PREVENTIVE DENTOLOGY (ATT)
cod. 16328

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
PIZZI Silvia
integrated course unit
2.5 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

Students are expected to acquire elements relative to dental anatomy, the etiopathogenesis of dental caries, dental traumas<br />and tooth structure anomalies, and dental materials and products. Through practical activities, students are expected to<br />acquire the technical and operational skills in order to be able to perform the relative treatments with particular <br />emphasis on the most modern methods

Prerequisites

Students must have passed all the examinations of the previous years.  <br />

Course unit content

<br />Treatment plan<br />Approach to the patient<br />Visits<br />Treatment of pain<br />Urgencies<br />Elimination of the causal factors<br />Sequence of operations<br />Relationship with other branches of dentistry<br />Instruments and equipment<br />Rotating tools and handpieces<br />Manual tools for scraping, finishing, condensing and build-up<br />Matrices, matrix holders, wedges<br />Air abrasion and intraoral sandblasting devices<br />Vibrators for crowns<br />Photopolymerizing lamps<br />Dental chairs and macro-equipment<br />Isolation of the site: why and how to do it while safeguarding both patient and materials <br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br />Grandini R., Rengo S., Strohmenger L. Odontoiatria restaurativa. 1999 UTET, Torino <br />Pagavino G., Pace R. Progressi in endodonzia Volume I. La lesione endodontica. Linee guida per la diagnosi e la terapia.<br />2001 SEE Firenze <br />Castellucci A. Endodonzia. 2003 Edizioni Martina Bologna <br /> 

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