Dental School

SPECIAL DENTISTRY AND DERMATOLOGY PATHOLOGY Single channel

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: UMBERTO ROMEO

Module 1: SPECIAL ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY IS

Activity type: Discipline odontoiatriche e radiologiche, Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
SSD: MED/28, MED/28
Year: 3rd year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 5
Hours distribution: 36 classroom hours, 40 training hours
Lecturers: GASPARE PALAIA
UMBERTO ROMEO
GIANLUCA TENORE

Module 2: DERMATOLOGY IS

Activity type: Attività formative affini o integrative
SSD: MED/35
Year: 3rd year
Semester: 2nd semester
CFU: 1
Hours distribution: 12 classroom hours
Lecturers: ANTONIO GIOVANNI RICHETTA

Module 3: SPECIAL DENTISTRY PATHOLOGY IIS

Activity type: Discipline odontoiatriche e radiologiche, Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
SSD: MED/28, MED/28
Year: 3rd year
Semester: 2nd semester
CFU: 5
Hours distribution: 36 classroom hours, 40 training hours
Lecturers: UMBERTO ROMEO
GIANLUCA TENORE

Module 4: DERMATOLOGY IIS

Activity type: Attività formative affini o integrative
SSD: MED/35
Year: 3rd year
Semester: 2nd semester
CFU: 1
Hours distribution: 12 classroom hours
Lecturers: ANTONIO GIOVANNI RICHETTA

Objectives

Main teaching objectives:
At the end of the course the student must know the histopathological and clinical problems of oral diseases and the main dermatological diseases. In particular, the student must acquire the knowledge necessary for the diagnosis of both clinical cases with manifestations in the oral district and more systemic relevance but closely related to the oral cavity. Moreover, at the end of the course the student must know how to formulate a differential diagnosis between the different clinical cases that characterize the dental, the oral mucosa and the maxillary bones diseases and the main skin diseases.

The course aims to provide students with the foundation for an education is not only theoretical but also practical, with the objective of professional growth of future dentists for which it requires a thorough knowledge of the guidelines of the diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic approaches. The treatment of histopathological and clinical problems allows the student to provide the knowledge necessary for the management of clinical cases both of exclusive local competence and of more general relevance that constitute the problems with which dentistry is confronted in daily practice.
At the end of the course the student must be able to perform a clinical examination of the patient, the collection of the clinical history and an accurate objective examination (diagnostic iter); in addition, the student can assess the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the main diseases of the oral mucosa, know how to make an early diagnosis of oral carcinoma as well as a differential diagnosis between the several white, red and pigmented lesions, and must also be able to manage a patient with comorbidities or in pharmacological treatment for oncological diseases.

The course of Dermatology aims to provide to the student the basics essential to identify, that which underlies the objectivity of the main pathologies affecting the skin, nails and hair and must know how to intercept the manifestations of a systemic disorder, that is affecting different tissues or organs of the body. At the end of the course the student must be able to identify those skin signs and symptoms, which will allow him to make early diagnosis of the most important diseases of dermatological interest, internship and of common interest between the two disciplines of Dermatology and Odontostomatology.