PERIODONTOLOGY I (FIRST PART NO EXAM)
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- LEONARDO TROMBELLI
- Credits
- 2
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- MED/28
Training objectives
- Basic principles concerning the anatomy, physiology and histology of the periodontal structures; dental plaque and calculus; periodontal pathogens; pathogenesis of periodontal diseases; risk factors.
Prerequisites
- Students should have adequate knowledge on oral anatomy and histology, oral microbiology and immunology, oral pathology
Course programme
- Anatomy of the Periodontium: gingiva, periodontal ligament, root cementum, alveolar bone. Epidemiology of Periodontal Diseases. Dental Biofilms and Microbiology of the Periodontal Disease: etiological agents, mechanisms of pathogenicity. Pathogenetic Aspects of Gingivitis and Periodontitis: gingival inflammation, progression to destructive lesions, host defense processes. Innate and acquired risk factors, host susceptibility. Non-plaque associated periodontal diseases.
Didactic methods
- Lectures
Learning assessment procedures
- See second semester
Reference texts
- J. Lindhe, T. Karring, N.P. Lang, Parodontologia clinica ed implantologia dentale, 3a ed. Munksgaard 1998
L. Trombelli, La strumentazione parodontale non chirurgica, Ed. Masson, 2005
