CHILDHOOD PATHOLOGY
cod. 16431

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

Learning objectives

Educational goals of the course<br />The student is expected to acquire the means to be able to formulate the diagnosis and define treatment for<br />the most common children’s odontostomatologic diseases, offering a broad spectrum of specialist healthcare,<br />appropriate and efficacious in the dental care of children, adolescents and patients with associated diseases. <br />Particular emphasis will be placed on prevention techniques, clinical assessment and treatment of traumas<br /> 

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Course unit content

<br /> MED/28<br />Examination of the oral cavity<br />Dental eruption: local, systemic and congenital factors that affect the process<br />Acquired disorders and the development of the teeth and oral structures<br />Dental caries in the child and adolescent:<br />risk factors,<br />early childhood caries<br />oral hygiene at home<br />nutrition<br />fluorine prophylaxis<br />sealing of pits and fissures<br />conservative and endodontic treatment of deciduous teeth and young permanent teeth<br />Dental traumasDisabled children and odontostomatologic diseases Negligence and mistreatment of children<br />MED/38<br /> The normal neonate, clinical examination and physiological phenomena<br /> Lactation<br /> Nutrition in the first year of life<br /> Neonatal infections<br /> Neonatal Respiratory Diseases (RDS)<br /> Neurological Pathology in pre-term infants <br /> Pediatric pulmonary semiotics<br /> Pneumonia and bronchiolitis<br /> Asthma<br /> Cystic Fibrosis<br /> Acute and chronic nasal-pharyngeal diseases<br /> Diagnosis and treatment of juvenile onset DM<br /> Pathophysiology and clinics of the main congenital cardiopathies<br /> Cardiomyopathies<br /> The main autosomic and gonosomic chromosomopathies<br /> Acute and chronic enteritis and various types of malabsorption<br /> Glomerulonephritis and nephrosis<br /> Rheumatic Diseases<br /> Leucomas and the main infant solid tumours<br /> Urinary tract infections<br /> Physiological and pathological growth (primary and secondary growth delays, growth hormone deficit)<br /> Epilepsy<br /> Patients with neurological damage<br /> Convulsions in the child<br /> Thyroid diseases<br /> The main systemic diseases that have repercussions on the oral cavity and on dentition/teeth<br /> Use of painkillers/antibiotics during childhood

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Bibliography

<br /><br /> <br />BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br />Mc Donald R.E., Avery D.R. Odontoiatria per il bambino e l'adolescente – 7th edition  2002 Antonio Delfino Editore <br />Madau M., Strohmenger L. Prevenzione e promozione della salute orale in età pediatrica - 2003 Quintessenza Edizioni <br />Andreasen J.O., Anderasen F.M., Bakland L.K., Flores M.T. Traumatic dental injuries - A manual. 1999 Munksgaard<br />Staehle HJ. Koch MJ Odontoiatria per l'infanzia e l'adolescenza 1997 Ed. Masson s.p.a. Milano

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