Dental hygiene | University of Parma

Professor: Paolo VESCOVI
Academic discipline: Scienze tecniche mediche applicate (MED/50)
Field: Tirocinio differenziato per specifico profilo
Type of training activity: Characterising

75 hours
of face-to-face activities

3 credits

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course unit
in ENGLISH

lectures timetable

exam calls

Integrated course unit module: Gerodontology and Special Needs Patients

Learning objectives

Help the student to know how to manage the multi-drug treated old patient and to recognize the oral alterations of the main systemic pathologies

Prerequisites

knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the stomatognathic system, mouth and jaw bones

Course unit content

diseases of the oral cavity and jaw bones in aging and in patients suffering from systemic diseases

Full programme

patients with alterations of the oral cavity and jaw bones during aging, taking drugs, haematological, infectious, immune, oncological pathologies

Bibliography

- Ibsen OAC, Phelan JA: Oral Pathology. CIC International Editions
- Updated articles from international literature on specific topics

Teaching methods

clinical activity under the control of a tutor in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of elderly patients and patients suffering from systemic diseases

Assessment methods and criteria

discussion on a clinical case followed and presented by the student

Other information

Lessons can be conducted in the classroom or in clinical operating units

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

This course contributes to the realization of the ONU objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

GERODONTOLOGY AND SPECIAL NEEDS PATIENTS (INTERSHIP) cod. 1010537