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Introduction to dental anatomy. Basic nomenclature and introduction to the 3D tooth atlas. Morphology of the permanent maxillary incisors. Morphology of the permanent mandibular incisors. Morphology of the permanent canines. Morphology of the permanent mandibular premolars. Morphology of the permanent maxillary premolars. Biologic considerations of tooth structures. Occlusion. Morphology of the permanent mandibular molars. Morphology of the permanent maxillary molars. Periodontal correlations and root anatomy. Morphology of the deciduous teeth. 207

Develop the knowledge about using waxing instruments in the correct manner. Create different structures with dental wax to develop psychomotor skills. Create the ideal dental anatomy of a permanent anterior tooth by subtractive manner using soap carving technique. Develop the skills to critically self-evaluate waxed teeth by using the self-assessment rubric and compare software.

General principles of care in the medically compromised patient. Dental management considerations in patients with systemic disorders. Dental management considerations in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Endocrine disorders. Neuromuscular disorders. Gastrointestinal disorders. Renal disorders. Respiratory disorders. Bleeding disorders and immunodiagnostic. Treatment planning and management of patients with various oral 243 medicine disorders clinic including those with systemic co-morbidities or reactions to pharmaco-therapeutic treatment. Management of patients with systemic conditions. Management of medical emergencies in the dental clinic.

Physiology of the skin and appendages. Histochemistry of the skin. Superficial and deep fungal infection, bacterial infection of the skin including parasitic infection of the skin. Papulo- squamous skin disease. Connective tissue diseases. Common sebaceous gland diseases, Common non-infectious diseases of the hair. Dermatitis. Contact eczema. Toxic dermatitis. Dyshidrotic eczema. Viral infection of the skin, sexually transmitted diseases (including AIDS). Pigmentary skin disorders, external manifestation of systemic diseases. Management of skin disease in the community. Taking of skin scraping, staining slide for fungus identification, planting of scraping and swabs from the skin for culture, skin-snip for filarial diagnosis, read slides for fungal infection and other common parasitic infections of the skin. Take urethral and vaginal swabs correctly for microscopic and culture examination. Take skin biopsies correctly and preserve for histopathology.

Clinical evaluation, ward rounds and calls according to the contents of DER 601 in first semester.

Introduction into the role of statistics in human biology and medicine. Collection and organisation of data, and scales of measurement. Presentation of data. Measures of central tendency and location (mean, median, mode, normal curve, skewed curve). Measures of variability (dispersion) and standard deviation (SD) standard error (SE). Probability theory and binomial distribution. Introduction of students to t-test, z-test, chi-square test. The statistical significance of a difference. Association, correlation and linear regression. Estimating population values. Planning of health survey. Design and interpretation of clinical trials.

Surgical and functional anatomy of the TMJ. TMJ disorders and their management. Neurological disorders in oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Evaluation of central nervous system (CNS) infections. Acute bacterial meningitis. Tuberculous meningitis. Cerebral palsy and mental retardation. Cerebral palsy, definition aetiology, classification, clinical features, management, prognosis. Mental retardation, definition, prevalence, aetiology, predisposing factors, clinical presentation, risk of recurrence, prevention. Convulsions and seizure disorder, febrile seizure. Epilepsies, complications, management, prognosis. Coma definition, pathophysiology, grading of coma, Glasgow coma scale, diagnostic approach, investigations, treatment. Headaches in children, introduction, history taking, types of headache, migraine, tension. Intracranial hypertension. Investigation, treatment, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, variation in intelligence. Overview of common aetiologic agents of CNS Infections bacterial, viral, others. Pathology/pathophysiology of CNS infections. Clinical features attributed to CNS infections, differential diagnosis. Evaluation/investigation of suspected CNS infection indications/contra indications to lumbar puncture. Complications, treatment/prognosis. Diseases of neuromuscular system. Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis, brief anatomy and physiology, definition of osteomyelitis and septic arthritis, pathophysiology of osteomyelitis and septic arthritis, aetiology of osteomyelitis and septic arthritis, clinical features of osteomyelitis and 132 septic arthritis, investigations, differential diagnosis, management, complications, outcome and prognosis. Orthopaedic problems in children.

Evaluation of haematopoietic system (HS). Definition of haematopoietic system. The components of HS (blood cells, the bone marrow, and lymphoid organs). Development of HS. Evaluation of child with haematologic disorders. Anaemia in children. General approach to anaemia. Introduction. Definition of anaemia. Patient characteristics-age of patient-sex-race and ethnicity. Evaluation-history-physical examination. Laboratory evaluation-complete blood count-haemoglobin and haematocrit-RBC indices-white blood count and platelet count-blood smear reticulocyte count. Haemoglobin electrophoresis, classification of anaemia, microcytic anaemia, normocytic anaemia, macrocytic anaemia, reticulocyte response. Confirmatory testing. Sickle cell disease and other haemoglobinopathies basic concept of SCD, definition, epidemiology. Pathogenesis/pathophysiology. Factors enhancing sickling. Haplotype. Sickle cell crises, vaso-occlusive pain episode, acute chest syndrome, stroke, hyper-haemolytic crisis, aplastic crisis, sequestration crisis, priapism, osteomyelitis, avascular necrosis, sickle cell nephropathy, sickle cell hepatopathy. Thalassemia, definition, epidemiology, pathogenesis, classification, diagnosis, α-thalassaemia, β-thalassaemia, overview clinical manifestations, early manifestations, skeletal changes, liver and gallbladder, splenomegaly, splenectomy, kidneys, management. Acute leukaemias, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, acute myeloid leukaemia. classification of acute leukaemias integrating, morphology, cytochemistry, cytogenetics. Clinical features of acute leukaemia. Principles of induction, consolidation and maintenance cytotoxic chemotherapy, including attendant side effects. Outcomes of leukaemia according to classification, prognostic indices. Bleeding disorders, coagulation, mechanism of clotting, evaluation of abnormal coagulation tests, inherited coagulation disorders. Haemophilia a, haemophilia b, Von-Willebrand disease. Introduction. Definitions. Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, age at first bleeding, initial site of bleeding, intracranial bleeding, joints and muscle, epistaxis, oral, gastrointestinal bleeding, laboratory evaluation. Haemophilic arthropathy, development of inhibitors, diagnostic evaluation, patient and family history. Laboratory testing, screening tests, factor activity levels, genetic testing. 133

Elementary set theory, subsets, union, intersection, complements, Venn diagrams. Real numbers, integers, rational and irrational numbers, mathematical induction, real sequences and series, theory of quadratic equations, binomial theorem. Complex numbers, algebra of complex numbers, the Argand diagram. De-Moivre’s theorem, nth roots of unity. Circular measure, trigonometric functions of angles of any magnitude, addition and factor formulae.