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Winter 2025
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| DH 229 - General and Oral Pathology |
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Associated Term:
Winter 2025
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. Define general appearance and definitions of lesions, and the diagnostic process including: clinical, radiographic, historic, laboratory, surgical, therapeutic, and differential 2. Describe and identify the clinical appearance of Fordyce's granules (spots), tori, varicosities, fissured tongue, geographic tongue, hairy tongue, ectopic tongue 3. Describe radiographic and historical data relevant to cementoma 4. Describe clinical and histological differences between leukoedema and linea alba 5. List five cardinal visible signs and three systemic signs of inflammation. Describe the inflammatory process including three primary types of associated white blood cells and their functions. Describe the difference between acute and chronic inflammation 6. Describe the healing process including: primary, secondary, and third intention; microscopic events 7. Contrast the difference between hyperplasia, hypertrophy, attrition, abrasion and erosion. Describe the relationship of abrasion and bruxism 8. Describe the clinical features and treatments for the following: aspirin burns, burns, traumatic ulcers, frictional keratosis, nicotine stomatitis, linea alba, solar cheilitis, mucocele, ranula, pyogenic granuloma, giant cell granuloma, irritation fibroma, epulis, papillary and gingival hyperplasia. Define sialothiasis 9. Describe differences (radiographic, histologically, and clinically) between periapical granuloma, cyst and abscess 10. Describe differences between inflammation and immune response. Describe the following: two types of lymphocytes, macrophage and their function, humoral and cell-mediated immune responses 11. List four types and examples of hypersensitive reactions 12. Describe the clinical features of three types of aphthous ulcers and three diseases associated with them 13. Describe the clinical features and compare the following: urticaria, angioedema, fixed drug eruption, erythema multiform and lichen planus 14. Describe the lesions and systemic signs of Riter's Syndrome 15. Describe the oral manifestations of the following auto-immune diseases: Lupus E., Pemphigus V., Pemphigoid, Sjogrens and Behcet's 16. Describe the clinical features of desquamative gingivitis 17. Describe the route of transmission, organism, oral lesions, and how to make diagnosis of the following infectious diseases: Tuberculosis, Actinomycosis, Syphilis, Verruca V., Condyloma A., Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis 18. Describe the four forms of oral candidiasis 19. Describe the clinical features of the following: herpes labialism, herpes zoster 20. Name the two diseases for which a cytologic smear is useful. List the four diseases associated with the Barr-Epstein virus 21. Define inherited disorders 22. Describe the embryonic development of the face and oral cavity 23. Describe the difference between odontogenic and non odontogenic cysts and four cysts of each type which are extraosseous and four each that are intraosseous 24. List and define three anomalies that affect the number of teeth. List and define two anomalies that affect the size of teeth. List and define five anomalies that affect the shape of teeth. Identify anomalies that affect eruption 25. Define the difference between a malignancy and a benign lesion; leukoplakia and erythroplakia 26. Define and describe clinical features and treatment for the following neoplasms: papilloma, Squamous cell carcinoma, V. Carcinoma, Basal cell carcinoma, ameloblastoma, myxoma, cementifying cementoma, ameloblastic fibroma, odontoma (complex and compound), lipoma, hemangioma, lymphangioma, Melanoma, tori, exostosis, osteoma, ossifying fibroma, Osteogenic sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and metastatic jaw tumors 27. Describe the purpose of mitosis and meiosis 28. List the four inheritance patterns. Describe what is meant by X-linked inheritance. State the inheritance pattern and describe the oral manifestations of the following: Cherubism, Mandibulofacial Dysostosis, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, and White spongy nevus 29. List the four types of Amelogenesis Imperfecta 30. Briefly compare and contrast the following: dentinogenesis imperfecta, amelogenesis imperfecta and dentin dysplasia (radiographically and clinically) 31. State the oral manifestations of the following: hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus, Addison's 32. Describe the radiographic features of Paget's disease 33. Define rickets and osteomalacia 34. Compare the cause and oral manifestations of the following: pernicious anemia, vitamin B-12 deficiency, and folic acid deficiency 35. List two causes of T. Purpura 36. Describe the difference between primary and secondary immunodeficiency 37. List five oral manifestations of AIDS and the spectrum of the disease 38. Apply and develop skill in differential diagnosis and documentation of lesions/conditions using case studies Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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