1. Embriology, histology, oral cavity anatomy (oral mucosa, major and minor salivary glands, the tongue, jaw bones);
2. Anatomical variations of the oral mucosa (Fordyce granules,disembriogenetic lesions);
3. Anatomical variations of the tongue including ankyloglossia, fissured tongue, hairy tongue, crenated tongue);
4. Fibrous papulae, exostosis, torus palatinus;
5. White lesions (oral hyperkeratosis, frictional hyperkeratosis, tobacco-associated lesions, idiopathic leukoplakia, genodermatosis, oral lichen planus and lichen planus-like lesions, hairy leukoplakia, oral candidiasis and its clinical presentations,oral submucous fibrosis;
6. HPV (HPV infection: epidemiology and systemic correlations, HPV and oropharyngeal cancer, squamous papilloma, verruca vulgaris (common wart), condyloma acuminatum, Heck’s disease.
7. Potentially malignant disorders and squamous cell oral carcinoma (epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic features of the diseaes), biopsy and diagnostic aids.
8. Potentially malignant disorders with reference to:
- erythroplakia- leukoplakia
- PVL, actinic cheilitis
- ulcerative lichen
- hyperplastic candidiasis
- lupus
- tertiary syphilis
- sideropoenic displasia
- paediatric oral carcinoma
9. Oral cavity infections
- viral (HSV 1 and 2, V2V, EBV, CHV,Coxsachie, measles)
- bacterial (streptococcal pharyngitis, scarlet fever, actinomycosis, gonorrhea, syphilis, noma)
- fungal (candidiasis, deep fungal infections, opportunistic mycoses)
- parasitic (oral leishmaniasis)