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Oral Epidemiology

Course Description: This course aims to provide students with an introduction to the principles, concepts, and methods of epidemiological research. It will cover specific aspects of measuring and analyzing common oral health diseases and disorders using epidemiology. This course will provide opportunities for students to understand oral health outcome measurements, their distribution, and the global and national burdens of oral diseases.

Credit hours: 4

Prerequisites: 613 DPH

Objectives of the course :

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Outline research designs in oral epidemiology.
2. Identify the epidemiology of oral diseases.
3. Understanding how to measure oral diseases.
4. Explanation of the distribution of oral diseases and other conditions.
5. Measuring oral diseases and other oral conditions.
6. Outline the burden of diseases and disorders most relevant to oral health at national and international levels.

Course outputs :

1.0 Knowledge and Understanding
1.1 Identifying research designs in oral epidemiology.
1.2 Recognizing the Epidemiology of Oral Diseases.
1.3 Determine the burden of the most important oral diseases and disorders at the national and international levels.
2.0 Skills
2.1 Understanding the Measurement of Oral Diseases.
2.2 Distribution of oral diseases and other conditions.
3.0 Values, autonomy and responsibility
3.1 Measurement of oral diseases and other oral conditions.

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Last updated: 2026-04-09