Ateneo - UPO

The course aims to provide future doctors with notions of the anatomy of the oral cavity and the main characteristics of dental elements and periodontal tissues , concepts of odontostomatological semeiology in order to allow the interpretation of the signs and symptoms related to the main primary and secondary affections of the oral cavity. The aims are also to highlight the existing correlations between microbial colonization of the oral cavity and the main dental periodontal pathologies and consequently the importance of education, motivation for correct oral-food hygiene methods and the assumption of healthy lifestyles. Basic concepts will be provided on globally widespread oral diseases caries and periodontal disease and their local and systemic consequences, oral manifestations of bacterial/viral/mycotic diseases, oral manifestations of dermato-mucositis, potentially malignant and neoplastic lesions of the tissues lining the oral cavity , oral-dental traumatology, medical-related osteonecrosis of the jaws, correlations between oral health and systemic health, halitosis.

Pdf of the Teacher's lessons uploaded to DIR.
To know more:
Valletta G., Bucci E., Matarasso S. Odontostomatologia. Ed. Piccin II ed. 2024.
Ministero della Salute Quaderni del Ministero della Salute. Odontoiatria di comunità: criteri di appropriatezza clinica, tecnologica, strumentale. Gennaio 2011.
Linee Guida Nazionali per la promozione della salute e la prevenzione delle patologie orali in età evolutiva. 2009/ Aggiornamento novembre 2013.
Raccomandazioni cliniche in odontostomatologia. Gennaio 2014.
Raccomandazioni per la promozione della salute orale, la prevenzione delle patologie orali e la terapia odontostomatologica nei pazienti adulti con malattia neoplastica. Gennaio 2014.
Linee Guida Nazionali per la promozione della salute e la prevenzione delle patologie orali in età adulta. Dicembre 2009/ aggiornamento 2015.
Linee guida per la prevenzione e la gestione clinica dei traumi dentali negli individui in età evolutiva. Febbraio 2018.
Campisi G, Bedogni A., Fusco V. Raccomandazioni clinico-terapeutiche sull’osteonecrosi delle ossa mascellari (ONJ) farmaco-relata e sua prevenzione. Febbraio 2020. Palermo University Press.

At the end of the course the student must know the anatomy of the oral cavity, and the main characteristics of the dental elements and periodontal tissues; must understand the consequences of microbial colonization of the oral cavity; be able to recognize the main primary and secondary diseases of the oral cavity (caries, periodontal disease, stomatitis, preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions, MRONJ, oral-dental trauma, halitosis) through the fundamentals of semiotics; the causal agents and risk factors of the main diseases of the oral cavity in order to be able to motivate and instruct on the correct methods for their primary, secondary and tertiary prevention; know the correlations between oral diseases and systemic health; know the national guidelines for the promotion of oral health and the prevention of oral diseases including medical-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (MRONJ). The student must be able to apply the knowledge acquired in the study of the discipline and be able to adapt it to clinical practice.

Elements of anatomy, histology, biology, hygiene, food science, medical clinic, maxillofacial surgery, otorhinolaryngology.

Lectures: the material of course is fully uploaded to DIR. Presentation and consultation of texts (health notebooks, ministerial guidelines, etc.) available online.

At student's request possibility of attending the clinics of the SCDU Dentistry and Stomatology AOU Maggiore della Carità di Novara.
Student reception by appointment, to be requested at mario.migliario@med.uniupo.it: Tuesday from 12:00 to 13:00 at SCDU Odontoiatria, viale piazza d'armi 1, Novara.

The test assesses the level of knowledge acquired, the student's understanding of the course content, and the ability to apply it in clinical practice. Verification is done by administering a test with 10 open questions. Each answer is scored from 3 to zero points with the possibility of decimal points for particularly comprehensive answers. Upon request, homework is corrected and discussed with each student.

Introduction to the course. National guidelines for the promotion of oral health and the prevention of oral diseases. Anatomy of the oral cavity: bones and temporomandibular joint, muscles, vessels, nerves. Lining tissues: lining mucosa, specialized mucosa, masticatory mucosa. Tongue. Saliva. Superficial and deep periodontium. Teeth: general information and terminology; development, calcification, eruption; function. Deciduous and permanent teeth. Dentition (eruptive periods) and dentition. Classification, numbering, tooth formulas. Principles of occlusion. Normal occlusion (Dentoskeletal classes) and malocclusion. General concepts of odontostomatological semiotics. Importance of anamnestic collection. Physical examination of the head and neck, oral cavity, temporomandibular joint. Specialist odontostomatological semiotic techniques: instrumental and specialist examinations; diagnostic imaging. Most frequently encountered odontostomatological signs and symptoms. - pain; swelling; ulcers; lymphadenopathy; hemorrhages; halitosis; white and red and pigmented mucosal lesions; paresthesias; burning mouth; bubbles and vesicles; dysgeusia; hyposcialia and xerostomia; - telangiectasias; clenching and limitation of mouth opening. Tooth decay. Epidemiology, etiology, clinical and anatomo-pathological pictures, symptoms, diagnosis. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Therapeutic notes Pulpopathies. Inflammatory, regressive, degenerative processes, necrosis and gangrene of the pulp. Classification. Etiology. Clinical pictures and symptoms. Diagnosis. Therapeutic notes Focal disease. Abscesses, phlegmons and odontogenic empyema. Periodontal disease. Epidemiology. Etiology. Risk factors. Clinical pictures. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Therapeutic notes. Correlation of periodontal disease and systemic diseases (birth of preterm and underweight children, cardiovascular diseases, diabetic disease, kidney disease, respiratory disease). Oral medicine. Excess, insufficient, macular elementary oral lesions associated with systemic diseases. Oral manifestations of dermatological diseases. Oral Lichen Planus, Pemphigus vulgaris, Pemphigoid of the mucous membranes, Erythema multiforme, Systemic erythematosus lupus. Oral manifestations of bacterial diseases. Necrotizing stomatitis, scarlet fever, syphilis, tuberculosis, mycobacteria, actinomycosis, gonorrhea, typhoid, angular cheilitis. Oral cancer. Epidemiology. Risk factors. Precancerous lesions (leukoplakia, erythroplakia, erosive OLP, nicotinic stomatitis). Clinical pictures. Diagnosis. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Therapeutic notes. Oral-dental trauma. Epidemiology. Etiology. Classification. Clinical pictures. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Emergency treatment. Oral manifestations of adverse drug reactions (soft and hard tissues). Medical-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (MRONJ). Epidemiology. Etiology and etiopathogenesis. Staging and clinical pictures. Symptomatology. Diagnosis. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Therapeutic notes.

Knowledge of the characteristics of the soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity and of the risk factors of its main diseases; recognition and diagnosis of oral diseases and their correlation with systemic patologies, essential cultural background of every graduate in medicine and surgery.