SPECIAL ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY
cod. 16361

Academic year 2007/08
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Malattie odontostomatologiche (MED/28)
Field
Discipline odontoiatriche e radiologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
20 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Integrated course unit module: ORAL MEDICINE AND DERMATOLOGY

Learning objectives

Provide the student preparing to carry out qualifying learning activities with a clear picture of the main diseases <br />of the oral cavity and the skin, with particular emphasis on the etiopathogenesis of the same. Enable the student to <br />acquire basic diagnostic and innovative techniques with a view to acquiring the fundamentals of correct diagnostic<br />protocol.<br /> 

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Course unit content

<br />1) Semiotics of the Oral cranio-maxillofacial district<br />Medical history, objective examination, diagnostic tools<br />2) Anatomy-histology-embryology of the oral cavity, the jaw and the cranium<br />Skeletal growth rate<br />3) Embryology and histology of the teeth<br />Physiology of dentition <br />4) Dental anomalies of number, site, position, structure and shape<br />Dental malformations<br />5) Dental retention<br />Dysodontiasis of the 3rd molar<br />Complications in the dysodontiasis of the 3rd molar<br />Abrasions and dental wear<br />Bruxism and parafunctions<br />6) Abcesses and phlegmons in the oromaxillofacial district<br />Osteitis and osteomyelitis of the maxillaries<br />Diseases of the maxillary sinuses<br />7) Cysts of the oromaxillofacial district<br />Odontogenous cysts<br />Dysembryogenetic cysts<br />Mucosal cysts<br />Epidermal cysts<br />Pseudocysts<br />Cysts in relation to systemic syndromes and diseases<br />8) Anatomy, histology and physiology of the perioral skin and of the oral mucosa<br />Generalised, localised and drug-induced increases in gingival volume<br />9) Phases and diagnostic protocol of oral lesions<br />Clinical examination<br />Overview of diagnostic techniques: -Exfoliative cytology<br />-Incisional and excisional biopsy<br />-Elementary lesions of the oral mucosa<br />10) Diagnostic protocol for diseases of the oral mucosa<br />Conventional histological examination<br />Immunohistochemistry<br />Direct and indirect immunofluorescence<br />11) Vesiculobullous diseases of the oral cavity<br />12) Ulcerative diseases of the oral cavity<br />13) The most common autoimmune diseases of the oral cavity<br />14) Infectious diseases (mycotic-bacterial-viral) of the oral cavity<br />15) Oral candidiasis : microbiological, epidemiological and clinical aspects of oral infections deriving from Candida spp.<br />16) Red and white lesions of the oral cavity<br />17) HIV infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): correlated oral manifestations<br />18) Human HerpesVirus-8: Correlations with oral diseases<br />19) Epithelial dysplasia<br />Lesions and precancerous conditions of the oral mucosa<br />Oral lichen planus<br />Erythroplakia<br />Leukoplakia<br />Initial carcinoma<br />20) Benign tumours of the oral cavity<br />-Classification<br />-Epidemiology<br />-Histopathology<br />-Clinical manifestations<br />21) Malignant tumours of the oral cavity<br />-Classification<br />-Epidemiology<br />-Histopathology<br />-Clinical manifestations<br />22) Anatomy, histology, physiology, and semiotics of the tongue<br />Congenital and acquired tongue diseases<br />The taste function and its alterations (dysgeusia-ageusia)<br />23) Odontogenous tumours of the jaw<br />-Classification<br />-Epidemiology<br />-Histopathology<br />-Clinical manifestations<br /><br />24) Non odontogenous tumours of the jaw<br />-Classification<br />-Epidemiology<br />-Histopathology<br />-Clinical manifestations<br />25) Anatomy, histology, physiology and semiotics of the major and minor salivary glands<br />Inflammatory diseases of the salivary glands<br />Degenerative diseases of the salivary glands<br />Obstructive diseases of the salivary glands (sialolithiasis)<br />Benign tumours of the salivary glands<br />Malignant tumours of the salivary glands<br />26) Malaria, tuberculosis and noma: microbiological and clinical aspects of diseases of possible odontostomatological<br />interest<br />27) The main techniques of molecular biology applied to oral medicine<br />28) Introduction to biomedical literature<br />

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Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br />Regezi JA, Sciubba J. Patologia orale Dalla diagnosi alla terapia. Terza edizione (1999) Edizione Italiana a cura<br />di Antonio Carrassi. Antonio Delfino Editore. <br />Cawson R, Zinnie, Barrett, Wright. Oral Diseases III ed Mosby (English version) <br />Cawson R, Zinnie, Barrett, Wright. Patologia orale Antonio Delfino editore (Italian version) <br />Gandolfo S, Carrozzo M, Scully C. Patologia e medicina del cavo orale. UTET <br />Reichart PA, Philiphsen H. Patologia Orale. Masson <br />Ficarra G. Manuale di Medicina e Patologia orale. McGraw-Hill<br />

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