced in this module. There will also be clinical case scenario discussions and observation of patient cases requiring surgical management where this will be further reinforced. Students are encouraged to master the theoretical knowledge in surgical management of minor oral surgery where they will be expected to develop the clinical competencies in year 5.
- Teacher: Osea Gavidi
- Teacher: Oripa Waqa