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Single cycle degree course 6 years in
School of dental medicine
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL CLINIC
cod. 1009945

Academic year 2024/25
4° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
VESCOVI Paolo
integrated course unit
5 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

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Learning objectives

Provide the theoretical and clinical information about semeiological process. The differential diagnosis of mouth and jaw bone diseases and their medical and surgical management

Prerequisites

Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, general pathology, oral medicine

Course unit content

Principles of semeiotics, differential diagnosis of signs and symptoms of the diseases of the mouth and the maxillary bones,

Full programme

- The semeiology in odontostomatology: anamnesis / clinical examination.
- Collection of documentation and compilation of the clinical record.
- Diagnostic pathway and differential diagnosis in odontostomatology
- Pathophysiology of pain in the oro-maxillo-facial district
- Differential diagnosis of odontogenic pain
- Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS): Clinical Aspects and Differential Diagnosis
- Using questionnaires on pain.
- BMS diagnostic protocol and therapy
- Infections in the oro-maxillo-facial district: abscesses and fleas. Diagnostic protocol and therapy
- Odontogenic sinuses: diagnostic protocol and therapy
- Medical Therapy in Odontostomatology: Anti-inflammatory and Antibiotic
- Pathophysiology of salivation
- Xerostomia and hyposalivation
- Sjögren syndrome: diagnostic protocol and therapy
- Allergies in dentistry
- Dental management of the allergic patient and operational protocols

Bibliography

Scully C: Medical Problems in Dentistry – seventh Ed. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier
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Updated articles of international literature on specific topics

Teaching methods

lessons and discussion of clinical cases

Assessment methods and criteria

oral exam on the reference program carried out during the course

Other information

lessons can be held in the classroom or at the clinical units