All level one courses

The course is designed to provide basic understanding of general surgery. It prepares the dental student to know how to deal with general problems such as shock, haemorrhage, infections (specific and non-specific), in order to comprehend the oral surgery course later on in his study. Emphasis is being placed on wound healing, haemostasis, and wound infection.

Wounds and wound healing. Haemorrhage, blood transfusion and fluid therapy. Specific and non-specific infections. Ulcers, sinuses and fistulae. Trauma.