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Feb 11, 2025
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2023-2026 Academic Catalog
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ONC 1130 - Orofacial Oncology The Orofacial Oncology course is designed to educate dental students in how cancer patients are treated prior, during and after orofacial cancer treatment. It will include the areas of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy with emphasis of a team approach with other professionals in the field of cancer treatment. In addition, the student will be introduced to the role of prosthodontics in the rehabilitation of these patients. This course include discussions about maxillectomy anatomy, principles of maxillofacial RPD, maxillary obturators, oral complications during cancer treatment, management of those complications, extra oral prosthesis and special prosthesis during cancer treatment.
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