DENTO-FACIAL ORTHOPEDICS
cod. 07849

Academic year 2007/08
5° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
GANDOLFINI Mauro
integrated course unit
4.5 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

Provide knowledge of dental occlusion and of the masticatory function.<br />Classify dental and dentoskeletal disharmonies. <br />Analyse diagnostic methods and therapeutic possibilities.<br /> 

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />Special dental diseases and orthodontics<br />-ageneses<br />-supernumerary teeth<br />-traumas<br />-teeth included<br />Medical record<br />Orthodontic diagnosis<br />Aims of the treatment<br />Treatment plan<br />Therapeutic means<br />-orthopedic means<br />-orthodontic means<br />Principles of biomechanics<br />Fixed and removable orthodontic appliances<br />-bands and direct attachments<br />-orthodontic wires<br />-intra-oral and extra-oral traction devices (face-bow, inter-arch and intra-arch elastics)<br />-accessories (rapid palatal expander, palatal bar, quad-helix, lip-bumper) <br />Interceptive orthodontics<br />Orthodontics in adults<br />Orthodontics and orthognatic surgery<br />Orthodontic treatment of labiopalatine cleft<br />Orthodontic contention

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br />D.Caprioglio, C.Lanteri, A.Levrini, A.Caprioglio<br />Ortodonzia intercettiva<br />Edizioni Martina, Bologna,2000.<br />C.Lanteri<br />Ortognatodonzia<br />Edizioni Masson, Milano, 2002.<br />M.Gandolfini<br />L’espansore rapido palatino ed il quad helix<br />Edizioni Martina, Bologna. 1996.

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