56201 - Oral Surgery

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • 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

At the end of the course, students will be examined on the topics covered in class.

Teaching tools

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

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Office hours

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