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DENT5204: Oral Pathology 1
2025 unit information
The course covers a review of relevant aspects of oral biology including bone, mucosa, salivary glands and tooth development. Oral pathology is introduced by investigating the clinico-pathological features of soft and hard tissue pathoses including inflammatory and repair processes, hamartomas, mucosal and salivary gland diseases, fibro-osseous lesions, benign and malignant non-odontogenic and odontogenic neoplasms, cysts of the jaws and soft tissues of the head and neck. Weekly departmental review of the current histopathology cases, particularly biopsies of patients undertaken or seen in the Oral Medicine clinics, or Head and Neck oncology clinics.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Department of Medical Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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DENT6000 and [(DENT5201 and DENT6210 and DENT6211) or (DENT5200 and DENT5201 and DENT5202)] |
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Corequisites:
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DENT6010 and [(DENT6212 and DENT6213) or (DENT5203 and DENT5205)] |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. 1. Describe and demonstrate very good comprehension of the pathobiology and natural history of oro-facial diseases
- LO2. 2. Describe and demonstrate very good comprehension of the correlations between clinical and pathological features of oro-facial diseases
- LO3. 3. Describe and demonstrate very good comprehension of general histopathology and the specialized disciplines of cytopathology and immunopathology and their clinical applications to oro-facial diseases
- LO4. 4. Demonstrate the application of theoretical knowledge in the clinical management of patients
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Westmead, Sydney |
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