The course aims to provide students with theoretical and clinical knowledge for the correct planning of periodontal treatments, including surgical therapy. Students will be able to learn indications, contraindications, objectives, and limits of the main periodontal surgical techniques, aimed at correcting lesions caused by periodontitis or mucogingival deformities.
Course Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of anatomy, histology, microbiology, general pathology, oral and dental pathology, and periodontology. In particular, knowledge of the following aspects is required: - anatomical and histological characteristics of periodontal tissues, - periodontal diseases (classification, epidemiology, microbiology, prevention, diagnosis and non-surgical therapy).
Teaching Methods
Lectures integrated with presentations and discussions of clinical cases.
Assessment Methods
Oral exam designed to assess the knowledge acquired by the student in relation to the course content. The exam focuses on at least three topics covered during lectures and further developed by the student through the use of reference texts.
Texts
Lindhe - Parodontologia clinica e implantologia orale: Settima Edizione. di T. Berglundh, W. V. Giannobile, N. P. Lang e M. Sanz (ed) 2024 EDRA S.p.A., Milano.
Sanz M, Herrera D, Kebschull M, Chapple I, Jepsen S, Beglundh T, Sculean A, Tonetti MS; EFP Workshop Participants and Methodological Consultants. Treatment of stage I-III periodontitis-The EFP S3 level clinical practice guideline. J Clin Periodontol. 2020 Jul;47 Suppl 22(Suppl 22):4-60.
Contents
- Comparison of non-surgical and surgical periodontal therapy - Healing after periodontal surgery - Periodontal surgery: basic principles, indications, contraindications, objectives and limits - Access flap periodontal surgery - Resective periodontal surgery in periodontal treatment - Resective periodontal surgery for crown lengthening - Regenerative periodontal surgery: basic principles - Regenerative periodontal surgery: techniques and biomaterials - Periodontal plastic surgery: techniques for gingival augmentation - Periodontal plastic surgery: techniques for root coverage.
