Course Description
This radiological interpretation course which runs in the 1st semester for 4th year students. It consists of didactic and practical components. The didactic component composed of one hour lecture per week to cover differential diagnosis of radiological lesions that affect head and neck. Students should be familiar with radiographic appearance of pathological lesions and differentiate between normal and abnormal radiographic anatomy. Practical session composed of one session per week as students perform full mouth x-ray survey (FMS) for 5 patients throughout the 14 weeks (one semester). At least one case should be of interesting pathological significance. In practical session students divided into 3 groups A,B C where one group always perform interpretation session with supervisor on interesting cases to be trained for writing a radiographic report. Rotation among 3 groups is done every week where one group perform a small group discussion on interpretation session while other two groups perform x-ray on patients in clinics.
Main Objectives
The aim of this course is to enable the students to practice intraoral radiographic exposure techniques, as well as radiographic interpretation. The course will also teach the students how to interpret normal anatomy, caries, periodontal and periapical diseases, as well as diseases which affect the jaw and skull bones. In addition, this course is designed to introduce the students to formulate a radiographic differential Diagnosis of radiolucent, radiopaque and mixed lesions and evaluate the need for referral to specialist radiological examination and diagnosis.
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Course ID: ORAD 402
| Credit hours | Theory | Practical | Laboratory | Lecture | Studio | Contact hours | Pre-requisite | 2 | 4 | 4 | ORAD 310 |
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