Syllabus

Oral Pathology

Second Year , BDS

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Topic

Duration (In Hour)

Domain

1.  

Introduction&
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2. Regressive Alterations of Teeth

  • Attrition, Erosion, Abrasion, Abfraction
  • Dentinal sclerosis, Secondary dentin ,Dead   tracts Cementicles,Pulp calcifications
  

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3. Caries

  • Epidemiology & Etiology
  • Theories &Clinical aspects
  • Histopathology
  • Diagnosis & Prevention
  • Caries activity tests and caries vaccine
  • Immunology of caries

 

  

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4. Diseases of  Pulp and Periapical tissues

  • Diseases of dental pulp
  • Diseases of periapical tissues
  • Sequelae of pulpitis
  • Osteomyelitis
  

 

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5. Spread of Oral Infection

  • Cellulitis, Space infections, Ludwig’s Angina, Focal infection,focus of infection
  • Fascial spaces
  

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6. Diseases of Blood & Blood Forming Organs

  • Diseases involving RBC’s
  • Diseases involving WBC’s
  • Diseases involving Platelets
  • Diseases involving specific blood factors
  • Erythropoeisis

 

  

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7. Bacterial, Fungal & Viral Diseases affecting oral Cavity

  • Tuberculosis, leprosy. Actinomycosis, tetanus, syphilis, NOMA,Scarlet fever, Diphtheria
  • Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Poliomyelitis, Herpangina, Herpes simplex, Chicken pox, herpes zoster, Infectious Mononucleosis, HIV
  • MolluscumContagiosum, Small Pox
  • Candidiasis
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Lab diagnosis
  • Treatment modalities
  

 

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8. Developmental Disturbances of Hard tissues

  • Developmental Disturbances of jaws and of dental arch relationship
  • Developmental Disturbances of size and number of teeth
  • Developmental Disturbances of shape, eruption of teeth
  • Developmental Disturbances of structure of teeth
  

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9. Developmental Disturbances Soft Tissues

  • Developmental  Disturbances  of lip and palate
  • Developmental Disturbances of tongue
  • Disturbances of oral mucosa, salivary glands&of gingiva
  • Developmental non odontogenic cysts
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10. Oral Aspects of Metabolic
Diseases

  • Disturbance in protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism
  • Disturbances in mineral metabolism
  • Fat-soluble vitamins
  • Water-soluble vitamins
  • Disturbance of hormone metabolism
  

 

 

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11. Physical & Chemical Injuries

  • Physical injuries to teeth, supporting tissue and bone
  • Radiation injury
  • Electrical burns
  •  Emphysema
  • Chemical injury, Occupational injury of oral cavity
  

 

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12. Healing of Oral Wounds

  • Factors affecting healing, Complication in Healing
  • Biopsy , Exfoliative cytology
  • Healing and complications of extraction wounds and fractures
  • Replantation, transplantation of teeth, implants and stem cell therapy
  

 

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13. Forensic Odontology

  • Age and sex determination
  • Dental age estimation
  • Identifying the ethnicity from teeth
  • Bite marks
  

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