ORL BIO 281Periodontal Immunology
Oral Biology · 2 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Students gain basic knowledge in immunology in periodontics and implant dentistry. Includes advanced knowledge and evidence-based in immunologic responses in many aspects of periodontics such as chronic and acute inflammation, cytokines/chemokines, and complement system differences of innate and adaptive immune responses. Students gain understanding of basic knowledge of periodontics in research and clinical sciences. Knowledge can be applied to research projects and improve critical thinking ability.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.