ORAL SURGERY
cod. 21040

Academic year 2007/08
4° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
FERRARI Silvano
integrated course unit
3.5 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

The course has been designed to enable students to become acquainted with the etiopathogenesis, clinical semiotics <br />and diagnosis of dental and oral cavity diseases requiring surgical treatment.<br /> 

Prerequisites

Have passed the following examinations: Anatomy, pharmacology, general pathology, specific odontostomatological <br />pathology, radiology, Anaesthesia. 

Course unit content

<br />Anatomy: bones, muscles, nerves, dental elements<br />General principles of surgery: wound healing<br />Hypertrophic wounds and keloids<br />Asepsis, disinfection and sterilization. chemical and physical means.<br />General aspects of infections<br />Specific infective diseases: Abscesses, phlegmons, empyemas, osteitis<br />Antibiotic therapy. Hyperbaric therapy<br />Surgical instruments. Suturing techniques<br />Local anaesthesia<br />Anaesthesia complications<br />Trigeminal neuralgia<br />Dental extractions: deciduous and permanent teeth<br />Extraction complications<br />Soft tissue traumatology<br />Dental fractures. Dental reimplantation<br />Precancerosis. Needle biopsy. Incisional and excisional biopsy<br />Odontogenous and non odontogenous cysts of the maxillaries and of soft tissue. Pseudocysts<br />Surgical treatment<br />Access flaps<br />Apicectomy <br />Odontogenous and non odontogenous neoformation of the maxillaries<br />Dysodontiasis included<br />Germectomy<br />Soft tissue surgery: fibromas, papillomas, etc..<br />Pre-prosthetic surgery<br />Overview of implantology<br />Peripheral and central giant cell granulomas of the maxillaries<br />Maxillary sinus diseases and relative surgery<br />Overview of TMJ diseases and surgical therapy<br />Surgical treatment of “at-risk” patients

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Bibliography

<br />M. Chiapasco: CHIRURGIA ORALE.  Editore Masson<br /> <br />U. Covani, F. Ferrini: CHIRURGIA ORALE. Editore Martina<br /> <br />R. Brusati, M. Chiapasco: ELEMENTI DI CHIRURGIA OROMAXILLOFACCIALE. Editore Masson<br /> 

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