Dentistry and Dental Prosthodontics

STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS) AND OTHER ANTIPYRETICS/ANALGESICS Non-selective COX inhibitors. Preferential or selective inhibitors of COX-2. Gastric protection in subjects treated with NSAIDs. Paracetamol. Interactions between NSAIDs/paracetamol and other drugs. MODULATION OF ALLERGIC PHENOMENA Modulation of mast cell function. Histaminergic H1 antagonists. Other antiallergic drugs (cromoglicate sodium, theophylline). PHARMACOLOGY OF HEMOSTASIS Anticoagulant drugs. Antithrombotic drugs. Antihemorrhagic drugs. Local hemostatic drugs. CHEMOTHERAPIES OF DENTAL INTEREST Antiseptics, disinfectants and sterilisers. Pharmacokinetics applied to antibiotic therapy. Intrinsic and acquired antibiotic resistance. First choice dental antibiotics: beta-lactam antibiotics, macrolides, fluoroquinolones. Second choice dental antibiotics: tetracyclines, clindamycin, metronidazole. Notes on other antibiotics. Interactions between antibiotics and other drugs. Antifungals for topical use in the oral cavity. Antiviral drugs. PHARMACOLOGY OF FLUORINE TOXICOLOGY OF DENTAL INTEREST Toxicology of chemical agents and materials. Antidotism. ANTI-DIABETIC DRUGS ANTI-ARRHYTHMIC DRUGS ANTI-DYSLIPIDEMIC DRUGS ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE DRUGS DRUGS FOR MEDICAL-SURGICAL EMERGENCIES IN DENTISTRY Drugs for the emergency treatment of shock and anaphylactic syndromes. Drugs for the treatment of hemorrhagic syndromes, cardio-circulatory arrest, broncho-constrictive respiratory syndromes, vaso-vagal syncope, hypertensive crisis, myocardial ischemia, hypoglycemia.

Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 14th Edition. Laurence Brunton, Bjorn Knollmann (Ed.) McGraw Hill (29 Mar. 2023) or Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 16th Edition. Todd W. Vanderah (Ed.). McGraw Hill (19 Jan. 2024)

Mandatory attendance of lectures.

Oral examination.

Standard class lectures