The Oral Cavity: Portal to Health and Disease

Name: The Oral Cavity: Portal to Health and Disease
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Overview

This course will focus on the interprofessional realtionship of dentistry and medicine. For each session, the medical specialist will present a broad overview of specific disease entity which will be followed by a dental educator discussing the relevant oral manifestations and implications. The final module of each session will be devoted to the interaction between the dental and other health care professionals.

Syllabus 9

The Interplay Between Medicine and Dentistry 5 minutes
This course will use the expertise of specialists from both medicine and dentistry to provide perspectives on a wide range of topics that significantly impact both fields. By explaining each field and the ways in which dental and medical specialists work together to manage affected patients, these…
Pain management: approaches and challenges 2 hours
In Week 2, we will discuss pain, both as a general concept and as it relates to certain conditions. This will include defining pain and its types, discussing multiple treatment modalities, and explaining some pains specific to the head and neck region. From both an oral medicine and pain management…
Diabetic patients and their care 2.5 hours
Week 3 focuses on diabetes, a very prevalent, but often not well understood disease that materially impacts both medicine and dentistry. Our discussion of this topic will include an in depth description of types of diabetes, treatments and how they differ based on type, and lifestyle management of…
Endocrine disorders: understanding thyroid cancer and osteoporosis 2 hours
In week 4, we will continue our discussion of endocrine diseases by covering two other relatively common conditions, thyroid cancer and osteoporosis. Both of these diseases present significant challenges to dental management of patients as well as presenting interesting and difficult medical challe…
Care of cardiovascular diseases and infections 2 hours
This week will review management of cardiac conditions, both generally and specifically in dental medicine. This will include explanations of some of the most prevalent cardiac conditions as well as discussion on the difficulties of treating select patients. This provides a widely applicable but al…
Dermatologic conditions of the oral cavity 2.5 hours
Week 6 presents an explanation of common dermatologic conditions that can frequently affect the oral cavity. The lectures in this module focus on the three most prevalent autoimmune reactions to occur in the mouth; lichen planus, pemphigoid, and pemphigus. The lectures in this week explain these co…
Blood and bone marrow cancers 2 hours
In this section, we will discuss blood and bone marrow cancers. This is a complex topic and our lectures will explain some of the differences between each type of these cancers in both disease characteristics and management. For management, we will review both traditional and cutting edge modalitie…
Understanding head and neck cancers 2 hours
Our last section deals with a very serious and important topic, that of cancers of the head and neck region. Our lectures will explain some types of head and neck cancer, but will focus on oral squamous cell carcinoma, the most common of these. We will discuss diagnosis and management of these pati…
Final Exam 30 minutes

Skills you'll practise

Leadership and Management

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

Structured courses with graded quizzes, assignments and deadlines you can reset.
A shareable certificate from the university or company when you pay.
Financial aid is often approved for students in India (apply 15 days before you need it).
Taught by University of Pennsylvania, one of the strongest names in its field.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 by 827 learners.
Self-paced: start any time.
A clear syllabus (9 parts) you can see before you start.

Disadvantages

Paid after a 7-day free trial (Coursera Plus or per course).
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Financial aid: If you cannot afford the fee for a certificate, you can apply for financial aid through the link on the course home page by filling out an application about your background and goals.

Taught by

Dr. Thomas P. SollecitoProfessor and Chairman of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Eric StooplerAssociate Professor of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Uri HangorskyAssociate Dean for Academic Affairs/ Director PASS, School of Dental Medicine

University of Pennsylvania is in Tier 1: world-leading universities and India's top institutes of our institution ranking (94/100).