OMD 411 – OMD 422

The course aims at establishing didactic information, knowledge and skills necessary for effectively diagnosing and non-surgically treating patients suffering from systemic and/or other local diseases affecting the oral and the head and neck regions. The course also introduces students to the importance of periodontics as a dental discipline. Emphasis is placed on understanding the basic micro- and macro-anatomy of the healthy tissues of the periodontium as well as its physiology. In addition, the student will be introduced to the diseased periodontium with special emphasis on aetiology, epidemiology and clinical and histopathological aspects of the disease.

White and red lesions of the oral cavity and their differential diagnosis. Pigmented lesions of the oral cavity and their differential diagnosis. Ulcerative, erosive and bullous lesions of the oral cavity and their differential diagnosis. Differential diagnosis of lymphadenopathy. Orofacial pain.