Implantology and Occupational medicine
Module Oral surgery

Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Alberto BIANCHI

Expected Learning Outcomes

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  • Reaching and obtaining the optimal skills in odontostomatology and surgical management of the patient in odontostomatology. Reaching and obtaining the optimal skills in diagnosis, and surgical therapy of mucous and bone pathologies of the oro-maxillofacial district.

    The teaching is designed to guide and improve the student's approach to the patient with different problems, ranging from the management of the patient with a specific surgical pathology to the patient presenting with a non-specific pathology at the level of the oral cavity or craniofacial district and which requires a therapy addressed to the symptom, as well as a diagnosis and a therapy aimed at the responsible pathology. In particular, the student must be able to have gained theoretical, scientific and professional knowledge in the field of pathophysiology, histopathology, clinic and therapy of odontostomatological alterations of surgical interest and in the surgical-rehabilitative treatment of total and partial edentulism; histopathology of phlogistic, dysplastic and neoplastic dento-maxillo-facial alterations, the physiopathology of jaw bone atrophy, physical and instrumental semiotics, clinical methodology and surgical therapy are specific areas of competence.

    The course is supplemented by free student participation in local, national and international scientific events organized within the clinic, and dental surgery.

    The skills acquired will lead the student to develop a critical capacity on the topics covered using the skills in an active way for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in the surgical management of the patient in odontostomatology.

Course Structure

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  • Surgical management with knowledge of guidelines, operating protocols related to oral surgery in odontostomatology.

    In particular:

    • Drug therapy in oral surgery
    • Principles of surgical technique
    • Treatment plan in oral surgery, Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR), split crest and surgery before dental proshtesis
    • Impiego del laser in chirurgia orale
    • Sinus floor elevation
    • Biomaterials used in bone regeneration
    • Advanced bone regeneration techniques
    • Piezoelectric surgery
    • Blood components for non-transfusion use in oral and implant surgery
    • Surgical endodontics
    • Ameloblastoma: clinical classification and therapy
    • Management of the patient treated with bisphosphonate
    • Management of the patients with systemic diseases
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Required Prerequisites

Knowledge of odontostomatological sciences. Knowledge of the pathogenesis and clinical aspects of mucous and bone pathologies of the oro-maxillofacial area. Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology.

See also the Didactic Regulations of the course of study published on the University portal:

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

Detailed Course Content

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  • Lectures accompanied by slides and movies and supplemented by discussion of the topics treated in order to train students in a critical capacity on the topics and to acquire a knowledge suitable for surical management in patients affected by specific pathologies of the gold-maxillofacial district. Final oral exam.

    Knowledge of the odontostomatological sciences. Knowledge of the pathogenesis and clinical aspects of the mucous and osseous diseases of the gold-maxillofacial district. Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, physiopathology and pharmacology

    Please see also the following link:

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

Textbook Information

-ORAL SURGERY

  • Matteo Chiapasco: Manuale Illustrato di Chirurgia Orale. Edra Masson 2013.
  • Chirurgia Odontostomatologica. SIDCO: Società Italiana di Chirurgia Odontostomatologica. Chirurgia Odontostomatologica. Edizioni Minerva Medica Torino 2015.

In addition to textbooks, also the most recent and relevant teaching literature of the main medical databases.

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

oral exam

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

 
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