A) KNOWLEDGE -To provide specialized continuing education in Pediatric Dentistry and to promote theoretical-practical learning of the most recent acquisitions in the diagnostic and therapeutic framing of the young patient with regard to odontostomatological problems, including techniques of approach and behavioral management; - promote scientific and technical updating, with acquisition of the ability to organize specialized practice dedicated to pediatric dentistry; - foster a disciplinary competence that is able to provide specialized service from an interdisciplinary and cooperative perspective.
B) OF COMPETENCE (know how) - Colloquing with the patient - Drafting the medical record - Do the clinical examination of the small patient - Define the diagnosis and treatment plan of major pediatric dento-parodontal diseases. - Interact positively with the young patient and his or her parents - Using fluoride and varnishes in the prevention of carious pathology - Use of sealants - Teaching oral hygiene
Course Prerequisites
Notions of histology, conservative dentistry and endodontics, pediatrics.
Teaching Methods
1) Theoretical lectures 2) Seminars on clinical topics 3) Literature review seminars 4) Internship
Assessment Methods
oral examination
Texts
• 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 dentition 3. fluoride and fluoroprophylaxis 4. primary, secondary and tertiary prevention 5. salivary tests 6. diagnostic methods of caries 7. the diagnodent 8. the sjogren's syndrome 9. toothbrushes and brushing techniques 10. sealants 11. notions of pediatric dental traumatology
