This course will focus on the interprofessional realtionship of dentistry and medicine. For each session, the medical specialist will present a broad overview of specific disease entity which will be followed by a dental educator discussing the relevant oral manifestations and implications. The final module of each session will be devoted to the interaction between the dental and other health care professionals.
The Oral Cavity: Portal to Health and Disease
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Universidad de Pensilvania
Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
Semana
18 minutos para completar
The Interplay Between Medicine and Dentistry
This course will use the expertise of specialists from both medicine and dentistry to provide perspectives on a wide range of topics that significantly impact both fields. By explaining each field and the ways in which dental and medical specialists work together to manage affected patients, these specialists highlight the interdisciplinary nature of health care today using a particular example each week. In our introductory videos, we introduce the importance of these topics and of the interplay between medicine and dentistry through the lens of the specialty of oral medicine.
2 videos (Total 8 minutos)
2 videos
Introduction to the oral cavity and to oral medicine - Dr. Tom Sollecito, Dr. Eric Stoopler5m
Semana
21 horas para completar
Pain management: approaches and challenges
In Week 2, we will discuss pain, both as a general concept and as it relates to certain conditions. This will include defining pain and its types, discussing multiple treatment modalities, and explaining some pains specific to the head and neck region. From both an oral medicine and pain management perspective, this difficult topic will be examined and expert diagnosis and treatment opinions will be provided.
3 videos (Total 47 minutos), 3 quizzes
3 videos
The Science of Pain - Dr. Veena Graff23m
Oral and perioral pain management - Dr. Tom Sollecito, Dr. Eric Stoopler20m
3 ejercicios de práctica
The management of pain 110m
The management of pain 210m
The management of pain 322m
Semana
32 horas para completar
Diabetic patients and their care
Week 3 focuses on diabetes, a very prevalent, but often not well understood disease that materially impacts both medicine and dentistry. Our discussion of this topic will include an in depth description of types of diabetes, treatments and how they differ based on type, and lifestyle management of these patients. It will also deal with dental management of the diabetic patient specifically, including recommendations for how to approach treatment of patients with diabetes.
3 videos (Total 47 minutos), 3 quizzes
3 videos
Diabetes - Dr. Craig Wynne29m
The diabetic patient and the oral health care provider - Dr. Tom Sollecito, Dr. Eric Stoopler15m
3 ejercicios de práctica
Understanding diabetes 114m
Understanding diabetes 214m
Understanding diabetes 322m
Semana
41 horas para completar
Endocrine disorders: understanding thyroid cancer and osteoporosis
In week 4, we will continue our discussion of endocrine diseases by covering two other relatively common conditions, thyroid cancer and osteoporosis. Both of these diseases present significant challenges to dental management of patients as well as presenting interesting and difficult medical challenges. For both diseases, the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment will be covered and related to the impact of the disease on dental care and some important negative effects to be aware of in the oral cavity.
3 videos (Total 30 minutos), 3 quizzes
3 videos
Thyroid and endocrine disease - Dr. Caroline Kim18m
Oral medicine perspectives on endocrine conditions - Dr. Tom Sollecito, Dr. Eric Stoopler9m
3 ejercicios de práctica
Endocrine diseases their management 110m
Endocrine diseases their management 210m
Endocrine diseases their management 312m
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comenzó una nueva carrera después de completar estos cursos
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consiguió un beneficio tangible en su carrera profesional gracias a este curso
Principales revisiones
por GR•Feb 7th 2018
extremely well crafted course by the best faculty there is.\n\nlearned a lot from this course.\n\nthank you coursera and thank you University of Pennsylvania for this amazing and informative course.
por JP•Apr 22nd 2018
As a dental professional, I found this to be an informative and well-organized course! I hope Coursera incorporates more dental-related courses for me to listen to.
Instructores
Dr. Thomas P. Sollecito
Professor and Chairman of Oral MedicineSchool of Dental Medicine
Dr. Eric Stoopler
Associate Professor of Oral MedicineSchool of Dental Medicine
Dr. Uri Hangorsky
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs/ Director PASSSchool of Dental Medicine
Acerca de Universidad de Pensilvania
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn) is a private university, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A member of the Ivy League, Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and considers itself to be the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.
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