Course Descriptions

DEN 123 - General & Oral Pathology I

1 Credit

An introduction to the principles of general pathology, immunology and inflammation. Students will learn to identify and describe normal and abnormal oral soft tissue lesions. Emphasis will be on pathology of oral mucosa, dental tissues and related structures. Developmental anomalies of teeth and anatomical variation of oral soft tissues as well as systemic diseases and their oral manifestations will be discussed.

Prerequisite(s): Earn a minimum grade of C in each of the following: DEN 110, DEN 111, DEN 112, DEN 13, DEN 114, DEN 115.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Identify vocabulary related to pathology.
2. Identify the process of preliminary diagnosis of oral lesions.
3. Describe the inflammatory process.
4. Describe the reparative process.
5. Define immunity in relation to immunologic oral lesions.
6. Differentiate between infectious diseases such as bacterial, fungal and viral.

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