Dental Hygiene

MAURIZIO BOSSU'
ROBERTO DI GIORGIO
CLAUDIO UNGARI
GIANNI DI GIORGIO

At the end of the course the students will have to provide more deepened knowledge of subjects of specific interest to acquire more skills in their field of study.
The students will have to know the demographic aspects, the prevention and treatment of oral and dental diseases, in the developmental, adult and geriatric age, even in the medically compromised patient or psycho-physical disabled, with specific deepening for the pathologies / preventive procedures and therapeutics pertaining to the dental hygienist's clinical activity.
At the end of the course the students must be able to use the acquired knowledge in order to practice the complete range of the operative procedures of the professional profile, on the dentist's indication and in the context of the global treatment of the patient without producing additional risks for him.

The student will acquire new knowledge and skills useful for carrying out future professional activities.

In order to understand the teaching content and to achieve the learning objectives, at the beginning of the planned elective teaching activities the student must have followed the lessons related to the teaching object of the AED. first year students can choose ADE of the first year, second year students can choose ADE of the first and second year, the students of the third year can choose ADE of all three years of the course.

Specific topics of professional update

The teacher responsible for the ADE makes available handouts and scientific articles to the students

The teacher delivers lectures with traditional methods with audiovisual aids and scheduling of ADE.

As reported in the art. 4 of the Regulations for the institutional positions of the health professions study courses "the elective teaching activity (ADE) constitutes an integral part of the training curriculum, attendance is mandatory."

The verification of the achievement of the defined training objectives and then the verbalization of the acquired CFU takes place through a written test (multiple choice quiz) to which the students are subjected at the end of the ADE.

Multiple choice questions relating to the topic of the ADE.