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Departments / Diagnostic Sciences / Under Graduate Programs / Oral Pathology DIVISION OF ORAL PATHOLOGY Director, Dr. Deborah Cleveland The mission of the Division is to foster an understanding of normal and pathologic cells, tissues and organ systems so that students may comprehend the important systemic diseases and achieve a detailed knowledge of those affecting the oral cavity, in order to make specific diagnoses, manage diseases appropriately and maintain the oral health, comfort and function of their patients. Histology. The Histology course is a combination of a traditional microscopic anatomy course with additional information from the fields of biochemistry, cell biology, maxillofacial development, immunology, pathology and physiology. The course consists of a series of lectures and slide presentations. Lectures include structure-function relationships based upon information from light and electron microsocopy, histochemistry, cell and molecular biology and other areas. The specific significance of concepts to the understanding of clinical areas of dentistry are emphasized. The correlations with clinical dentistry are mainly in the areas of tissue structure and function. Discussions of the processes of histogenesis and repair are also included. Oral Pathology. Methods and principles of diagnosing oral and systemic diseases as related to the oral cavity are covered. Gross and microscopic specimens of pathological soft and hard tissue of the oral cavity and surrounding structures are studied in relation to the principles of general pathology. General Pathology. This course is presented in the spring semester of the freshman year. In this course students learn about the fundamental process that underlies all diseases. The subjects of cellular pathology, inflammation and wound healing, neoplasia, hemodynamic derangements, immune disorders, and genetic disorders will be presented. Systemic Pathology. This course, presented in the spring trimester of the sophomore year, takes the knowledge learned in “General Pathology” and applies it to specific diseases of each organ system. Students will learn the causes, pathogenesis, morphology and clinical manifestations of various diseases, and will learn to correlate clinical presentation with pathologic changes at the biochemical, subcellular, cellular and tissues levels. |
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