A) OF KNOWLEDGE (to know) • Provide permanent specialist training in pediatric dentistry and promote theoretical-practical learning of the most recent acquisitions in the diagnostic and therapeutic framework of the young patient with regards to odontostomatological problems, including behavioral approach and management techniques; • promote scientific and technical updating, with the acquisition of the ability to organize specialist practices dedicated to pediatric dentistry; • promote disciplinary expertise that is able to offer a specialized service from an interdisciplinary and cooperative perspective.
B) OF COMPETENCE (know-how) • Talk to the patient • Draw up the medical record • Carry out a clinical examination of the young patient • Define the diagnosis and treatment plan of the main dental-periodontal pathologies in pediatric age. • Interact positively with the young patient and his parents • Use fluoride and varnishes in the prevention of carious pathology • Use of sealants • Teaching oral hygiene
Course Prerequisites
have knowledge of histology, conservative dentistry and endodontics, paediatrics
• Goran Koch - Sven Poulsen “ ODONTOIATRIA INFANTILE” Edi-Ermes 2004 • Olivi R.- Olivi F. “ODONTOIATRIA INFANTILE PRATICA” Edizioni Martina - ISBN 978-88-7572-054-4
Contents
1. psychological approach 2. characteristics of deciduous teeth and difference between deciduous and permanent teeth 3. fluoride and fluoroprophylaxis 4. primary, secondary and tertiary prevention 5. salivary tests 6. diagnostic methods of caries 7. the diagnostician 8. Sjogren's syndrome 9. toothbrushes and brushing techniques 10. sealants 11. notions of dental traumatology in pediatric age
