Dental School

Module 1: ODOROSTOMATOLOGIC CLINIC IS

Activity type: Discipline odontoiatriche e radiologiche, Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
SSD: MED/28, MED/28
Year: 6th year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 5
Hours distribution: 24 classroom hours, 60 training hours
Lecturers: ANTONELLA POLIMENI
UMBERTO ROMEO
IOLE VOZZA
GASPARE PALAIA

Module 2: ODONTO. PREVENTIVE AND COMMUNITY IS

Activity type: Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
SSD: MED/28
Year: 6th year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 2
Hours distribution: 40 training hours
Lecturers: LIVIA OTTOLENGHI
FABRIZIO GUERRA

Module 3: ODOROSTOMATOLOGIC CLINIC IIS

Activity type: Discipline odontoiatriche e radiologiche, Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
SSD: MED/28, MED/28
Year: 6th year
Semester: 2nd semester
CFU: 5
Hours distribution: 24 classroom hours, 60 training hours
Lecturers: ANTONELLA POLIMENI
IOLE VOZZA
VALERIA LUZZI
GIANLUCA TENORE
FABRIZIO GUERRA

Module 4: ODONTO. PREVENTIVE AND COMMUNITY IIS

Activity type: Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
SSD: MED/28
Year: 6th year
Semester: 2nd semester
CFU: 2
Hours distribution: 40 training hours
Lecturers: FABRIZIO GUERRA

Objectives

The objective of the course is the strengthening of the theoretical fundamentals learned during the past years, to learn more knowledge and acquire abilities to solve more difficult clinical problems, increasing the competences of the past years.
The aim is to introduce the student to the professional activities, creating the fundamentals for the future dentists.
The course starts with a deepen knowledge of the diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic approach guidelines and the aim is to define clear therapeutic proposals, based on scientific elements for all the disciplines of the course and on specific subject from the pediatric age to the adult.
The purpose of the course is to prepare the student to solve the oral diseases, not only due to his awareness, but also to share with the patient all the therapeutic goals. In this way the patient can strengthen his trust towards the dentist on his choice and the application of the exact diagnostic and therapeutic devices.
The aim of the didactic and clinical activities is to looking for the attention of the diagnosis, to draft an appropriate treatment plan, a correct execution of the therapies, an effective information and above all a primary and a secondary prevention (in order to avoid habitual or new diseases) for the quality and safety of the cure.
The lessons are finalized to the debate of multidisciplinary clinical cases.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to correctly perform specific professional activities [Minimum Requirements].

Prerequisites

in order to understand the teaching contents and achieve the learning objectives, at the beginning of the didactic activities foreseen by the didactic module, the student must possess the knowledge of the specialized and characterizing clinical subjects.

Programme

Preventive Dentistry and Community Dentistry. Determinants of Oral Health. Preventive strategies of the main oro-dental pathologies. Evaluation of the individual risk of pathology based on the different determinants of health. Evaluation of the Quality of Life in relation to Oral Health. Detection and calculation of the main clinical-epidemiological indices for the screening of dento-periodontal pathology. Oral mucosal screening. Multidisciplinary counseling with an Oral Health-related perspective (anti-tobacco counseling, nutritional counseling, etc.). Planning of individual preventive intervention (diagnostic-therapeutic path, professional oral hygiene, instructions for home hygiene, scheduled periodic checks, etc.) for patients with special needs (i.e. disabilities, comorbidities). Diagnostic aid technologies and for the primary and secondary prevention of conditions and pathologies. Evaluation and medico-legal clinical reports on the state of oral health.
Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to correctly perform specific professional activities [Minimum Requirements].

Books

Limeback H. - Odontoiatria Preventiva Integrata - EMSI editore, 2014, isbn 9788886669955
World Health OrganizationOral health surveys: basic methods - 5th edition, 2013 ISBN: 978 92 4 154864 9
available at http://www.who.int/oral_health/publications/9789241548649/en/
Il materiale didattico è integrato da dispense ad hoc per argomento, articoli scientifici, pubblicazioni del WHO, ecc.

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Lessons mode

The teacher uses exercises, seminars, simulations, clinic experiences, case analyzes in small groups useful for achieving the training objectives

Frequency

Following paragraph 4.5 of the Regulations of the Dental 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 CCLMOPD. The certificate of mandatory attendance to the teaching course is required to the student to be admitted at the final test.

Exam mode

To pass the exam it is necessary to achieve a grade of not less than 18/30 in each module. The student must demonstrate that he has acquired a sufficient ability to frame and describe a complex clinical case, to be able to support an anamnestic interview, and perform a basic dental objective examination and possess a basic knowledge of the topics of Statistical and Epidemiological Methodology . To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must instead demonstrate that he has acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, being able to connect them in a logical and coherent way.
The verification methods are:
a) Ongoing evaluation during the internship with supervised documentation
b) Final evaluation of the course based on methods and criteria chosen by the teacher
(one or combination of several types of assessment tests, including: oral presentation on a pre-selected topic, presentation and discussion of an internship experience, practical test, oral question on the program, etc.)

The evaluation consists in examining the completed internship as a whole, a practical test and an oral test.

Example exam questions

clinical case evaluations

Arguments