Scientific Principles of Surgical Prac.

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Successful completion of all Year 2 subjects.

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This subject comprises two modules.

Surgery: Principles and practice of surgery; surgical pathology of acute and chronic infection; control of infection; cancer, head and neck surgery.

Oral Medicine, Pathology and Surgery: Causes and processes of oral diseases affecting human beings; application of basic and clinical sciences knowledge to the clinical situation, individuals and the community; pathology of the jaws, the salivary glands, temporomandibular joints, oral mucosae, teeth and periodontium; examination and diagnostic methods and the dentist's responsibility for the safe and effective management of patients.

By completion of the subject, the dental student should:

(1) Comprehend:
a) the surgical pathology of acute and chronic infection;
b) the role of immunity in surgical disease;
c) antibiotic usage in surgical practice;
d) the processes of wound healing and management;
e) the distribution of body fluids and the diagnosis and treatment of fluid abnormalities;
f) the pathology, treatment and prevention of cancer;
g) the principles of analgesic usage;
h) airways management and respiratory support;
i) the diagnosis and treatment of common surgical conditions affecting the head and neck including
face, oral cavity, accessory nasal sinuses, salivary glands, oesophagus and thyroid;
j) the application of pathology principles to the oral region;
k) the pathological basis of commonly occurring oral diseases and the oral manifestations of
systemic diseases;
l) the less commonly occurring diseases, their development and their effect on the patient;
m) basic surgical principles as applied to dental practice.

(2) Have developed:
a) the basic clinical skills required to recognise surgical conditions affecting the head and neck; and
b) basic first aid skills necessary to manage acute surgical conditions of head and neck.

(3) Appreciate:
a) the pathological processes underlying the manifestation of surgical conditions;
b) the need to evaluate the whole patient when assessing a localised surgical problem;
c) the importance of the application of sound surgical principles in the management of traumatic,
infective and neoplastic processes affecting the head and neck;
d) the fundamental role that oral medicine, pathology and surgery has in the prevention and
management of oral disease; and
e) that oral disease must be related to the whole patient.

(4) Be able to:

a) describe the clinical, radiographic and histopathological features of oral pathological disorders; and
b) discuss their aetiology and management, including therapeutic and surgical management as well as other treatment modalities.

One 3-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2 and continuing clinical and written assessment (consisting of two short-answer written papers of no more than 1 hour each) during the semester.

• *Dudley HAF and Waxman B (eds) 1989 An Aid to Clinical Surgery 4th ed, Churchill Livingstone
• Liechty RD and Soper RT 1989 Fundamentals of Surgery 6th ed, Mosby
• Soames JV and Southam JC 1998 Oral Pathology 3rd ed, Oxford University Press
• Wray D, Lowe GD, Dagg SH, Felix DH and Scully C 1999 Textbook of General and Oral Medicine , Churchill Livingstone

*Indicates Essential Reading

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Basic clinical procedures
• Basic first aid procedures