511-112 Health Sciences

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

This subject covers anatomy; histology; biochemistry; physiology; pain and pain control; pathology; microbiology; and oral anatomy.

On completion of this subject, the student should:

• comprehend the terminology and the principal clinical applications of anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, histology, microbiology, pathology and oral anatomy to the care of the dental patient; the process of odontogenesis, the formation of the periodontium and the development of oro-dental structures; the principles of the modes of spread and pathogenesis of infection; the characteristics of the microbial ecology of the oral cavity; and the principles and essential information regarding the major types of disease processes, their causes and the responses of cells, tissues, organs and systems in these disease processes;

• identify and describe the morphological anatomy of the human dentition; and

• appreciate the ranges of normality for anatomical and physiological parameters.

Assessment

One 3-hour written examination at the end of Semester 1; two 3-hour written examinations at the end of Semester 2; one viva voce examination at the end of Semester 2 and written assignments and practical reports throughout the year. A pass in each written examination is required for an overall pass in the subject.

Prescribed Texts

• B Alberts, D Bray, J Lewis, M Raff, K Roberts and J D Watson, Molecular Biology of the Cell. 3rd ed., Garland, 1994.
• B K B Berkovitz, G R Holland and B J Moxham, A Colour Atlas and Text of Oral Anatomy, Histology and Embryology. 2nd ed., Wolfe Medical, 1992.
• V Eroschenko, Difiore's Atlas of Histology. 8th ed., Lea and Febiger, 1995.
• M J Fehrenbach and S W Herring, Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck. Saunders, 1996.
• P D Marsh and M V Martin, Oral Microbiology. 3rd ed., Chapman Hall, 1992.
• E Rubin and J L Farber (eds), Essential Pathology. 2nd ed., Lippincott, 1995.
• A R Ten Cate, Oral Histology Development Structure and Function. 5th ed., Mosby, 1998.