Credit hours: 3 credit hours
Instructor: Denise Helm RDH, MA
Office: CHP 208
Phone: 523-7425
E-Mail: Denise.Helm@nau.edu
Office Hours: TBA

Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Dental Hygiene Program

Course Description: This course is an introduction to Oral Pathology and physical Diagnosis. The student will be provided the basic information to assimilate information through clinical observation and laboratory testing and radiographic findings and be able to provide a differential diagnosis for lesions of the oral cavity and conditions that effect dental treatment

Competencies:
After successfully completing this course students will be able to:

1. Describe the dental hygienist responsibility in recognizing, documenting and referring oral pathology.

2. Differentiate between normal, deviations of normal and pathology of oral tissues.

3. Discuss and describe a differential and definitive diagnosis with other professionals.

4. Educate and inform the patient regarding their oral lesions.

5. Analyze and correlate lesions according to predilection, appearance, symptoms, cause and treatment.

6. Analyze disease significance in relationship to treatment priority.


Course Structure:
Web Enhanced, Clinical Activities

Required Text:
Ibsen and Phelan, Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist, Saunders, 3rd edition 2000.

Newland, Robert J. et al. Oral Soft Tissue Diseases, A reference Manual for Diagnosis & Management, Lexi-Comp's Clinical Reference Library, 2001. This text can be ordered through your instructor..

Required Materials:
1. Internet access
2. ~500 note cards

Course Outline:

WEEK	TOPIC	READING	ASSIGNMENTS DUE
1	Introduction to Oral Pathology Know Your Patient	1. Module 1, Topic 1 2. Chapter 1, Ibsen
2	Variants of Normal Benign Condition of Unknown Etiology	1. Module 1, Topic 1 2. Chapter 1, Ibsen	Description of Lesions
3	Inflammation and Repair review Physical and Chemical Injuries of the Oral Tissue	1. Module 1, Topic 2 Chapter 2, Ibsen
4	Immune Response review Oral Disease with Immunological Pathogenesis	1. Module 1, Topic 3 2. Chapter 3, Ibsen
5	Exam 1		Note Cards
6	Developmental Disorders of the Oral Cavity	1. Module 2, Topic 1-4 2. Chapter 4, Ibsen
7	Neoplasia	1. Module 3, Topic 1-4 2. Chapter 5, Ibsen
8	Neoplasia cont.	1. Module 3, Topic 1-4 2. Chapter 5, Ibsen
9	Exam 2		Note Cards
10	Genetics	1. Module 4, Topic 1-6 2. Chapter 16, Ibsen
11	Genetics cont	1. Module 4, Topic 1-6 2. Chapter 6, Ibsen	Pathology Paper
12	Genetics cont	1. Module 4, Topic 1-6 2. Chapter 6, Ibsen
13	Exam 3		Note Cards
14	Oral Manifestations of Systemic Disease	1. Module 5, Topic 1-6 2. Chapter 7, Ibsen
15	Oral Manifestations of Systemic Disease cont	1. Module 5, Topic 1-6 2. Chapter 7, Ibsen
16	Final Exam		Note Cards

Evaluation and Grading

Assignments	Points
Weekly quiz	100
Lesion Description Assignment	100
Pathology Paper	100
Note Cards	200
Exams	100 @
Final Exam multiple choice and essay	200
Grades	Points
A	100-900 pts
B	899-800 pts
C	799-700
D	699-600 pts
F	>600 pts

Course Policy:
This is a web-enhanced course. The student's success in this course is dependent on regular reading of material and studying the slides on-line and in the Color Atlas. ALL reading must be completed prior to lecture.
Makeup Test: There will be no make-up exams.

Attendance Professional behavior requires the attendance and participation in all class and clinic sessions. By enrolling in this program you have indicated a commitment to practice professional behavior. This behavior requires that you meet your commitments. If you are unable to attend either a clinic or classroom session, you must notify Denise Helm before the session. Submit a written explanation the day you return. All work must be made up within a week of absence. It is the student's responsibility to make these arrangements through the professor. If the student misses an assignment, quiz, or exam without notifying the instructor before the absence, the student will not be allowed to make it up.

Ethics, Plagiarism and Cheating Personal and professional ethics are expected to be of the highest quality as defined in the NAU-DH Policy and Procedure Manual and the NAU Student Handbook. Any breach of ethics, e.g..: Cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, providing false information, forgery, altering documents, helping others with such activities are violations of the code of conduct and will result in a grade of F for the activity (exam, etc.) and is subject to further Departmental, and/or University proceedings.

Extra Credit: To begin identifying oral lesions you must think like a sleuth. Throughout this class you will be asked to find clues that will lead you to a differential diagnosis. These clues may be found in your patient medical, dental psychosocial or family history. For extra credit points in this class you will find clues that will lead you to instructions for tasks to earn points. Not all clues are worth the same amount of point so keep looking. Remember even Sherlock Holmes had to start small.

Here is what the clues will look like. Any time while you are in this class click on the following icons to get instructions for earning points.

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E-mail Denise Helm at Denise.Helm@nau.edu
or call (520) 523-7425

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