PTH 600 General Pathology (5 credits) Includes fundamentals of disease processes such as inflammation, tissue injury and repair, the immune response and neoplasia.If you have a lump, bump, swelling, or other unusual finding in your mouth or jaw, this unusual finding is generically referred to as oral pathology.

The use of statistical methods to analyze scientific data (Spring)

OS 518 Statistical Methods in the Oral Sciences (3 credits) Three hours lecture per week.

Understanding of research literature and development of the ability to design and conduct research projects (Fall)

OS 512 Research Design in the Oral Sciences (2 credits) Two hour lecture per week.Review of oral immunology, microbiology and salivary fluids (Spring) OS 504 & ORB 510 Saliva and the Oral Microbiome (4 credits) Four hour week lectures.Clinico-pathological correlation of oral lesions with emphasis in the clinical presentation (Fall) ODS 936 Oral Mucosal Diseases & ODS 900 Diagnosis of Mineralized Tissues (2 credits) Two hour lecture per week.ODS 921 Oral Medicine Clinic (3 credits) (Fall and Spring).ODS 911 Oral Pathology Journal Club (1 credit) Formal presentation of selected papers (Fall and Spring).ODS 910 Biopsy Service (5 credits) (Fall and Spring).ODS 903 Oral Pathology Literature Review (1 credit) Review of current advances in head and neck pathology literature (Spring).ODS 901 Advanced Clinical Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (2 credits) Clinical review of unusual and rare oral and maxillofacial lesions (Spring).

Head and Neck Pathology seminar at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Pathology (1 credit) (Fall and Spring)

ODS 530 Histological Interpretation of Oral Lesions (2 credits) Introduction to microscopic pathology of lesions of the oral and paraoral region (Fall and Spring).

CLD 950 Interdisciplinary Patient Care Seminar (1 credit) (Fall and Spring).

It can be taken in either the 1 st or 3 rdyear, depending on the student’s academic load.)

CLD 555 Head and Neck Anatomy (1 credit) (*Offered every other year during Spring semester.

Work in an academic environment oriented to teach clinical oral pathology.

Manage unusual cases and participate in multidisciplinary treatment-planning.

Clinically diagnose diseases affecting oral soft and hard tissues and/or establish a clinical differential diagnosis leading to the appropriate treatment of the condition in question.

Evaluate the systemic and local medication taken by patients, its indications, contraindications and side-effects.

Assess the systemic status of out-patient and in-patient populations.

More precisely, the trainees should be able to: The main goal of this subject area is to provide the trainee with the proper tools and experience to evaluate the physical aspects of oral and systemic diseases. Patient Evaluation and Management (360 hours of instruction)

Work in an academic environment oriented to teach surgical oral pathology.Understand and practice the regulatory procedures which provide for the safety of laboratory personnel.Know and apply the legal aspects of the laboratory operation such as malpractice insurance, and laws that protect individual privacy.Understand and apply the administrative and licensing procedures associated with the establishment and directorship of an oral biopsy service.Draft competent pathology reports of cases reviewed in an oral and maxillofacial pathology biopsy service.Establish a reasonable differential diagnosis of rare oral lesions seen in the oral and maxillofacial regions, and then select, request and interpret appropriate special histochemical, immunocytochemical, immunofluorescence and in situ hybridization studies.Comfortably diagnose at the microscopic level more than 95% of the cases that are seen as routine submissions in an oral pathology biopsy service.Competently gross oral biopsy specimens.The final goal of this discipline is to train individuals to competently diagnose at the microscopic levels pathological processes affecting the oral and maxillofacial regions. Surgical Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (2,000 hours of instruction)

Oral pathology