PROFESSIONAL ORAL HYGIENE TECHNIQUES 1
- Overview
- Assessment methods
- Learning objectives
- Contents
- Full programme
- Bibliography
- Delivery method
- Teaching methods
- Contacts/Info
Knowledge of Italian language
Oral exam
Main target of the teaching is to deliver adequate competences about the basic therapeutic procedures of professional oral hygiene. It is expected that the student has acquired the following skills at the end of the university course:
• Knowledge of the diagnostic process;
• Ability to select the methodology and technique suitable for the specific clinical case and the right mechanical tools following the best available scientific practices in relation to the removal of soft or mineralized deposits and to the elimination of the exogenous pigments and the use of various devices to prevent, to control and to solve a certain dental pathology.
PROFESSIONAL ORAL HYGIENE TECHNIQUES 1
The acquisition of the various skills and knowledge will develop along the whole course during which the following topics will be treated:
a) Plaque detector substances;
b) Mechanical ablation of tartar with sonic and ultrasonic devices;
c) Manual instruments;
d) Polishing and air-flow;
e) Classification of discolorations;
f) Fluoride prophylaxis;
g) Positioning at the seat with practical training.
TECHNIQUES OF SEMIOTICS AND MONITORING OF THE ORAL CAVITY
The course will cover topics concerning the detection of objectivity of intra and extra-oral hearing:
Personal, medicale and dental history.
Examination extra and intra-oral mode of execution.
Diagnostic indexes: simple and cumulative selection criteria of an index, DMFT, RCI, SCI, periodontal indices, indices that assess the degree of oral hygiene indices need for treatment.
Radiographic documentation: required for radiological assessment of periodontal and dental status.
Photographs: indications and methods of collection of photographic documentation.
Study Models: indications and methods of collection of study models.
Data recording on dental and medical records
DOMICILIARY ORAL HYGIENE TECHNIQUES
Anatomy of oral cavity and parodontal cavity.
Manual and electric toothbrushes
Interdental aids
Toothpastes and mouthwashes
Home oral hygiene instruction and brushing techniques
Health promotion and primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
Motivation and communication techniques
Diet and nutritional analysis
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION AND ERGONOMICS
During the course, all the legal references of the professional dental hygienist are treated, as well as ethical and deontological.
In order to make independent student, once graduated, we analyze the best integration between labor, employer and work environment to improve efficiency of work itself.
It analyzes the business models of the profession and develop operational protocols of the organization in relation to the various objectives and according to various reports of work that you may have with public bodies, companies and depriving dell'oral care facilities.
Moreover, those that are examined are the administrative and management models of the study freelance work accordance with applicable law.
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- E.M.Wilkins: La pratica clinica dell’igienista dentale, Piccin, Padova, 2011
- V.Cortesi Ardizzone-A.Abbinante: Igienista Orale, Teoria Pratica Professionale, LSWR, Milano, 2013
- Mosby’s Comprehensive Review of Dental Hygiene 7° ed. Elsevier 2011
- Linee guida nazionali per la promozione della salute orale e la prevenzione delle patologie orali in età evolutiva ( aggiornamento 2013)
- Linee guida nazionali per la promozione della salute orale e la prevenzione delle patologie orali in età adulta (aggiornamento 2015)
Frontal lessons and practical exercises
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