DDS 541 - Dental Pharmacology

Course Career Undergraduate
Units 1
Approved Hours 15 HOURS
Fee index 2
Faculty Medicine and Dentistry
Department Dentistry
Typically Offered either term

Description
An introduction to the principles of pharmacology including mechanisms of drug action; pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism; and mechanisms of drug interactions and adverse drug reactions. These principles will be applied to groups of drugs acting on various organ systems of the body, representative drugs being selected whenever possible for their physiological and clinical significance to the practice of dentistry. Particular emphasis will be placed on anaesthetics, antacoids, autonomic drugs and drugs with selective toxicity employed in infections and malignancies.