DENT 2129 - Internal Medicine

[55 Hours]

This course presents the basic principles of medicine applied in treating the more common and/or typical diseases of the various systems of the body. Material is presented in a system-by-system approach. Emphasis is generally placed on the understanding of the various disease processes and on medical and pharmacologic treatment, rather than on diagnosis of disease. Throughout the course, the role of the dentist/physician team is stressed in proper dental medical management of the total patient. (Department of Oral Diagnosis, Medicine and Radiology)