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ANATOMIA
Module APPARATO STOMATOGNATICO E DISFUNZIONI POSTURALI

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: GIUSEPPE MUSUMECI

Expected Learning Outcomes

The stomatognathic apparatus is one of the main systems responsible for determining the postural structure, thanks to the very rich presence of receptors involved in its control: its proprioceptive afferents (information that reach the brain from the mouth) in fact originate from the masticatory and lingual muscles, from tendons, joints, alveoli and periodontium; through the facial, trigeminal and hypoglossal nerves they are sent to the cerebral cortex. We distinguish ascending and descending postural alterations: the former have the periphery as their trigger and spread up to the skull, influencing the cranio-mandibular and dental position (problems of the mouth do not always originate from the same), while the latter originate from structures of the stomatognathic system and are transmitted to the periphery, at any body level. The aim of this course is to train students on the application possibilities of how the stomatognathic system affects posture. From the point of view of an overall view, the attention of the dentist can no longer be limited only to the mouth. An assessment of the postural structure in toto is equally important. Knowing the basics of dental posturology becomes essential to expand the professional offer and offer the patient a solution also from a functional point of view. Furthermore, such training could improve communication with the different specialists (physiatrist, orthopaedist, kinesiologist, physiotherapist) who may be involved in the assessment.

Course Structure

Lectures, in-depth seminars, cooperative teaching (student-teacher) through the sharing of didactic material and multimedia supports.

If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, the necessary changes with respect to what was previously stated may be introduced, in order to respect the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus.

Required Prerequisites

Knowledge of anatomy. 

Attendance of Lessons

Mandatory. 

Detailed Course Content

Functional Anatomy and Kinesiology.

Locomotor system (bones, joints and muscles)

KINESIOLOGY OF THE LOWER LIMB

KINESIOLOGY OF THE UPPER LIMB

KINESIOLOGY OF THE SPINE AND THE TRUNK

Textbook Information

  1. ANATOMIA - FONDAMENTI - Edi-Ermes, Milano.

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1Functional Anatomy
2Anatomy

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Oral exam. The student will have to take the exam in the sessions provided for in the exam calendar of the Degree Course. The commission will be composed of the teachers holding the course.

For the attribution of the final grade, the following parameters will be taken into account:

Grade 29-30 with honors: the student has an IN-DEPTH knowledge of the subject, has excellent communication skills and masters the medical-scientific language.

Grade 26-28: the student has a GOOD knowledge of the subject and explains the arguments clearly using an appropriate medical-scientific language;

Grade 22-25: the student has a DISCREET knowledge of the subject, even if limited to the main topics and exposes the topics quite clearly with a fair property of language;

Mark 18-21: the student has the MINIMUM knowledge of the subject and exposes the arguments in a sufficiently clear way although the property of language is not very developed;

Failed exam: the student DOES NOT HAVE THE MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE required of the main course contents. The ability to use specific language is very little or no and is unable to independently apply the knowledge acquired.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Kinesiology, trunk and limbs.

Posture.

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