Oral Diagnosis

Course Description

This is a one semester pre-clinical course during the 3rd year. The course is designed to introduce the method of collection and evaluation of diagnostic data, and dental records. Students are introduce to different systemic diseases with oral manifestations that may have an impact on dental treatment. In the practical part of the course, the students will be exposed to different clinical scenarios where they are encourage to extract, interpret and organize the data collected and discuss their conclusions with their supervisors and colleagues and respond to questions and comments. A structured checklist is used for evaluating case related assignments given to students towards the end of each session. Towards the end of the course, students are introduced to the clinics to have an orientation on how to perform physical examination of a patient.

Main Objectives

The course is designed to introduce the method of collection & evaluation of diagnostic data related to patient's medical & dental history. It assists the students in discussing the significance of specific questions and responses in patient questionnaires. It enables the students to differentiate between signs and symptoms and to relate the link between review of systems & different systemic diseases with the commonly used medications to determine whether a medical consultation is needed before proceeding with dental treatment. On completing the course, the student should be competent to take proper medical & dental history of a patient.

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Course ID: ODIAG 311