Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences

• Teaching Clinic Goals and Objectives

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• The overall objective of the teaching clinic is to emphasize the responsibility of dental students in obtaining a thorough medical and dental history, performing a comprehensive head and neck and oral examination and to obtain appropriate consultation for their patients. The goal of the history and examination is to obtain vital information on medical and oral status, to promote early diagnosis. The clinical experience will promote the differentiation between normal and variations of normal and pathology or potential pathology. Clinic rotation will promote appropriate treatment planning and to understand the role of oral and general health for the patient and to facilitate appropriate and safe dental care for patients.
• Additionally, a focus on an understanding of the principles of diagnosis and treatment of oral soft tissue disease in medically complex and non-medically complex patients; orofacial sensory disorders and pain, movement disorders including TMD; salivary gland disease and oral manifestations of systemic disease and medical management will be emphasized.

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• Comprehensive radiographic diagnosis of odontogenic and nonodontogenic cysts and tumors, fibro-osseous lesions, osseous lesions, radiographic manifestations of systemic diseases.

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• Reviews pertinent aspects of clinical oral pathology, oral medicine, and related medical topics of special significance to the dental practitioner.

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• A discussion and clinical presentation of geriatric health and dental care and the unique implementation for the geriatric patient.

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• Production and interpertation of intraoral of radiographs.

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• The anatomical, physiological, and psychological basis for tempormandibular (TM) disorders is presented. Differential diagnosis and treatment of TM disorders is discussed.

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• Production and interpretation of intraoral and extraoral radiographs, stressing panoramic technique.

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• Diseases of teeth, periodontium, facial bones, muscles, nerves and mucous membranes of the oral region, and salivary glands. Introduction to clinical differential diagnosis.

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• Diseases of teeth, periodontium, facial bones, muscles, nerves and mucous membranes of the oral region, and salivary glands. Introduction to clinical differential diagnosis.

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• Detailed consideration of oral cysts, odontogenic tumors, and diseases of facial bones, blood and lymphoreticular systems, and salivary glands. Journal literature used.

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• Detailed consideration of oral cancer and other lesions of oral mucosa, dental caries, inflammatory periodontal disease, skin lesions and microscopic diagnosis techniques. Journal literature used.

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• Radiographic characteristics of disease are presented to assist the specialist in selecting the proper imaging modality needed to establish a differential diagnosis. Advanced imaging systems are evaluated in terms of diagnostic yield and clinical relevance.

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• The anotomical, physiological, and psychological basis for temporomandibular (TM) disorders is presented. Differential diagnosis and treatment of TM disorders.

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• A physical anthropology course that studies the evolution of disease throughout history in relation to human evolution and ethnomedicine.