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Aug 31, 2024
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DH 312 - General and Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist Credits: 2 Description Fundamentals of microscopic and gross pathology disease, repair, healing and regression period. Special emphasis: diseases, developmental disturbances, infection, lesions, and injuries to the oral cavity.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Correlate the causes and mechanism of disease to: cellular activity and its environment; reaction of cellular injury as it relates to healing injury and repair.
- Analyze the nature of disease including manifestations, classifications, and predisposing factors.
- Analyze the etiology of dental caries including: contributing factors, clinical aspects, and methods of control.
- Evaluate regressive alterations of teeth, pulpal disturbances, tumors, and cysts of odontogentic origin.
- Evaluate developmental disturbances in growth of the oral cavity and its related structures with special emphasis on benign and malignant tumors.
- Integrate the science of general and oral pathology into the recognition, diagnosis, and care planning of patients.
Prerequisite: Admission to the B.S. Dental Hygiene program
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