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Principles of diseases

Course Description: This course covers the fundamental principles of disease and relevant pathology. There is a great emphasis on understanding the mechanisms underlying changes at the cellular and subcellular levels. The dimensions of cell injury, inflammation, pathogenesis, repair and regeneration, cancer, circulatory disturbances, and nutritional diseases and their study are examined. The relationship between systemic diseases and their significance in dentistry is also discussed. This course will provide the student with an understanding of pharmacology and therapeutic drugs as applied to dental practice.
Credits: 6
Objectives of the course :

Understand the underlying mechanisms behind changes at the cellular and subcellular levels.
• Identification of criteria for cell injury, inflammation, protective immunity, and repair and regeneration.
Understanding carcinogenesis.

Course outputs :

Learn about circulatory disorders and nutritional diseases.
• Identifying the reciprocal relationships of systemic diseases and their importance in dentistry.
Understand the principles of pharmacology.

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  • Last updated: 2026-04-12

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