212 DDS

COURSE TITLE : Oral Pathology 1 
CREDIT HOURS : Two (2) 
CREDIT UNITS : 1 Lecture + 1 Practical 
LEVEL : Second Year (Second Semester) 
CONTACT HOURS : 1 Lecture = One Hour 
1 Practical = Three Hours 
Total --------------------------- = Four Hours 
PRE-REQUISITE COURSE: None 
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course provides students with sufficient knowledge to help them distinguish 
between oral tissues in health and disease, identify diseases of the teeth, 
periodontium, maxilla and mandible, oral mucous membranes and associated soft 
tissues, and orofacial manifestations of  systemic diseases. The causes of the 
various diseases with the underlying basic pathological principles and the 
microscopic appearance of the developed lesions are emphasized. In addition, the 
clinical appearance of lesions to be studied will provide the student with introductory 
basis for clinical differential diagnosis of different lesions. 
COURSE OBJECTIVES: 
The main purpose of this course is to allow the students to know and understand 
how to apply the following principles for each specific disease to be studied: 
Etiology (cause). 
Pathogenesis (how lesions are developed). 
Clinical characteristics, such as age, sex, site and prominence. 
Clinical, microscopic and radiographic appearance of lesions and their 
differentiation from normal tissues. 
Principles of treatment and prognosis. 
Upon successful completion of this course, the students should be able to: 
1. Make a clinical differential diagnosis of lesions. 
2. Make a microscopic differential diagnosis of lesions. 
3. Correlate the clinical and the microscopic features of lesions. 
4. Reach to a definitive diagnosis of lesions.