ODONTOIATRIA PEDIATRICA

7 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

ANTONINO LO GIUDICE - Module PEDODONZIA - MED/28 - 5 CFU
SALVATORE LEONARDI - Module PEDIATRIA GENERALE E SPECIALISTICA - MED/38 - 2 CFU

Learning Objectives

PEDODONZIA
The aim of the study course is to provide fellows with comprehensive knowledge of the diseases of the oral cavity that occur in pediatric age as well as to elucidate the correct diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. At the end of the course, the students must know the appropriate psychological approach to the pediatric patients, the acknowledgment of embryology and growth of the stomatognathic apparatus considering their potential alterations involving the occurrence of malformations of the jaws, dental anomalies, and specific dento-skeletal malocclusion patterns; they will also have to know how to diagnose and treat dental caries and its complications, bad habits, common oral mucositis, and temporomandibular joint disorders. Students will have to acquire the knowledge necessary to promptly identify the clinical signs of malocclusion in developmental age and to discern the timing and methods to increase the effectiveness of orthodontic and facial orthopedic therapies.

Course Structure

PEDODONZIA
Lectures and seminars

Detailed Course Content

PEDODONZIA
- Psychology of the pediatric patient
- First dental consultation and communication with the pediatric patient
- Medical anamnesis, clinical examination, radiological examination in pediatric dentistry
- Developmental pattern and growth of the maxillofacial complex, in particular of the maxillo-mandibular complex
- Anatomy and morphology of the deciduous and permanent dentition
- Timing of dental eruption times and physiological occlusal characteristics
- Early Childhood Caries: clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention
- Conservative treatment in pediatric dentistry
- Endodontic treatment in pediatric dentistry (pulpotomy, pulpectomy, endodontic treatment of immature permanent teeth)
- Dental materials in pediatric dentistry
- Dental anomalies (number, site, position, shape and volume, development, structure)
- Different therapeutic approach for different dental maturation stages
- Dental eruption anomalies: clinical manifestations, etiopathogenesis, early diagnosis and treatment
- Malocclusion in pediatric patients
- Relationship between malocclusion and breathing disorders (oral breathing)
- Facial orthopedics for the correction of sagittal, vertical and transverse skeletal discrepancies in pediatric age
- Dental trauma involving hard tissues and pulp tissue
- Dental trauma with periodontal complications
- Treatment of dental trauma involving hard tissues and pulp tissue
- Treatment of dental trauma outcomes with periodontal complications
- Maxillofacial trauma (maxillary fractures and mandibular/condyle fractures)
- Temporo-mandibular disorders in children and adolescents

Textbook Information

PEDODONZIA
Polimeni A. Odontoiatria Pediatrica / Edra Masson

Angus C. Cameron, Richard P. Widmer. Manuale di Pedodonzia / Masson Editore, Milano

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