Advanced Preventive Dentistry and Community Oral Health I

Medicina Dentária Preventiva e Comunitária Avançada I

Curse code:9548404

Ana Cristina Garcia de Matos Manso

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

The UC's main objective is to guide the student in the integration of theoretical knowledge and understanding of the subject, along with a suitable and capable clinical experience to solve clinical problems encountered independently or without assistance. The student must acquire skills:

• the education of their patients, managing primary oral health care, at all stages of their lives (including children, adolescents, adults and elderly population and its aging) properly, effectively and safe, emphasizing current concepts of prevention, diagnosis and treatment;
• the risk assessment;
• treatment of oral disease, which supports the maintenance of oral and systemic health and improve the quality of life for the individual;
• in the management of non-invasive and minimally invasive caries, tooth loss and other hard tissues;
• the management of periodontal disease and common diseases of the oral mucosa and its disorders.

Syllabus:

1. Introduction to Advanced MDP I.
2. Decay: prevention and control fundamentals
3. Diagnostic tests in Preventive Medicine
4. Challenges in Oral Health
5. The ICDAS
6. Periodontal disease
7. Oral public health considerations for periodontal disease
8. Clinical guidelines in preventive and community medicine
9. Halitosis: Local and systemic causes, diagnosis and treatment
10. Materials and methods for controlling biofilm
11. Fluoride in Dentistry and tooth remineralization
12. Changes in the enamel: attrition, dental erosion and abrasion
13. Dental hypersensitivity: definition, pathogenesis, etiology, symptoms and treatment
14. Dental trauma: risk factors and prevention
15. Oral protectors: Indications, contraindications
16. Care of the mouthguard, Among others: the oral piercing
17. Malocclusion
18. The oral health and pregnant
19. The Aging and oral health
20. Application and development of content through the clinical practice with Patients and the community

Suggested Bibliography:

• Cuenca Sala E, Baca García B (2013) Odontología preventiva y comunitária: principios, métodos y aplicaciones. 4ª ed., Barcelona. Elsevier España S.A. ISBN 978-84-4582203-6;
• Pinto VG (2008) Saúde Bucal e Colectiva. 5ª ed., Editora Santos. ISBN-10: 8572886931
• Rojas FE, Fernández VF (2009) Manual de Higiene Bucal. Sociedad Española de Periodoncia y Osteointegración, Médica Panamericana. ISBN: 978-84-9835-137-8
• Gómez Soler S (2010) Fluorterapia en Odontologia – Fundamentos y Aplicaciones Clínicas. 4ªed., Medica Panamericana. ISBN: 978-956-332-309-2