Epidemiology and aetiology; biology of cancer; premalignant tumours; classification and staging; World Health Organization classification and staging salivary tumours; clinical presentation and diagnosis of oral cancer; basic principles of management; surgery; radiotherapy; medical treatment of malignant tumours of the mouth, jaws and salivary glands; thermal surgery for oral malignancy; photodynamic therapy in the management of tumours of the mouth, jaws and salivary glands; carcinoma of the oral cavity - management of the primary tumour; management of the regional lymph nodes; pathology of salivary gland tumours; management of salivary gland tumours; primary tumours of the jaw; rare tumours and metastases to the mouth, jaws and surrounding tissues; malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity in HIV disease; malignant tumours and implant rehabilitation.