Learning objectives
The student must acquire the means to be able to formulate the diagnosis and treatment of the most common odontostomatological pathologies of childhood, creating a wide-ranging specialist healthcare that is adequate and effective in dental care for children, adolescents and subjects in which there are associated pathologies. Particular emphasis is given to preventive techniques, the clinical assessment of dysplasia and the treatment of trauma.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING MODULES:
General and Specialised Pediatrics
PEDODONTICS
INTERNSHIP PEDODONTICS
Full programme
Examination of the oral cavity
Tooth eruption: local, systemic and congenital factors that influence the process
Acquired and developmental disorders of teeth and oral structures
Dental caries in children and adolescents:
risk factors,
early childhood caries
home oral hygiene
nutrition
fluoroprophylaxis
the sealing of grooves and fissures
conservative and endodontic treatment in deciduous dentition and in young permanent tooth
Dental traumas
Disabled children and odontostomatological diseases
Negligence and maltreatment of the child
The normal newborn, clinical examination and physiological phenomena
Breastfeeding
Nutrition in the first year of life
Neonatal infections
§ Respiratory Pathology in the Newborn (RDS)
Pathology Pre-term neurology
Pediatric pulmonary semeiotics
Pneumonia and bronchiolitis
Asthma
Cystic fibrosis
Acute and chronic nasopharyngeal pathology
Diagnosis and treatment of DM at onset in children
Physiopathology and clinic in major congenital heart disease
Cardiomyopathies
Main autosomal and gonosomal chromosomal anomalies
Acute, chronic and various malabsorption enteritis
Glomerulonephritis and nephrosis
Rheumatic disease
Leucomas and major infant solid tumors
Urinary tract infections
Physiological and pathological growth (primitive and secondary growth retardation, growth hormone deficiency)
Epilepsy
he patient with neurological damage
Convulsions in the child
Thyroid diseases
Main systemic pathologies that have repercussions on the oral cavity and on dentition / teeth
Use of painkillers / antibiotics in children
Invia commenti
Cronologia
Salvate
Community
Bibliography
1) R.E. Behrman, R.M.Kliegman, A.M. Arvin, W.E.Nelson. TRATTATO DI PEDIATRIA. Ed. Minerva Medica.
2) G. Bartolozzi, G. Maurizio. PEDIATRIA. PRINCIPI E PRATICA PEDIATRICA. Ed. Masson
Antonella Polimeni- Odontoiatria Pediatrica- Elsevier srl 2012
3) G.L.de'Angelis. L'ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA IN ETA' PEDIATRICA E GIOVANILE. Ed. Mediche Scientifiche Internazionali - Roma
Teaching methods
Class lessons: the program themes will be discussed with the aid of slides. The proposed topics will be the subject of collective discussion and study on the basis of ideas and any questions raised during the lessons themselves.
Due to the emergency situation, lessons may also be delivered remotely (either in synchronous or asynchronous mode) via Microsoft Teams.
Assessment methods and criteria
The achievement of the goals of the course is verified by an oral exam.
Answering questions about the contents of the course, the student will demonstrate whether he/she has achieved the goals of knowledge and understanding of the contents
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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