Ateneo - UPO

The course aims to allow the learning of the clinical characteristics of the main infectious, inflammatory and neoplastic diseases affecting the oral cavity, of the related semeiotics and of its specific radiological characteristics.

Atlante di Dermatologia Clinica – T.B. Fitzpatrick, R.A. Johnson, K Wolff, M. K. Polano, D. Saavedra – Ed. Piccin
Manuale di Dermatologia Medica e Chirurgica – T. Cainelli, A. Giannetti, A. Rebora – Mc Graw Hill Education
Core Curriculum Dermatologia – A. Rebora, S. Veraldi – Mc Graw Hill Education
Diagnostica per immagini in odontostomatologia – Radiologia e TC. Sitzmann F. UTET
Principi di Microbiologia Medica" Guido Antonelli, Massimo Clementi, Gianni Pozzi
Microbiologia medica". Patrick R. Murray, Ken S. Rosenthal, Michael A. Pfaller, Di Francesco, P.

The course aims to provide the basic skills necessary for the recognition, management and prevention of the main pathologies involving the oral cavity, with particular attention to the clinical, histopathological, radiological aspects and methods of preventing the transmission of infectious diseases.
It also aims to provide the bases and applications of the main radiological techniques, in general and in the dental field.

Basic knowledge of the anatomy and histology of the oral cavity and basic knowledge of physiology and microbiology are essential.

The lessons of the course will take place in frontal mode, with the help of extensive iconography. Particular attention will be paid to the aspects of differential diagnostics of the various pathologies.

The skills acquired through lectures can be extended by clinical experiences.

At the end of each module of the integrated course, a written or oral exam will be carried out on the topics covered by the individual teachers during the course.

Dermatology module:
Skin anatomy and histology;
Primary and secondary elementary lesions of the skin;
Dermatological semeiotics;
Parasitic, bacterial, viral and fungal dermatitis;
Inflammatory dermatitis: lichen;
Autoimmune bullous dermatosis;
Benign melanocytic lesions of the skin and melanocytic neoplasms;
Benign and malignant epithelial tumors; precancerosis.

Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy Module:
Basic principles of Traditional Radiology;
Basic principles of Axial Tomography;
Applied radiological techniques: RX, Indoral film, OPT, CT and Dentascan;
RX and CT anatomy;
Pathology: Caries, Periodontitis, Mandibular-maxillary infections, Cysts, Paranasal sinuses, TMJ, Salivary Glands, Tumor and non-tumor osteopathies, Disasters, Trauma, Foreign bodies and Calcifications, Implants.

Infectious Diseases Module:
Oral microbiota;
Fungi;
Caries;
Periodontal disease;
HIV;
Viral hepatitis;
HPV;
Herpesvirus.

At the end of the course the student is expected to have acquired the basic skills necessary for the recognition, management and prevention of the main infective, infiammatory or neoplastic diseases involving the oral cavity.