ORAL MEDICINE, ORAL SURGERY - CLINICAL ACTIVITY
cod. 1011575

Academic year 2023/24
6° year of course - Annual
Professor responsible for the course unit
VESCOVI Paolo
integrated course unit
13 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

to follow the student in the diagnosis and in the medical or surgical management (eventually using lasers and new technologies) of dental, mucosal, osseous diseases and the general health conditions

Prerequisites

knowledge of anatomy of the oro-maxillofacial district and of the dental, mucous and bone pathologies. knowledge of medical semiotics and the oromaxillofacial district. The pharmacological basis in medicine and dentistry

Course unit content

dental, mucosal, osseous diseases in the oro-maxillofacial district in patients eventually suffering of systemic diseases. The use of the laser and new technologies in oral surgery.

Full programme

oral mucosal diseases of immune-infectious-oncological origin / dysodontiasis of the third molar / 
dental inclusions
 / endodontic pathologies
 / abscesses and phlegmons / 
osteitis and osteomyelitis
 / drug-related and radio-induced osteonecrosis / biophysical bases of the laser and the interactions with human tissues/ the use of the lasers and new technologies iin diagnosis, biopsy and oral surgery

Bibliography

"Chirurgia Odontostomatologica” 
Ed. Minerva Medica Torino (Italy) 2015

- Scully C: Medical Problems in Dentistry – seventh Ed. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier

“Manuale di Tecnologia Laser in Odontostomatologia. Basi biofisiche e protocolli operativi”
2023 Aries Due Ed. - Milano

Teaching methods

discussion of clinical cases, practical exercises and clinical-surgical activities on patients

Assessment methods and criteria

oral exam / exposure of clinical/surgical case followed by the student during the course

Other information

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