ANATOMY

Year I & II

The Anatomy course for dental students aims to acquaint students with basic knowledge of the human body and health conditions, in order to identify different body structures. The course includes Gross Anatomy, Microscopic Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Oral Anatomy and Head and Neck Topography. Tuition is offered through lectures, tutorials and laboratory practicals.

PHYSIOLOGY

Year I & II

The physiology course for dental students aims to acquaint students with the functional systems of the body as well as physiological chemistry as a firm foundation for future dental clinical application. Particular emphasis is given to oral physiology. Tuition is offered through lectures, tutorials and laboratory practicals.

BIOCHEMISTRY

Year I

Tuition is Biochemistry aims to introduce students to intracellular organisations, body fluids, enzymes and metabolic interactions. This is achieved through offering tuition in cell & body fluids, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, biological oxidation, enzymes, vitamins, minerals and trace elements and the biochemistry of the gastrointestinal. Tuition is offered through lectures, tutorials and laboratory practicals.

BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Year I & II

The course aims to acquaint students with the orofacial and research-based knowledge about the

dynamics of human behaviour. The course is taught through lectures, tutorials, a family case study and a 4 week

field attachment .

GENERAL SURGERY

Year 111

By the end of the Course students should be able to elicit medical history of the patient in a manner appropriate to the patient’s surgical needs and diagnose surgical conditions and have knowledge of surgical interventions. Tuition is offered through lectures, tutorials and bed side teaching.

GENERAL MEDICINE

Year III

The course aims to enable students to master the skills necessary for effective investigation and treatment of infections and parasitic infestations. Teaching is delivered through lectures and around bedside tutorials.

PATHOLOGY

Year III

The course serves to give dental students sufficient understanding of the pathological processes underlying all disease processes and specifically in detail, the common diseases that any general dental practitioner in an urban or rural setting is likely to encounter after the completion of the undergraduate course. At the end of the course, students should have a clear understanding of the development of disease processes, from their inception to their termination, including, aetiology, pathogenesis, micro and macroscopic appearances of the lesions produced and the clinical manifestations of those lesions. Chemical pathology, haematology, immunology and medical microbiology courses are also covered to equip students with investigative competencies .Teaching is delivered through lectures ,tutorials and laboratory practicals .

ORAL PATHOLOGY

Year III & V

The course is designed to amplify the third year courses in General Pathology and Medical Microbiology and to lay the foundations for clinical laboratory oral diagnosis. The students will be trained in understanding and recognizing a wide variety of oral diseases and the more commonly occurring developmental disturbances, which can affect the oral and adjacent regions. The course covers diseases of teeth and their supporting structures, diseases of oral and perioral soft tissues and bones and correlations of clinical findings, aetiologic factors and histopathologic features.

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY

Year III

The course is designed to amplify knowledge gained in general microbiology taught under the general pathology course. The course aims to enable students have an understanding of the physiology and genetics of microorganisms of relevance to dentistry, correlate the aetiopathogenesis and clinical presentation of oral diseases vis-à-vis viral, fungal and bacterial causes and appreciate the challenge posed by the human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS

DENTAL MORPHOLOGY – DENTAL TECHNIQUES

This course is taught prior to the third year of study to prepare students for clinical dentistry. It not only teaches the student the morphology of the different teeth but also gives the student an opportunity to practice manual dexterity through tooth carving. The course is taught in the form of lectures and practical sessions.

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Year III & IV

Introduction to General Pharmacology and Basic Pharmacology (Mechanism of Drug Action), followed by a course on drugs acting on the various systems of the body is offered in 3^rd year of the programme. The fourth year is devoted to applied/ Clinical pharmacology with emphasis on Rationale Use of Drugs (RUD).At the end of the course the student should have knowledge of general pharmacology (basic principles of drug action), systematic pharmacology and application of pharmacology in clinical practice. The course is taught through lectures, tutorials and laboratory practicals.

DENTAL MATERIALS

Year III & IV

The course is integrated with teaching concurrently taking place in other disciplines such as Restorative Dentistry, Prosthetics, Endodontic etc. Students will be exposed to a variety of materials with view to making the new dentist able to make choices of the materials they will use in their practices. Emphasis is placed on biocompatibility. The student will have to demonstrate ability to properly manipulate dental materials. Lecture, demonstration, tutorial and laboratory teaching model is used.

RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY

Year III & V

The course deals with facets involved in the restoration of normal form and function of the teeth and surrounding tissues. It is divided into sub-courses of conservative dentistry that include Cariology, Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Introduction to Clinical Restorative Dentistry. The course is taught through lecture, tutorials and clinical practice.

OPERATIVE DENTISTRY

This course is taught in the 3^rd year of study in the form of lectures, tutorials and practical sessions. The practical sessions involve the preparation of cavities using the taught principles initially on plastic teeth and then on extracted teeth mounted on plaster models as well as on phantom heads. The course prepares the student for Clinical Restorative Dentistry.

PROSTHODONTICS

Year III & V

The course involves teaching on the construction, fitting and repairing of removable appliances or prosthesis in the form of partial and complete dentures. The course is taught through lectures, tutorials and demonstrations.

DENTAL RADIOLOGY

Year III & V

The course begins in second semester of Year III with knowledge on basic radiation physics, radiation protection and techniques in radiography. In Year IV and V the student is expected to apply this knowledge taking and interpreting radiographs in the various disciplines of clinical dentistry. Teaching is through lectures, tutorials and demonstrations.

ORAL SURGERY

Year III – V

The course is designed to provide instruction in the diagnosis and treatment of the various conditions occurring in the oral cavity and related parts that may require surgical intervention. Teaching is through lectures, tutorials and demonstrations.

DENTAL LOCAL ANESTHESIA

Year III - V

The course is designed to enable students to be well informed on all aspects to render regional and local anesthesia in dentistry. An understanding of pain pathways, nerve conduction and the functions of the trigeminal nerve will be covered during the course. Special emphasis will be placed on the techniques to give regional anesthesia to the maxilla and mandible.

ORAL MEDICINE

Year IV-V

Student is expected to know lesions of oral mucosa and oral manifestations of systemic disorders with special emphasis on HIV and AIDS. Clinical presentation of diseases of teeth and their supporting structures, diseases of oral and perioral soft tissues and bones and correlations of clinical findings, aetiologic factors, radiographic features and histopathologic features.

COMMUNITY DENTISTRY

Year III – V

The student is expected to understand oral health as an integral part of general, social and economic health of the society. The student should be able to participate in the management, design, implementation and evaluation of programmes for communities upon completion of the course. The student is also expected to apply principles of research methods through a project presented and examined in the final year of study. The course is taught in sub-disciplines of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Dental Public Health, Ethics and Dental Practice Management and Preventive Dentistry.

PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY

Year III – V

The student should be competent in prevention of diseases of the oral cavity with special emphasis on dental caries and periodontal disease. Students are expected to regard each discipline of dentistry from a preventive perspective. They are also expected to actively take part in a prevention programme during the course of training. Such opportunities arise during field attachments and on-going national preventive programmes.

PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

 Year IV & V

Application of clinical dentistry in pediatric patients with emphasis on morphology of deciduous dentition and behavior modification. The course consists of a pre-clinical block (presentations, demonstrations, and practical), lectures, tutorials and clinical work on children aged 18 years and below.

ORTHODONTICS

Year IV & V

The student should be able to recognize, describe, classify, differentiate and foresee developing and existing orthodontically related problems in children and adults. The student should also be able to diagnose and treat uncomplicated orthodontic problems while being able to refer those of more severe nature for specialist treatment.