Oral Microbiology Immunology and Physiology

3 credits · Undergraduate

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.