Implantology and Occupational medicine

Module Periodontics

Achieve and obtain optimal skills in the periodontal and peri-implant management of the patient in odontostomatology. Achieve and obtain optimal skills in the anatomy, diagnosis, and periodontal therapy of hard and soft tissue pathologies with periodontal aetiology of the oro-maxillofacial area, with particular reference to the patient with implants or with implant rehabilitation planning.

The teaching is set up to guide and improve the student's approach to the patient with various problems, ranging from the correct analysis of periodontal and peri-implant anatomy in physiology and pathophysiology and specific in the diagnosis in the patient affected by periodontal and peri- non-surgical and surgical implants of the patient who presents with a specific periodontal pathology in the oral cavity or in the craniofacial area and who requires therapy aimed at the symptom, as well as a diagnosis and therapy aimed at responsible pathology. In particular, the student must be able to obtain a correct degree of definition of the different forms of peri-implant disease and of the implant rehabilitation, workflow and implantology systems and perform a careful analysis of the clinical scenario in which the problem it manifests itself, up to the formulation of hypotheses for the resolution of the presented problem (therapeutic options) with specific modules on physical and instrumental semeiotics, clinical methodology and non-surgical and surgical therapy of the patient who needs implant rehabilitation.

The course is complemented by the free participation of students in local, national and international scientific events organized in the field of periodontology and implantology.

The acquired skills will lead the student to develop a critical capacity on the topics dealt with using the skills actively for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in the periodontal and peri-implant management of the patient in odontostomatology.

Knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the odontostomatological field. Knowledge of the pathogenesis and clinical aspects of mucous and bone pathologies of the oro-maxillofacial area. Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology in the oral, periodontal and implant dentistry field.

Please see also the following link:

https://www.unict.it/it/ateneo/lauree-magistrali-ciclo-unico-regolamenti-didattici

Mandatory attendance at lessons to take the exam, as per the teaching regulations of the degree course

Surgical management with knowledge of guidelines, operating protocols related to periodontology in odontostomatology.

In particular:

·         Outline of systematic, topographic and radiological anatomy of hard and soft periodontal and peri-implant tissues

·         Epidemiology of peri-implant pathologies

·         Analog and digital implant case workflow

·         Impression techniques in implantology

·         Evaluation of the recipient implant site: characteristics and properties

·         The management of peri-implant hard tissues. Preservation and augmentation techniques

·         The management of peri-implant soft tissues. Tissue preservation and augmentation techniques

·         Lateralization techniques of the inferior alveolar nerve and distalization of the mental neurovascular bundle for implant purposes

·         Simple and complex implant therapy: phase of provisionals and tissue augmentation techniques

·         Guided implant surgery

·         Implant rehabilitation in areas of high aesthetic value

·         Post-extraction implant surgery. Preservation of the alveolus

·         Immediate loading implant protocols

·         Zygomatic, inclined implants and all-on-four technique

·         Periodontal management of patient support with implant rehabilitation

- Parodontologia clinica e implantologia orale. Jan Lindhe, Niklaus P. Lang.  Edi. Ermes, sesta edizione

- Gli impianti dentali, Babbush et al, Ed. Elsevier Masson

- Implantologia, Pozzi & Barlattani, Ed. Masson

- Chirurgia Estetica Mucogengivale su Impianti, Zucchelli – Mazzotti, Quintessence Edition

At the end of the course the student will have to take an oral exam which will focus on the topics related to the integrated course program. In the assessment, in addition to knowledge and learning ability, independent judgment and communication skills will be taken into consideration.

The test allows to verify: i) the level of knowledge of the main gingival diseases; ii) the ability to apply this knowledge for the differential diagnosis of hard and soft tissue diseases of infectious origin; iii) clarity of presentation; iv) the property of medical-scientific language.

The test is considered passed with a minimum vote of 18/30 topics of the program.

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

Mark 29-30 cum laude: the student has an in-depth knowledge of the main pathological entities, is able promptly and correctly to integrate and critically analyze the situations presented, autonomously solving even highly complex diagnostic problems; he has excellent communication skills and masters the medical-scientific and dental language.

Mark 26-28: the student has a good knowledge of the main pathological entities, is able to integrate and analyze the situations presented in a critical and linear way, is able to solve complex diagnostic problems in a fairly autonomous way and explains the topics clearly using a appropriate medical-scientific and dental;

Mark 22-25: the student has a good knowledge of the main pathological entities, even if limited to the main topics; she manages to integrate and analyze the situations presented in a critical but not always linear way and she explains the arguments quite clearly with a discrete property of language;

Mark 18-21: the student has minimal knowledge of the main pathological entities, has a modest ability to integrate and critically analyze the situations presented and presents the topics in a sufficiently clear way although the property of language is poorly developed;

Failed exam: the student does not possess the minimum required knowledge of the main teaching contents. The ability to use the specific language is very little or none and is not able to independently apply the acquired knowledge.

• Peri implant anatomy
• Implant workflow
• Peri-implant soft and hard tissue augmentation techniques
• Immediate loading implantology
• Patient rehabilitation in areas of high aesthetic value
• Peri-implant patient motivation and maintenance therapy