OROFACIAL PAIN TRAINEESHIP
cod. 1004297

Academic year 2017/18
4° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Malattie odontostomatologiche (MED/28)
Field
Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
Type of training activity
More
12 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: OROFACIAL PAIN AND DYSFUNCTION

Learning objectives

AIM: reach knowledge and practical skills that allow primary care management and that represent the basis to attend postgraduate dental courses (Specialist Degree, Master, PhD).
The student at the end of the course should be competent at identifying the functional abnormalities of the stomatognatic system and the origin of orofacial pain, asking for appropriate specialist opinion both in the dental and medical fields. The student should have knowledge of the therapies to control pain, of the systems to stabilize occlusion and control load of the masticatory system (behavioural, mechanical, pharmacological). Be competent at the diagnosis of parafunction and have knowledge of the most important dental sleep disorders.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Orofacial pain. Temporomandibular disorders. Mandibular, lingual and facial movement disorders. Oral parafunctions. Occlusal trauma. Sleep medicine for dentistry

Full programme

1. orofacial pain
2. chronic pain
3. temporomandibular disorders 4. movement disorders
5. sleep bruxism
6. parafunctions
7. occlusal trauma
8. OSA
9. other dental sleep disorders 10. OSA / SB intraoral devices

Bibliography

Sleep Medicine for Dentists A Practical Overview Gilles J Lavigne, Peter A. Cistulli, Michael T. Smith Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc
Bell’s Oral and Facial Pain (Formerly Bell's Orofacial Pain), Seventh Edition Okeson, Jeffrey P
Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc
Temporomandibular Disorders: An Evidence-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment
Daniel M. Laskin, Charles S. Greene, William L. Hylander
Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc

Teaching methods

Lectures, clinical case discussion, hands-on training

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam, practical skills evaluation, grading of the participation to teaching activities, MCQ

Other information

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