242 DDS

COURSE TITLE : Oral Diagnosis 1 
CREDIT HOURS : Two (2) 
CREDIT UNITS : 1 Lecture + 1 Clinic 
LEVEL : Second Year (Second Semester) 
CONTACT HOURS : 1 Lecture = One Hour 
1 Clinic = Three Hours 
Total ------------------- = Four Hours 
PRE-REQUISITE COURSE: None 
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course is designed to expose the dental student to basic knowledge and skills 
that are involved in the diagnostic process and treatment planning in dental practice. 
The training would enable the student to effectively communicate with the patients, 
interview them and carry out a generalappraisal and a detailed and systematic 
examination of the extra-oral and intra-oral structures. The course is offered through 
a series lectures and clinical sessions. Lectures will provide adequate information on 
the various steps involved in the interviewing process, clinical methods and on 
relevant aspects of the diagnostic tools employed and treatmentplanning. Clinical 
sessions will closely follow the lecture schedule. Students in pairs will practice on 
each other all the steps involved. 
COURSE OBJECTIVES: 
By the end of this course, the students should be able to: 
1. Communicate with the patient effectively. 
2. Take general and oral health history and ask appropriate questions based on 
the signs and symptoms. 
3. Perform extra-oral and intra-oral examination thoroughly and systematically. 
4. Order or do the diagnosticprocedures as required. 
5. Recognize any abnormality in oral and peri-oral tissues and describe them. 
6. Recognize the need for medical and/ordental referral or consultation. 
7. Develop a proper treatment plan for the patient.