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General clinical chemistry. General introduction to chemical pathology, branches of chemical pathology, the role of chemical pathology in the diagnosis, monitoring, detection of complication and determination of diseases, burden of non-communicable diseases, importance of reference interval/range, Gaussian distribution, normal distribution curve. Specimen handling and pre-analytical variables. Biological variability. Concept of diurnal rhythm, supracardian rhythm, modifiable and non-modifiable causes of analytical variability, and types of specimen collected and analysed by the chemical pathology laboratory. Patient preparation for chemical pathology investigations, random samples, timed collection, and use of special investigations requests, specimen/sample containers, difference between plasma, serum and whole blood, handling of CSF samples. Interpretation of numerical results. Units in clinical chemistry, SI and conventional units, interpreting clinical chemistry result, use of population specific reference interval, subject base reference interval, significant differences in results, sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic efficiency and odd’s ratio, negative and positive predictive values, handling and abnormal or incongruent laboratory result. Acid base homeostasis and disorders, sodium and water homeostasis and disorders, potassium homeostasis and disorders, calcium homeostasis and related disorders, uric acid metabolism and disorders. Water and sodium homeostasis and disorders. Potassium balance and disorders. Calcium, phosphate, magnesium and vitamin D disorders.

History and state of dentistry in Nigeria and the relevance of dentistry to health in Nigeria. Different practice options in dentistry, private, government and group practices. Different specialties in dentistry. Exposure to different dental operatories, types, equipment, rationale and staffing. Discuss principles of clerkship and the deductive process by which diagnoses are made. Ethical principles of dentistry, the future of a dentist, tooth notations in dentistry, common terms in dentistry, introduction to the dental operatory and the dental laboratories. Manpower types in dentistry. Nuances in different specialties. Orthodontics (ortho). Paediatric dentistry (Paedo). Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS). Periodontology (Perio). Restorative dentistry (CONS/PROS). Prognostication in dentistry (ODS, CONS).

Approach to the clinical interview. Basic clinical skills and approach to the clinical examination. Demonstration on how to elicit basic physical signs. Emphasis on technique and general approach to the patient. Immunological and genetic basis of diseases. Tutorials on elementary clinical medicine with emphasis on applied basic medical sciences (including basic principles of radiology).

Introduction to public health and community dentistry. Introductory epidemiology. Basic statistics. Epidemiology of dental caries. Periodontal disease and oral cancer including measurement of oral diseases and sampling techniques.

Wound healing, soft and hard tissues. Systemic conditions of importance to the oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Review of clerkship, with a bias to oral and maxillofacial surgery. Pre- operative assessment of the maxillofacial patient. Principles of minor oral surgery. Asepsis, aseptic techniques and sterilisation in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Clinical investigations in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Review of local anaesthesia in dentistry. Introduction to exodontia indications and contraindications for tooth extraction. Pre-operative assessment in intra-alveolar/trans alveolar extractions. Intra-alveolar exodontia. Trans-alveolar exodontia. Complications of extraction and management. Surgery including vision. Access preoperative patient assessment in exodontias. Principles and complications of tooth extractions.

Commonly used terms and conditions in oral medicine and their clinical applications. History taking. Examination. Investigations. Informed consent and pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics. Routes of drug administration. Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions. Proper prescription writing. Drug properties and dosages. Proper use of antibiotics, classifications, modes of action, and dosages. Referral in oral medicine.

General and dental developmental milestones in children, and the differences between management in the adult and in the child. Eruption of teeth, and the difference between the adult and child dentition. Principles of child psychology, non-pharmacological and pharmacological options for behavior management and pain control. Introduction to paediatric dentistry. Milestones in child development. Development of the dentition. Review of clerkship with bias to paediatric dentistry. Child psychology. Pain control for children. Non- pharmacological management. Pharmacological management.

Descriptive terms. Plans and terms of relationship of the human body. Terms of comparison. Attachment of muscles. Types of muscles. Movements of joints. Osteology. Principles of Kinesiology. General organisation of body systems. Upper limb. Pectoral region and mammary gland. Axilla and brachial plexus. Deltoid and scapular regions. Arm, forearm, hand, bones and joints.

Infectious disease, past and present. Mode of transmission of infectious disease. Nature and classification of bacteria of medical importance. Mechanisms of pathogenicity and virulence. Microbial metabolism and multiplication. Specification defence mechanisms against bacteria. Exotoxin-producing bacteria. The process of bacterial destruction (sterilisation and disinfection). The normal flora of the human body. Description and identification of the following organism, Salmonella typhii, Shigella spp, Mycobacterium spp, Brucella spp, Corynebacterium spp, Clostridium spp, Spirochaetes, Listeria, Yersinia spp, Vibrios, Campylobacterium spp, Enterobacterium, Actinobacterium spp, Pseudomonas spp, Actinomyces and Nocardia Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Rickettsia spp.

History of microscope. Types and components of a microscope. Principle and specialised microscopy techniques. Microscopy tissue processing. Introduction to advanced diagnostic techniques. Review of embryogenesis and odontogenesis. Terminologies in oral pathology. Histo-techniques. Tooth and craniofacial anomalies. Benign lesions of the oral cavity. Malignant lesions of the oral cavity. Benign and malignant lesions of salivary glands. Cysts of the oral and maxillofacial region. Benign tumors of odontogenic origin. Malignant tumors of odontogenic origin.