| Module code | OFC 370 |
| Qualification | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Module content | (a) Surgical anatomy: Applied surgical anatomy. (b) Examination, anaesthesia, distress: Examination of a surgical patient, stress control and sedation, local anaesthetics, local anaesthetic techniques, applied pharmacology and prescription (synoptic), emergency procedures. (c) Basic oral surgery: Sterilisation and disinfection, oral surgical armamentarium, exodontia and related complications, bleeding problems, antrum. (d) Advanced oral surgery: Apaicectomy, impactions, electro and cryosurgery, soft tissue infections and osteomyelitis, pre-prosthodontic surgery (review). (e) Basic maxillo-facial surgery: Traumatology, surgical pathology, neuralgias, temporo-mandibular joint derangements. (f) Advanced maxillo-facial surgery: Micro surgery (review), orthognathic surgery, facial cleft deformities, cranio-facial surgery (review). |
| Module credits | 12.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Prerequisites | BOK 280,(BOK 281 or (BOK 285,287)),BOK 283,GNK 286,GNK 288,GPS 280,IKT 200,SMO 211,SMO 281 |
| Contact time | 3 lectures per week, 1 practical per week |
| Language of tuition | Both Afr and Eng |
| Academic organisation | Maxillo-Facial + Oral Surgery |
| Period of presentation | Year |
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