Chabot College

Course Outline for Dental Hygiene 51, Page 2

Fall 2001

Chabot CollegeFall 2001

Replaced Fall 2006

Course Outline for Dental Hygiene 51

GENERAL AND ORAL PATHOLOGY

Catalog Description:

51 - General and Oral Pathology4 units

Oral pathology and dysfunctions of systems of the body which directly affect the oral cavity. Significance of oral and general pathology in relationship to treatment by the dental hygienist. Corequisite: Current enrollment in the Dental Hygiene Program. 4 hours.

Prerequisite Skills:

None

Expected Outcomes for Students:

Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:

1.use specific, appropriate vocabulary in describing oral conditions;

2.describe the process of disease;

3.describe the cardinal signs of inflammation;

4.describe factors influencing repair and regeneration;

5.list and describe developmental disturbances of oral and perioral structures;

6.classify neoplasms according to origin;

7.describe clinically the degeneration and regeneration processes associated with pathological responses in the oral cavity;

8.list and describe pulp and periapical disease as sequelae to dental caries;

9.describe and clinically recognize oral manifestations of systemic diseases;

10.describe the clinical manifestation of selected bacterial and viral infections;

11.recognize and describe oral manifestations of chemical and traumatic injuries;

12.discuss etiology, classification and treatment of oral cysts and tumors;

13.identify etiological factors related to development of oral cancer;

14.discuss dental hygiene therapy for the irradiated patient;

15.recognize temporal mandibular joint dysfunction, its cause and treatment;

16.identify etiological factors related to development of AIDS;

17.identify the role of the dental hygienist in documentation of referral for oral lesions

and systemic diseases;

18.discuss the adaptation of treatment by the dental hygienist in the presence of oral

lesions and systemic disease.

Course Content:

1.A descriptive vocabulary of general and oral pathology

2.General principles of disease

3.The inflammatory process

4.Neoplasia and disturbance of growth

5.Caries and sequelae of periapical disease

6.Infectious diseases

7.Dysfunctions of body systems and how they relate to the oral cavity

8.Pathological responses in the oral cavity associated with degenerative and regenerative process

9.Chemical and traumatic injuries

10.Oral cysts and tumors

11.Oral cancer

12.AIDS

13.Oral manifestations/clinical symptoms of diseases

14.The irradiated patient

15.Temporal mandibular joint dysfunction

16.Dental hygienist's role in the recognition and referral for oral lesions

17.Dental hygienist's role in the recognition and referral for systemic diseases

Methods of Presentation:

1. Lecture

2.Guest speakers

Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:

  1. Typical Assignments
  1. Identification of lesions from slides. Brief written synopsis of characteristics of lesions
  2. Self-directed research on assigned topics
  3. Case presentation/documentation
  1. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
  1. Quizzes
  2. Midterm examination
  3. Attendance and participation
  4. Final examination

Textbook(s)(Typical):

Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Sapp, Eversole, and Wysocki, C. V. Mosby, 1997

Special Student Materials:

None

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