Oral Medicine 3 (DENT90092)

Oral Medicine 3 is the final subject, continuing on from the previous two years of learning to provide advanced training and research skills in the oral medicine field. The subject provides specialist understanding on the aetiology, pathogenesis, immunology and clinical aspects of oral medicine, specifically with regard to oral mucosal lesions, orofacial pain or temporomandibular dysfunction.

The subject will prepare dentists to diagnose and treat diseases of the oral mucosa and oro-facial pain at a specialist level. The training in oral medicine will be solidified through participation in research, regular seminars, and review meetings. The subject will provide students with high-level competencies to identify diseases and relevant risk factors, and superior awareness of the full range of clinical treatment services in oral medicine. They will understand the complexities of inter-disciplinary relationships across the environment of medical, dental, allied health professionals and utilise them to the needs of their patients and field.

The clinical component of the subject provides opportunity to manage patients with oral mucosal disorders, oral manifestations of systemic disease and provide specialist assessment and treatment plans to patients with oro-facial pain. Assessment of clinical performance will include written paper and oral examinations on both clinical skills, and developed understandings of histological diagnosis and patient management. Students will be required to pass all sections (clinical, laboratory and theory) of this subject.

Students will partake in weekly teaching sessions of Doctor of Dental Surgery students.