Learning objectives
The student must acquire the means to make the diagnosis and treatment of the most common diseases of childhood dentistry, making health care specialist wide-ranging, adequate and effective in dental care for children, adolescents and in patients in whom are present associated pathologies. A special emphasis on preventive techniques, clinical evaluation of ispasie and treatment of trauma. § The normal infant, clinical examination and physiological phenomena
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Examination of the oral cavity
Eruption of teeth: local factors, systemic and congenital affecting the process
Acquired disorders and development of teeth and oral structures
Dental caries in children and adolescents:
§ risk factors,
§ early childhood caries
§ the oral hygiene
§ Nutrition
§ the fluoride
§ the sealing of pits and fissures
§ conservative and endodontic treatment in primary dentition and permanent teeth in young
The dental trauma
Children with disabilities and diseases to dentistry
Neglect and maltreatment of the child
Full programme
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Bibliography
Polimeni, Antonella - Odontoiatria pediatrica. Elsevier srl Editore 2012
Teaching methods
Lectures using slides and movies of interventions, practical and clinical discussion of scientific papers, discussion of clinical cases
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination
Other information
The course is complemented by the free participation of students in scientific local, national and international organized in Pediatric Dentistry.
