ANATOMIAModule APPARATO STOMATOGNATICO E DISFUNZIONI POSTURALI
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Alessandra AMATOExpected Learning Outcomes
The goal of this course is to train students in the application possibilities of how the stomatognathic apparatus affects posture. From the perspective of a comprehensive view, the dental practitioner's attention can no longer be limited to the mouth alone. An assessment of the postural set-up as a whole is equally important. Knowing the basics of dental posturology becomes essential to expand the professional offering and provide the patient with a solution from a functional point of view as well. In addition, such training could improve communication with different specialists (physiatrist, orthopedist, kinesiologist, physical therapist) who may be involved in the evaluation.
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Knowledge of anatomy.
Propaedeuticities as per the curriculum.
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Biomechanics and Posture.
Joint movements: axes and planes.
Kinesiology Of The Stomatognathic Apparatus:
- The Stomatognathic apparatus as a whole (bones, joints, muscles and joint ROM).
Postural alterations and the stomatognathic apparatus
evaluation of postural alterations
Textbook Information
Anatomia Funzionale. A.I. Kapandji. Monduzzi Editore |
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biomeccanica e Postura.Movimenti articolari: assi e piani.Chinesiologia Dell'Apparato Stomatognatico: - L'apparato Stomatognatico nel suo insieme (ossa, articolazioni, muscoli e ROM articolari)Alterazioni posturali e apparato stomatognatico | Anatomia Funzionale. AL Kapandji. Monduzzi Editore |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral Examination. The student will have to take the exam in the scheduled appointments of the Graduate Course Examination Calendar. The committee will be composed of the professors in charge of the teaching.
The oral test consists of an interview in which questions will be asked covering at least No. 5 different topics of the program. The test allows to verify: (I) the level of knowledge of the subject matter; (II) clarity of exposition; and (III) property of medical-scientific language.
The following parameters will be taken into account in awarding the final grade:
Grade 29-30 cum laude: the student has an APPROPRIATE knowledge of the subject has excellent communication skills and masters medical-scientific language.
Grade 26-28: the student has a GOOD knowledge of the subject and expounds topics clearly using appropriate medical-scientific language;
Grade 22-25: the student has DISCRETE knowledge of the subject matter, although limited to the main topics and expounds the topics quite clearly with a fair command of language;
Grade 18-21: the student has MINIMUM knowledge of the subject and expounds the topics sufficiently clearly although language property is poorly developed;
Exam failed: the student DOES NOT POSSIBLY have the required MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE of the main content of the teaching. There is little or no ability to use specific language and is unable to independently apply the knowledge acquired.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
Kinesiology stomatognathic apparatus
Postural Alterations
Paramorphisms and Dimorphisms
assessments of postural alterations