Course Unit / Geriatric oro-dental pathology

Geriatric oro-dental pathology

Year
1
Academic year
2023-2024
Code
02466927
Subject Area
Digestive, Dental, Otolaryngological and Ophthalmological Diseases
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
1.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Medical graduation or dental graduation.

Teaching Methods

Magistral lectures (with clinical examples).

Learning Outcomes

To know, understand and present the most common oral pathology of the elderly, in an general practitioner point-of-view.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Oral ageing and edentulism

Dental caries and periodontal disease

Recorrent aphtous oral ulcerations

Candidiasis

Oral cancer and pre-cancer

Oral-sistemic health relationship

Oro-facial pain

Temporo-mandibular disorders

Elderly peolple oral conditioning

Management, referal, therapeutic aproaches

Dento-maxillo-facial radiology

Bi-phophonates related osteonecrosis of the jaws.

Head Lecturer(s)

José Pedro Henriques Figueiredo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 100.0%

Bibliography

1. Oral Pathology: Clinical Pathologic Correlations; Regezi, Sciuba, Jordan; 4th Ed.; Saunders

2. Contemporary Oral and Maxilofacial Surgery; Peterson, Ellis, Tucher; 4th ed.; Mosby.

3. Scully, C. Medical problems in dentistry 4ª ed., Wrigth

4. Geriatria Fundamental. Verissimo M T. Lidel 2014. (inclui capítulo 22 - Patologia Estomatológica e Envelhecimento).