422 DDS

COURSE TITLE : Oral Medicine 1 
CREDIT HOURS : Two (2) 
CREDIT UNITS : 1 Lecture + 1 Clinic 
LEVEL : Fourth Year (Second Semester) 
CONTACT HOURS : 1 Lecture = One Hour 
1 Clinic = Three Hours 
Total ------------------- = Four Hours 
PRE-REQUISITE COURSE: 341 DDS (Oral Diagnosis 2) 
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course covers topics of general oral medicine that are important to the general 
dental practitioner. This is supported by clinical sessions in which students will see 
and manage patients with different oral lesions. Some of these clinical sessions will 
be undertaken at the Riyadh Central Hospital. 
COURSE OBJECTIVES: 
By the end of this course, students should have learned and practiced several 
aspects of oral medicine, including: 
1. Ability to recognize systemic conditions that may affect dental patients. 
2. Recognition and diagnosis oforal soft and hard tissue changes. 
3. Request proper investigative procedures based on the oral and systemic 
findings. 
4. Management and treatment of patients with oral soft and hard tissue changes. 
5. Patient referral proceduresand dental report writing.