Subject: Dentistry
Credit units: 3
Offered: Term 2 only
Weekly hours: 2 Lecture hours
College: Dentistry
Department: Dentistry (Dean's Office)

Considers those areas of microbiology, immunology and physiology with special significance to dentistry. Major topics are oral microflora and ecology; molecular biology of microbial adherence; formation and metabolism of dental plaque; microbiology of dental caries and periodontal disease; immunology of dental caries and periodontal disease; physiology of salivary glands and saliva; classification and physiology of neuroreceptors and their integration/modulation by the central nervous system; and the physiology of pain, taste, swallowing and mastication.

Note: Students with credit for DENT 314 cannot receive credit for this course.

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