The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

The course aims to provide the theoretical and clinical tools to formulate correct diagnoses and dental treatment plans in infants, children and adolescents. The management of the pediatric patient in its complexity requires knowledge to be established in the physiology and physiopathology of the small patient both in the broader systemic framework, both in the specific field of odontostomatology. MODULE PRACTICAL ACTIVITY IN PEDODONTICS Educational objectives. The internship requires the student to come into contact with the most common dental and general disorders of the child and adolescent. Particular attention is given to prevention and to the psycho-behavioral approach with the subject in the developmental age and with his adult figure of reference. PEDIATRIC MODULE Educational objectives. The aim of the course is to give students the basics of knowledge of the growth physiology of newborns, infants, children and adolescents, with particular attention to the characteristics of greatest interest for dentistry, illustrating the most common childhood diseases. Furthermore, the treatment principles and emergencies regarding the most common diseases in the developmental age will be discussed. PEDODONTICS MODULE Training objectives. The course aims to provide students with the scientific and technical bases to perform correct diagnosis, draw up treatment plans and implement preventive and therapeutic protocols for the dentistry and maxillofacial field of the pediatric patient. Specifically, knowledge will be given of the main pathologies pertaining to congenital or acquired, acute and chronic pedodontics with particular interest in caries, periodontal pathology and gold-dental traumatology. Subject of analysis will be the stomatological manifestations of systemic diseases and odontogenic pathologies with early onset. The student will be trained on the dynamism and function of the neuromuscular and dental skeletal structures of the craniofacial district, thus being able to diagnose, prevent and treat issues of orthodontic-gnathological relevance of the patient in the evolutionary phase.

Prerequisites and basic notions

knowledge of the teaching subjects of the previous 4 years

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Criteria for the composition of the final grade

exam methods: exam can be written with open questions or multiple choice, oral or both methods. The candidate's language skills will also be assessed. The exam also includes the evaluation of the exercises carried out on mannequins and patients through the use of appropriate photographs and x-rays. Clinical cases and x-ray tests will be discussed. The ability to diagnose and treat individual cases will be assessed. Operational capacity will be assessed. Particular attention will be paid to cases followed individually with remote controls. Example clinical conditions can be simulated during the exam to evaluate the candidate's empathic abilities towards a young patient