Infections of the Mouth and Jaws

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. investigate and diagnose oro-facial infections; and 2. describe the basic principles of treatments of oro-facial infections.

Fascial spaces and routes of spread. Principles of infection management and antibiotic therapy. Iodontogenic infections and their management. Non-odontogenic infections of soft tissue and their management. Hard tissue infections and their management. Salivary gland infections and their management. Atypical infections of the head and neck and their management. Immune suppression and head and neck infections.