The “PRINCIPLES OF ORAL CAVITY PATHOLOGY” course aims to give students a first diagnostic model of the main pathologies involving the dental tissues and soft tissues of the oral cavity. The primary aim is to provide students with the basic knowledge for effective prevention, especially towards the most important and dangerous pathologies concerning the oral district.
SEMIOTICS AND MONITORING OF THE ORAL CAVITY Semeiotics - what it is - what is needed Meaning of the Health Assessment and the visit Medical Record: how it is composed / objectives Anamnesis and how it is implemented Behavioral profile criteria Clinical Profile criteria Notes on anatomy Oral tissues - Notes on histology and biology Recognition and detection of indices of health Soft tissue and oral mucosal lesions Dental/periodontal reference indices
Course Prerequisites
Basic notions of topographic anatomy
Teaching Methods
Frontal lesson
Assessment Methods
oral exam
Contents
1 Topic: semiotics and oral cavity monitoring, definitions and what is needed Concept of observation and knowledge (notes)
2 Topic: Anatomy Oral tissues - notes on the biology of tissues How they appear when observed Notes and presentation provided - Interactive commentary Clinical images
3 Topic: Health Evaluation Differences between evaluation and visit. Anamnesis and anamnestic examination objective examination and meaning Meaning and value of the evaluation / Visit: General anamnesis: family anamnesis - physiological - remote pathological - proximate pathological - psycho- behavioral - odontostomatological anamnesis What are the purposes of the objective examination - Extra-intra-oral Observation - ability to recognize tissue normality - interception of potential alterations - Examination phases: observation-inspection - oscultation and evaluation of TMJ - percussion Indispensable tools Palpation - characteristics of the face - objective examination of lymph node stations - evaluation of TMJ - Analysis of the labial region - Commissures labial-mucous membranes - tongue dorsum, belly - floor - isthmus of the jaws - dental arches Major and minor salivary glands
4 Topic: Clinical classification Examination with photos of clinical cases to be commented on and described with observation alone Identification of the patient's profile Descriptive ability of the lesions - elementary primary Secondary lesions Carried out with the support of a photo of a clinical case - Objective communication and presentation skills to those present - Illustration and description of what is observed. Questions asked during the reception phase, medical history visit during the exhibition, cases presented and illustrated by the students. Physical examination: how it is carried out and why
