- Docente: Emi Dika
- Credits: 3
- SSD: MED/35
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in School of Dentistry (cod. 8204)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide the students a preparation that allows them to diagnose various pathologies of the oral and skin mucosa, discussing the etiology, pathogenesis and clinic features of the major dermatological diseases of dental interest. The students should be able to deal with any dental procedure in relation to dermatological diseases in full autonomy.
Course contents
Year 2016/2017 Program / Content
Knowledge and skills to be achieved
At the end of the course, the student should be able to deal with the most common: - dermatological diseases of an inflammatory autoimmune and of infectious origin (viral, bacterial and mycotic) precancerous conditions and malignant skin and mucous neoplasms; - sexually transmitted diseases. The principles of dermatological semeiotics will be also discussed.
Skin and Venous Infectious Diseases and Infectious Diseases Dermatology and Venereal Diseases Introduction to dermatology General principles Anatomy and physiology of the skin, semimucose and oral mucosa Recognize primary, secondary and secondary mucous and skin signs and lesions. How to perform dermatological examination. A brief desciption of the technical modalities for performing a skin biopsy
Infectious Diseases of Dermatological Interest
Clinical diagnosis and treatment of infectious dermatitis How to recognize and describe the clinical manifestations of major infections from bacteria, viruses, mycoses
Tips for performing a microscopic preparation for the detection of mycetes and yeasts.
Toxic and allergic dermatitis
Clinical diagnosis and treatment of dermatological diseases on a toxic-allergic basis Recognize the symptoms of urticaria-angioedema syndromes, interpret the pathogenesis, and find out the causes. Recognize or at least suspect skin signs of toxic or allergic infections to drugs and prescribe therapy.
Autoimmune Diseases
Clinical diagnosis and therapy of connective tissue and bumpy dermatitis Recognize the clinical picture and indicate the most common causes of autoimmune bullous diseases (pemphigo, bullous pemphigoid, erpetiform dermatitis) Tips for the preparation of a microscopic preparation for a cytological examination
Inflammatory Dermatitis
Clinical diagnosis and therapy of inflammatory dermatitis Recognize clinical manifestations of lichen planus, perioral dermatitis and cheilitis and dermatological diseases with oral cavity involvement Allergic Dermatitis Clinical diagnosis and therapy of allergic dermatitis Describe the salient features of: irritable contact dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis; Provide guidelines for the prescriptions and describe how to perform, read and interpret the diagnostic skin tests
Oral mucosal cancer
Clinical, diagnosis and therapy
Classify, recognize, features of benign and precancerous tumors. Classify and define oral melanoma. Describe generality, epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, natural history, morphological characteristics , and melanoma staging. The role of dermatoscopy. Indicate surgical therapeutic approaches for different types of skin cancers
Burns
Clinical diagnosis and therapy Physiological and pathological characteristics. Diagnostic signs of skin damage by physical agents Treatment of superficial burns
Readings/Bibliography
Guida pratica di dermatologia e venereologia di Claudio Feliciani Piccin Editore
Dermatologia e malattie sessualmente trasmissibili 3/Ed. Pippione - Minerva Medica
Teaching methods
Lectures and individualpractical assessment.
Assessment methods
The aim of the exam is to evaluate the achievement of the didactic objectives:
The basic knowledge of the diagnostic-clinical approach to the most common dermatological diseases; instrumental findings and laboratory examinations. Test the ability to approach a therapeatic process for the latter diseases.
Teaching tools
Lectures and an individual practical assessment
Office hours
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