PARODONTOLOGY AND IMPLANTOLOGY (4Y -2 S) ATT
cod. 16335

Academic year 2007/08
4° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
MACALUSO Guido Maria
integrated course unit
6.5 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

<br />At the end of the Course, students are required to possess:<br />1-Knowledge  of periodontal therapy methods.<br />2-Clinical competence for documenting, diagnosing and setting up the treatment plan for mild or moderate forms <br />    of periodontal disease.<br />3-Clinical competence  for documenting,  diagnosing and setting up the treatment plan for severe forms of periodontal<br />    disease.

Prerequisites

Have taken the examinations of the previous years  <br />

Course unit content

<br />1)Periodontal therapy: principles and aims. Preliminary treatment plan <br />2)Etiological periodontal therapy:<br />.     Aims of the etiological therapy<br />.     Instruments for the etiological therapy<br />.     Patient information and oral hygiene techniques<br />.     Scaling<br />.     Root planing<br />.     Removal of the factors favouring plaque accumulation! <br />.     Removal and control of systemic disease-related factors and risk factors<br />3)Antiseptics in periodontal therapy<br />.     Chemical control of the supragingival plaque<br />.     Evaluation of chemical products and agents<br />.     Clinical use of chlorhexidine<br />.     Chemical control of subgingival plaque<br />4)Antibiotics in periodontal therapy<br />.     Antibiotic therapy principles<br />.     Selecting the administration route<br />.     Systemic antibiotic therapy<br />.     Topical antibiotic therapy<br />5)Re-evaluation after etiological therapy and final treatment plan<br />6)Periodontal surgery overview<br />.     Periodontal surgery principles<br />.     Healing of the periodontal injury<br />.     Periodontal surgery instruments<br />.     Suturing materials and methods<br />.     Periodontal surgery guidelines<br />.     Aims of surgical treatment<br />.     Periodontal surgery indications and contraindications<br />.     Anaesthesia<br />.     Controlling the postoperative period<br />7)Surgical therapy: the access flap<br />8)Resective surgical treatment:<br />.     Gingivectomy<br />.     Apical flaps<br />.     Osteotomy<br />.     Hemisection<br />.     Radiculectomy<br />9)Mucogingival surgical treatment<br />.     Classification of recessions<br />.     Indications for increasing the adherent gingiva and root coverage<br />.     Root coverage surgical techniques

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br />Wolf H. F., Rateitschak E. M., Rateitschak K. H.<br />Parodontologia<br />Masson, 2005<br />Misch C. E. <br />L'odontoiatria implantare contemporanea<br />Antonio Delfino Editore, 2000<br /> 

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