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detail-title margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>Oral Diseases</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-hours_html margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>(3 Units)</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-offering margin--span text--big"><span class="label"></span>Winter</span>聽聽</h3><div class="noindent notinpdf"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span class="skip-makebubbles"><span class="label"><i>Instructor(s):</i></span> <span style="display:inline-block;"><a href="#" onclick="lfjs.bubble(this,(this.nextSibling||{}).innerHTML||'No other Courses',{width:bubblewidth}); return false;">Kamal Al-Eryani</a><span style="display:none;"><span class="label"><b>Kamal Al-Eryani also teaches:</b></span> <a href="/search/?P=ORAL%20MED%20489" title="ORAL聽MED聽489" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'ORAL MED 489');">ORAL聽MED聽489</a></span></span>, Alessandro Villa</span></p></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span><i>Instructor(s):</i> Kamal Al-Eryani, Alessandro Villa</span></p></div><div><p class="text detail-prerequisite_s_ margin--default"><span class="label">Prerequisite(s): </span>Completion of courses in basic general pathology and oral pathology.</p></div><div><p class="text detail-restrictions margin--default"><span class="label">Restrictions: </span>Enrollment in a graduate academic or postgraduate professional program, or permission of instructor.</p></div><div><p class="text detail-activities margin--default"><span class="label">Activities: </span>Lecture</p></div><div class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra">This course updates, expands and applies the student's knowledge of diseases affecting the oral soft tissues, jaws and salivary glands to improve their skills in clinical decision making through analysis of clinical cases and histological specimens in an interactive format.</p></div><div class="noindent bubble-hidden notinpdf"><div class="courseblockextra noindent"><h4 class="toggle bubble-hide">View full course details:</h4> <ul> <li>School: Graduate Division</li> <li>Department: Oral And Craniofacial Sciences MS Program</li> <li>May the student choose the instructor for this course? No</li> <li>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No</li> <li>Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</li> <li>Graduate Division course: Yes</li> <li>Is this a web-based online course? No</li> <li>Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No</li> <li>May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes</li> <li>Repeat course for credit? No</li></ul> </div></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><div class="courseblockextra"><div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-school"><strong>School: </strong>Graduate Division</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-department"><strong>Department: </strong>Oral And Craniofacial Sciences MS Program</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-instructor_choice"><strong>May the student choose the instructor for this course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-consent"><strong>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grade_mode"><strong>Course Grading Convention: </strong>P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grad_division"><strong>Graduate Division course: </strong>Yes</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-web_based"><strong>Is this a web-based online course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-ipe"><strong>Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grad_enrollment"><strong>May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? </strong>Yes</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-repeatability"><strong>Repeat course for credit? </strong>No</span></div></div></div><div class="noindent bubble-only notinpdf"><div class="text detail-coursedetails_link"><span class="noeco"><a href="/search/?q=ORAL MED+208">More details</a></span></div>聽聽</div></div><div class="courseblock"><h3 class="cols noindent"><span class="text detail-code margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>ORAL MED 489</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-title margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>Clinical Oral Medicine</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-hours_html margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>(2.5-14 Units)</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-offering margin--span text--big"><span class="label"></span>Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer</span>聽聽</h3><div class="noindent notinpdf"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span class="skip-makebubbles"><span class="label"><i>Instructor(s):</i></span> <span style="display:inline-block;"><a href="#" onclick="lfjs.bubble(this,(this.nextSibling||{}).innerHTML||'No other Courses',{width:bubblewidth}); return false;">Kamal Al-Eryani</a><span style="display:none;"><span class="label"><b>Kamal Al-Eryani also teaches:</b></span> <a href="/search/?P=ORAL%20MED%20208" title="ORAL聽MED聽208" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'ORAL MED 208');">ORAL聽MED聽208</a></span></span></span></p></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span><i>Instructor(s):</i> Kamal Al-Eryani</span></p></div><div><p class="text detail-prerequisite_s_ margin--default"><span class="label">Prerequisite(s): </span>None.</p></div><div><p class="text detail-restrictions margin--default"><span class="label">Restrictions: </span>Enrollment in the postgraduate oral medicine program.</p></div><div><p class="text detail-activities margin--default"><span class="label">Activities: </span>Clinical</p></div><div class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra">This clinical course provides comprehensive experience in treating oral medicine conditions. Students learn to apply knowledge of history-taking and differential diagnosis, utilize various diagnostic techniques such as biopsy, cytology and certain clinical pathology laboratory tests; interpret results, prescribe treatment and follow up. Expectations shift as student advances.</p></div><div class="noindent bubble-hidden notinpdf"><div class="courseblockextra noindent"><h4 class="toggle bubble-hide">View full course details:</h4> <ul> <li>School: Dentistry</li> <li>Department: Orofacial Sciences</li> <li>May the student choose the instructor for this course? No</li> <li>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No</li> <li>Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</li> <li>Graduate Division course: No</li> <li>Is this a web-based online course? No</li> <li>Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No</li> <li>May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? No</li> <li>Repeat course for credit? Yes</li></ul> </div></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><div class="courseblockextra"><div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-school"><strong>School: </strong>Dentistry</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-department"><strong>Department: </strong>Orofacial Sciences</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-instructor_choice"><strong>May the student choose the instructor for this course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-consent"><strong>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grade_mode"><strong>Course Grading Convention: </strong>P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grad_division"><strong>Graduate Division course: </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-web_based"><strong>Is this a web-based online course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-ipe"><strong>Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grad_enrollment"><strong>May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-repeatability"><strong>Repeat course for credit? </strong>Yes</span></div></div></div><div class="noindent bubble-only notinpdf"><div class="text detail-coursedetails_link"><span class="noeco"><a href="/search/?q=ORAL MED+489">More details</a></span></div>聽聽</div></div></div></div> </main> </div>  <div id="col-nav"> <aside id="sidebar"> <div class="sidebar-item"> <h2 id="edition" class="sidebar-header"><a href="/">2024-2025 Edition</a></h2> <nav id="cl-menu" aria-label="Primary"> <ul class="nav levelzero" id="/"> <li><a href="/welcome/">Welcome from the Chancellor</a></li> <li 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