70944 - Orthodontia and Surgery

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Learning outcomes

The course of Maxillofacial Surgery aims to allow knowledge of the most common pathologies in the maxillofacial area (oral and maxillofacial tumors, trauma, congenital and acquired malformations, inflammations, cysts of the jaws, etc.)

Course contents

- Principles of orthodontic diagnosis

- Classification of dento-skeletal disharmonies

- Principles of orthodontic therapy in orthognatic surgery

- Correlations between orthodontics and periodontology

- Correlations between occlusion and temporo-mandibular disorders

Readings/Bibliography

Arnett GW, Mc Laughlin RP. Facial and dental planning for orthodontists and oral surgeons. London: Mosby/Elsevier; 2004.

Proffit WR, White RP, Sarver DM. Contemporary treatment of dentofacial deformity. London: Mosby; 2003.

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Assessment methods

Oral examination.

Teaching tools

Lectures with support of projections by computer.

Office hours

See the website of Giulio Alessandri Bonetti