Oral Surgery (OS)

Prerequisites: None Introduction to the drugs/agents and techniques used in the control of patients' pain and anxiety. Includes local or regional anesthesia, conscious sedation with inhalation techniques and intravenous delivery. Pharmacological, physiological, psychological and anatomical considerations related to pain and anxiety control are reviewed.

Prerequisites: OS 7192 Designed to present the surgical principles involved in general practice dento-alveolar surgery including exodontia, treating basic infections, diagnosing, and referring patients for definitive care for large infections, cysts, and tumors. The course will present the surgical tenets necessary to be successful in the OMS teaching clinics. (Spring)

Prerequisites: None Clinical application of basic instrumentation in extraction of teeth, removal of roots, and preparation of mouths for dentures, clinical use of local anesthetics and nitrous oxide analgesia.

Prerequisites: None Discussion of office set up, medical emergency kits, staff training, and preparedness drills. Review of the patients medical history, completion of a physical exam for dentistry, determination of the patients ability to tolerate the dental treatment and determination of treatment modifications are necessary. Discussion of causes, predisposing factors, symptoms, physiology, treatment, and sequel of medical emergencies possible in the dental office.

Prerequisites: OS 7292 The course will provide an overview of the scope of the specialty of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and its sophisticated procedures. Including when and why to refer patients. The didactic content is concerned predominantly with hospital based Oral & Maxillofacial surgical procedures so that students may gain insight into the breath of the specialty. (Fall)

Prerequisites: None Diagnosis and treatment of wide spectrum of dental emergencies, assist in the administration of intravenous and inhalation anesthetics and in the removal of impacted teeth.

Observing and assisting in Oklahoma teaching hospitals to become familiar with hospital protocol and procedures and the management of medically compromised patients.

Prerequisites: None May be repeated with change of subject matter. Topics of special nature or of unusual interest to the individual student.

A continuation of 9604: management of more complex Oral Surgical problems with increasing independence; rotation through a busy hospital oral surgery clinic diagnosing and treating ambulatory patients with infections, tumors, salivary gland and tempero-mandibular joint diseases; includes hospital rounds, night calls, physical examinations and evaluation for surgery.

Prerequisites: OS 7292 & OS 8391 This course is designed to take students through a systematic process of learning the surgical components of implant dentistry to include basic surgical concepts, diagnosis, treatment planning, dental implant anatomy, and physiology of implant surgery. It is a multidisciplinary course that includes implant prosthodontics, periodontics, and oral and maxillofacial surgery. (Summer)