Dental Hygiene

Activity type

Scienze dell' igiene dentale

SSD

MED/28

Year

2nd year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

4

Hours distribution

40 classroom hours

Lecturers

GABRIELLA GALLUCCIO
MAURIZIO BOSSU'
GIANNI DI GIORGIO

Activity type

Scienze dell' igiene dentale

SSD

MED/50

Year

2nd year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

2

Hours distribution

20 classroom hours

Lecturers

GIANNI DI GIORGIO
GABRIELE DI CARLO

The course aims to train dental professionals able to adopt specific approaches and protocols necessary for the treatment and care of oral hygiene in patients in developmental age affected by various degrees of disability and who often present severely compromised oral conditions. At the end of the course the student must know the dental problems in pediatric patients and in patients with special needs, with particular attention to treatments for the prevention of periodontal pathology, caries and malocclusions. The student must know the methodology for a correct clinical approach to the problems of the developmental age, and must know how to identify the epidemiological, etiopathogenetic and clinical aspects of systemic diseases by integrating them with the possible clinical manifestations that can manifest themselves in the stomatognathic apparatus. At the end of the course the student must know how to prepare primary prevention interventions in pediatric patients and in patients with special needs.

The student must acquire competence in the identification of the main features of malocclusion and correlating them with the possible need for treatment to appropriately redirect the patient to the specific professional figure - A dentist/Specialist in Orthodontics
The student must acquire competence in identifying the appropriate prevention and maintenance protocol for patients undergoing orthodontic and orthodontic-surgical treatment, both with removable and fixed appliances
The student must acquire competence in the management of changing oral conditions in the presence of and in conjunction with the placement of orthodontic appliances.

The student must possess knowledge related to anatomy, embryology, growth of the jaws, evolution of the arches and dentition, general and special physiology, and what is indicated in the respective preparatory prerequisites of the course.

1. Introduction: what is orthodontics and what deals with
• tridimensional analysis of malocclusions
• Growth - Evolution, and development of arches and dentition
• Glossary orthodontics for CLID - main definitions of the elements present in the course

2. etiopathogenesis of malocclusions
• Etiopathogenesis of malocclusions
• Class I malocclusion
• Class II malocclusion
• Class III malocclusion

3. prevention protocols
• prevention protocols in the patient in therapy with removable appliances
• prevention protocols in the patient in therapy with fixed and multibracket appliances
• treatment of demineralization

4. orthodontics and periodontology
• changes in the oral cavity during orthodontic treatment
• orthodontic therapy and bone tissue
• orthodontic treatment as a periodontal risk
• orthodontic treatment as a support for periodontal therapies

5. hints of orthodontic therapy
• preventive, interceptive, corrective orthodontic treatment
• orthodontic, orthopedics, functional therapy

Testo consigliato

Igiene orale in Ortodonzia - Principi clinici e protocolli operativi

LANTERI C. - LANTERI V. - SEGÙ M. – COLLESANO V.

ISBN 978-88-7572-055-1

Scientific papers suggested by the teacher and indicated on the corresponding elearning course

The teacher delivers lectures with traditional methods with audiovisual aids and scheduling of lessons as published on the website of the Dental Hygiene School.

Following paragraph 5 of the Regulations of the Dental Hygiene School, the student is required to attend educational activities, formal, non-formal, vocational. The frequency is checked by the teachers through signature / updated lists provided by the Academic Office, as established by CCLID. The certificate of mandatory attendance to the teaching course is required to the student to be admitted at the final test.

To pass the exam you need to achieve a grade of not less than 18/30.
The student must demonstrate that he has acquired sufficient knowledge of the topics covered during the course.
To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate that he has acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, being able to link them in a logical and consistent way.

Malocclusion of class I, II, III
Etiopathogenesis of the malocclusion
Oral hygiene protocols in orthodontics

Module: ELEMENTS OF ORTHOGNATODONTICS, PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

N/D
Module: ORAL HYGIENE TECHNIQUES IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AND WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

N/D