- Docente: Gian Andrea Pelliccioni
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/50
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Dental Hygiene (cod. 8481)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student has a conceptual and practical
preparation to carry out the observation and monitoring of the oral
cavity. He or she is able to recognize and use the instruments
necessary to visit the patient's relation to the tasks of Dental
Hygienist. In particular, the student is able to: - Observe the
hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity including the lips and
perioral areas and recognize the normal anatomy and health tissues
- He or She recognizes and knows how to properly use the
instruments necessary for the intraoral examination. - He or She
Knows and is able to detect the main clinical indexes. - He or She
recognizes and knows how to properly use the instruments necessary
for the detection of the main parameters related to health and
dento-gingival diseases . - To know the times and the procedures
for monitoring the patient. He or She knows and is able to fill in
the medical record of competence of the dental hygienist.
Course contents
Introduction to the course and to the dental specialities in the
Department of Dentistry of Bologna
Anatomy of the oral cavity with reference to the dental hygienist
needs
Anatomy of the macroscopic and microscopic structures of the teeth
and the periodontium
Outline of the physiology of the tooth and hydrodynamic theory of
the sensitivity
The dental formula and the odontogenesis path from the
beginning to the tooth eruption
Teeth and dentition
Morphology of permanent teeth that are relevant for the dental
hygienist
Morphology of deciduous teeth that are relevant for the dental
hygienist
The furcation
Disorders of tooth crowns
Topics of general interest to the public, for educational
purposes
The dental examination
Readings/Bibliography
Lecture notes, articles from scientific journals, Biology of the
Oral Cavity DB Ferguson Ed Ambrosiana, Milan
Teaching methods
Lectures, training with the stereomicroscope and the computer,
practice with patients (oral examination)
Assessment methods
Interim written test and oral final exam in the integrated
course of Sciences of dental hygiene 1
Teaching tools
Projector, Computer
Stereomicroscope and models exercise sessions
Office hours
See the website of Gian Andrea Pelliccioni