Course Co-Directors: Vivek Thumbigere-Math, BDS, PhD; and Som Chatterjee, PhD

This course is offered for 1 to 3 credits. A student may elect to take a 10-hour lecture portion on advanced oral microbiology for 1 hour credit and/or do special microbiology projects for 1 to 3 hours. The lecture segment covers oral microbial aspects of oral ecology, oral biofilms, dental caries, endodontic disease, periodontal disease, oral malodor, candida infections, viral infections and treatment strategies for oral infections.

Course Co-Director: Alfredo Garzino-Demo, PhD

This microbiology course is designed for first-year dental hygiene students. The content is directed toward conceptual and practical aspects of basic principles of general microbiology, oral microbiology, general immunology, pathogenesis of microbial diseases affecting humans, special sections on HIV, hepatitis and candida infections, sterilization techniques and clinical asepsis.

Course Course Co-Director: Alfredo Garzino-Demo, PhD

The Oral Microbiology course presents an overview of the microbiological aspects of oral diseases or conditions such as dental caries, periodontal diseases, endodontic infections and oral malodor. The biological nature of dental and oral infections will be associated with the practical clinical aspects, and lectures on chemotherapeutic control of oral biofilms will be included.

Course Co-Director: Alison Scott, PhD

This course provides provides students with the fundamental principles of microbiology and immunology to understand the mechanisms of the production of disease by microorganisms and the means by which the host protects itself against them. The clinical immunology portion of the course as well as the case-based conferences are intended to prepare students to synthesize information as it related to clinical care.

Course Co-Directors: Alison Scott, PhD; and Alfredo Garzino-Demo, PhD

This course provides provides students with the fundamental principles of microbiology and immunology to understand the mechanisms of the production of disease by microorganisms and the means by which the host protects itself against them. The clinical immunology portion of the course as well as the case-based conferences are intended to prepare students to synthesize information as it related to clinical care.

Course Co-Director: Robert Ernst, PhD

In order to synthesize clinical experience and basic science, this course was designed to present complicated clinical cases to dental students (year two and three) and senior dental hygiene students and they must come up with a diagnosis. In addition, the students must describe not only the clinical aspects of the case but also the scientific mechanisms of pathology in an interactive exchange with basic science and clinical faculty.