PREVENTIVE DENTOLOGY
cod. 16320

Academic year 2008/09
4° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
PIZZI Silvia
integrated course unit
5 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

Students are expected to acquire elements relative to dental anatomy, the etiopathogenesis of dental caries, <br />dental traumas and tooth structure anomalies, and dental materials and products. Through practical activities,<br />students are expected to acquire the technical and operational skills in order to be able to perform the <br />relative treatments with particular emphasis on the most modern methods 

Prerequisites

Students must have passed all the examinations of the previous years.  <br />

Course unit content

<br />modern conservative dentistry<br />Goals<br />Quality standards<br />Radiology in conservative dentistry<br />Dental caries<br />Dental traumas<br />Treatment plan<br />Approach to the patient<br />Visits<br />Treatment of pain<br />Urgencies<br />Elimination of the causal factors<br />Sequence of operations<br />Relationships with other dental care branches<br />Instruments and equipment<br />Rotating tools and handpieces<br />Manual tools for scraping, finishing, condensing and build-up<br />Matrices, matrix holders, wedges<br />Air abrasion intraoral sandblasting devices<br />Vibrators for crowns<br />Photopolymerizing lamps<br />Dental chairs and macro-equipment<br />Isolation of the site: why and how to do it while safeguarding both patient and materials<br />Amalgam<br />Current significance<br />Toxicity Indications<br />Preparation of the cavity: evolution from the 19th century to the end of the 20th century<br />Condensing and build-up<br />Polishing<br />Adhesive amalgam<br />Overview of dental materials and products<br />Biological aspects<br />Protection of the dental pulp<br />Bases and liners<br />Direct capping<br />Compound materials and enamel-dentinal adhesives<br />Aspects of dental history and materials/products<br />Glass-Ionomeric cements and derivatives<br />Aspects of dental history and materials/products for CVI, modified CVI and Compomers<br />cavities for compound materials<br />indications and limitations <br />Sealing and P.R.R.<br />Black classification, first and second classes<br />Black classification, third, fourth and fifth classes<br />Veneering<br />abrasive-erosive diseases<br />Etiology<br />Diagnosis<br />Prevention<br />Treatment<br />Choice and use of compound materials<br />Choice and maintenance of photopolymerizing lamps<br />Whitening<br />Etiology of pigmentation<br />of vital teeth<br />of non-vital teeth<br />Restoration of a tooth after endodontic treatment<br />reconstruction for prosthetic aims and relationships with the prosthesis<br />Ceramic fractures: possible conservative solutions<br />Indirect restorations<br />Traditional (indications)<br />Adhesive (indications)<br />ENDODONTICS<br />Dentin and dental pulp physiology<br />Dental pulp diseases:            <br />reversible pulpitis<br />irreversible pulpitis<br />periapical lesions<br />Diagnostic and intra-operative radiographic techniques<br />Isolation of the site in endodontics<br />Principles of the endodontic treatment<br />Endodontic instruments: <br />    <br />standardization of instruments<br />increased conicity<br />steel and nickel-titanium<br />manual and mechanical instruments<br />Pulp tester and apex locators<br />Canal preparation techniques:            <br />step back methods<br />crown down methods<br />Canal irrigants<br /> <br />Canal filling techniques:           <br />cold gutta-percha<br />fused gutta-percha<br />pastes and cements<br /><br />Conservative pulp therapy:            <br />direct capping<br />partial pulpotomy<br /><br />Treatment of teeth with immature apex:            <br />apexification<br />apexogenesis<br />Endodontic re-treatments:            <br />indications<br />prognosis<br />solvents<br />tecniques<br />Surgical endodontics:            <br />indications<br />prognosis<br />differential diagnosis<br />surgical techniques<br />materials<br />Surgical microscope in endodontics<br />Restoration of the endodontically treated tooth<br />Endodontic treatment of deciduous teeth<br />

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Bibliography

  <br />BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br />Grandini R., Rengo S., Strohmenger L.  Odontoiatria restaurativa. 1999 UTET, Torino<br />Pagavino G., Pace R.  Progressi in endodonzia Volume I La lesione endodontica . Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment.<br />2001 SEE Firenze Castellucci A.  Endodontics. 2003 Edizioni Martina Bologna

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