Unit SPECIAL ODONTOSTOMATOLOGY PATHOLOGY

Course
School of dental medicine
Study-unit Code
50999709
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Paolo Negri
Teachers
  • Paolo Negri
Hours
  • 72 ore - Paolo Negri
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2023
Offered
2025/26
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline odontoiatriche e radiologiche
Sector
MED/28
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents

The Oral Pathology course focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the oral mucosa and perioral tissues, including inflammatory, infectious, or neoplastic conditions, often related to systemic conditions. Typical content includes the study of precancerous lesions and oral cancer, infectious diseases such as fungal infections and herpes infections, salivary gland problems, inflammatory diseases and their manifestations in the oral cavity, and the management of frail patients.
Reference texts

Patologia e Medicina Orale
Autori:
SIPMO ( Società Italiana di Patologia e Medicina Orale ) - AAVVEditore:EdraVolume:UnicoEdizione:2022Lingua:ItalianoFinitura:Copertina rigidaMisure:23x28,5 cmPagine:528Peso:2.7 kg
Educational objectives

Oral pathology and medicine is the branch of dentistry focused on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment planning, and rehabilitation of infectious (stomatitis, mycosis), autoimmune (lichen, lupus, aphthous stomatitis), and neoplastic (tumors) diseases affecting the oral and perioral tissues.
The study of this discipline also includes oral semiotics and the oral manifestations of systemic diseases.
Its primary objective is the monitoring of neoplastic diseases, from supportive drug therapy to potential drug interactions between medical treatments (osteoporosis and bisphosphonates), to surgical excision of lesions and modification of unhealthy lifestyle habits, such as smoking and alcohol, which can increase the risk factors for developing oral diseases.
Prerequisites

Having passed the General Pathology course
Teaching methods

Frontal lessons with audiovisual support.
Other information

none
Learning verification modality

Final exam with multiple choice quizzes, oral questions and viewing of x-rays
Extended program

Embryology of the jaws and mouth. Anatomy and histology of the stomatognathic region. Semiotics of the oral cavity. Odontostomatological pathologies resulting from the odontogenic process of the teeth and jaws: anomalies of number, anomalies of location, anomalies of position, anomalies of shape and volume, anomalies of development, anomalies of structure.
Tooth eruption: physiology and pathology of eruption. Dysodontiasis of the third molar. Dental caries: epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis. Caries prophylaxis: fluoride prophylaxis, occlusal sealants, oral hygiene, dietary hygiene. Pulp diseases: etiopathogenesis, classifications and symptoms.
Traumatic lesions of deciduous and permanent teeth. Apical periodontitis: general information and classification, diagnosis, prognosis. Perimandibular and perimaxillary abscesses and phlegmons.
Jaw cysts (odontogenic, non-odontogenic, pseudocysts). Maxillary neoplasms of dental origin (odontoma, ameloblastoma). Oral mucosal pathologies: malformative or genetic stomatopathies, caused by physical and chemical agents, drugs and exogenous substances, allergies, metabolic alterations, hormonal causes, infectious agents (viral, bacterial, fungal), autoimmune (aphthous stomatitis, lichen planus and lichenoid reactions, pemphigus, pemphigoid, erythema multiforme). Tongue pathologies. Precancerous lesions of the oral cavity: leukoplakia; White and red lesions of the oral cavity. Benign tumors of the oral cavity. Malignant tumors of the oral cavity. Salivary gland disorders (inflammatory and neoplastic). Saliva and alterations in salivary secretory function (xerostomia). Relationships between systemic diseases and oral cavity diseases.
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