- Docente: Gabriela Piana
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/28
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Dental Hygiene (cod. 8481)
Learning outcomes
the student has acquired the theoretical knowledge, practical skills and clinical criteria in the field of community dentistry, defined as "the science and art of preventing dental disease, promote oral health and improve the quality of life". Specific learning objectives: 1) to acquire theknowledge of oral disease prevention, 2) acquire knowledge in the field of public health, 3) acquire knowledge in the field of methodology of health services organization, 4) acquire the knowledge in epidemiology, 5) identify and formulate priorities, based on the principles and practice of community, in planninginterventions aimed at reducing oral diseases in the population.
Course contents
- The pillars of dental prevention in children and adolescents: nutrition, oral hygiene, topical and systemic fluoride, regular visits, pit and fissures sealants.
- Caries in deciduous teeth: epidemiology, etiology, prevention guidelines.
- Dental injuries of traumatic origin of the deciduous dentition: epidemiology, prevention guidelines.
- Caries inpermanent teeth: epidemiology, etiology, prevention guidelines.
- Dental injuries of traumatic origin of the permanent teeth: epidemiology, prevention guidelines.
- The orthodontic-orthopedic disorders: epidemiology, prevention guidelines.
- Caries risk assessment in children and adolescents; prevention targeted on the basis of risk.
- The role of the pediatrician in the promotion of oral health in children and adolescents.
Readings/Bibliography
Didactic material provided by the Professor
Teaching methods
The teaching consists of lectures and practical classes.
Lectures, based on the principles of medical teaching, require a
close interaction between teacher and students.
Assessment methods
The final exam will be carried out througha written with a clinical case and anoraltest to assess the students' knowledge of the course program.
Teaching tools
Audiovisual material
Slide show lectures
Scientific articles (available at the School of Dentistry)
Office hours
See the website of Gabriela Piana