56201 - Oral Surgery

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Docente: Pietro Felice
  • Credits: 5
  • SSD: MED/28
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in School of Dentistry (cod. 8204)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has a preparation that allows recognizing, facing and solving simple cases of oral surgery. In particular, the student is able to:

  • recognize and properly use the main instruments used for oral surgery;
  • properly recognize and use the main materials for oral surgery;
  • diagnose the main diseases that require oral surgery treatment;
  • recognize indications for oral surgery treatment;
  • plan simple oral surgery;
  • organize a surgical environment;
  • coordinating a team to carry out oral surgery;
  • perform dental extractions and small oral surgery operations;
  • manage the complications of extractions and small oral surgery operations

Course contents

  • Introduction and presentation of the course
  • Objective examination and clinical record
  • Local anesthesia
  • The first visit: extra and intra oral examination and biometric examinations
  • Oral surgery in respect of anatomy
  • Sutures in oral surgery
  • Simple extractions
  • Extractions of impacted dental elements
  • Cysts of dental origin, cysts of non-dental origin, maxillary sinus cysts

Readings/Bibliography

Roberto Pistilli, Pietro Felice. Anatomy and surgery of the oral cavity - Mandible and Oral Floor. Editalia Medica

Roberto Pistilli, Pietro Felice. Anatomy and surgery of the oral cavity - Maxilla and Zygomatic Region. Editalia Medica

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons

Assessment methods

Oral examination

Teaching tools

Lectures will be conducted with the help of power-point presentations.


Office hours

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