About This Major
A program that focuses on the scientific study of the growth, development, diseases, healing properties, and neurological components of the oral cavity, related tissues and organs, and associated craniofacial areas. Includes instruction in oral microbiology microanatomy, craniofacial pain, humoral aspects of disease, etiology and histology of caries, plaque ecology, wound healing, oral disease epidemiology, oral manifestations of systemic disease, lesions, normal and pathologic physiology, and related molecular and physical studies.
Program Examples
- Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (MS)
- Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (PhD)
- Oral and Craniofacial Biology
- Craniofacial Biology
- Oral Biology and Oral Pathology
At a Glance
- CIP Code
- 51.0503
- CIP Family
- 51
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