Dentosphere : World of Dentistry

General Medicine Allocation of teaching hours Unit I Unit II Total Theory Clinical/Practical Theory Clinical/Practical 30 45 30 45 150 Unit I Learning objectives Students should be able to: 1.      Learn basics of Medicine, its fundamentals and apply it during clinical practice. 2.      Know common infectious diseases, identify their signs and symptoms, their implication in dental surgery and their management. 3.      Identify different Gastrointestinal disorders their signs and symptoms, their impact in dental surgery and their management. 4.      Have knowledge of common cardiovascular diseases that presents in their daily practice, their impact in dental surgery and impact of dental procedures in the cardiovascular diseases. Identification of cardiovascular disease of dental importance and their effecti...

Disease Oral manifestation Dental consideration Anemia (most of them) Petechiae, Spontaneous gingival bleeding, herpetic infection, glossitis, stomatitis, angular cheilitis, pale oral mucosa, oral candidiasis, RAS, erythematous mucositis, burning mouth. ·         Goal: establish and maintain good oral health, thus reducing the risk of an oral infection. ·         For patients who are severely neutropenic (neutrophil count <200/micro lit), prophylactic antibiotic and antifungal should be used and foods that may be contaminated with bacteria or fungal pathogens avoided. ·         Attention to details of oral hygiene and hand washing and avoidance of minor injuries and exposure to infectious agents can reduce risk of serious complications Polycythemia vera PV can manifest int...