511-323 Oral Health Sciences 3

Successful completion of all Year 2 subjects.

This subject is comprised of two modules.

Pharmacology and Pathology: The principles of drug action in the body and the mechanisms of action of drugs in common use in dentistry and medicine, disorders of growth and neoplasia, inflammation and repair, circulatory disturbances, and the special pathology of the major organ systems.

Medicine: Common medical problems, methods of diagnosis and treatment and diseases of particular importance to dentists.

(1) Pharmacology: One 1-hour multiple choice written examination at mid semester and one 2-hour multiple choice and short answer written examination at the end of Semester 1. (2) Pathology: One 2-hour written examination and one 1-hour practical examination at the end of Semester 1 and continuous assessment. (3) Medicine: One 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 1. A pass in each of Sections (1), (2) and (3) is required for an overall pass in this subject.

• V Kumar, AK Abbas and N Fausto (eds), Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 7th edn, Elsevier Saunders, 2005.
• J A Yagelia, E A Neidle and F J Dowd, Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry. 5th edn, Elsevier Mosby 2004, OR.
• DE Golan, AH Tashjian, EJ Armstrong, JM Galanter, AW Armstrong, RA Arnaout and HS Rose, Principles of Pharmacology. The Pathophysiologic Basis of Drug Therapy. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2004, OR.
• HP Rang, MM Dale and JM Ritter, Pharmacology. 5th edn, Churchill Livingstone, 2003.