Course program
General concepts and background (4 hours): Introduction to dental histology and presentation of the programme. The tooth: macroscopic anatomy. The tooth: development and growth. Dental tissues: microscopic anatomy of enamel, dentin and cementum.
Specific insight (6 hours): Preparation of thin sections of the tooth. Advanced methods of studying dental tissues: conventional microtomography, synchrotron light microtomography and analysis of trace elements in dental tissues by Laser Ablation.
Prerequisites
In order to understand the course content and achieve the learning objectives, it is useful for students to have a) a basic knowledge of embryology, b) a good knowledge of English at the start of the course.
Books
Nanci A. 2007. Ten Cate's oral histology: development, structure, and function. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Hillson S. 2023. Dental anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Teaching mode
The teacher provides lectures with traditional methods with audiovisual aids and scheduling of lessons as on the website of the Dental Hygiene School.
Frequency
As reported in the art. 4 of the Regulation of the first level courses of the health professions for the institutional offices The Bureau organizes the ADE offer (also called optional or chosen by the student) and leads to the approval of the CCdS, defining the training objectives , the teaching methods, the number of students admitted, the timetable as well as the procedures for conducting the tests to verify the profit. The ADE can be implemented with lessons, seminars or interactive teaching in small groups. The student chooses the activities to be supported within a pool of activities offered annually by the CCdS. The CCdS appoints a manager of the ADE activities to which he entrusts the task of evaluating, with defined procedures, the achievement of the defined training objectives and therefore the verbalization of the acquired CFU. Students are notified of the ADE calendar at the beginning of each academic year. The ADE is an integral part of the training curriculum, attendance is mandatory and can not be less than 75%.
Exam mode
The examination is oral. A pass mark of at least 18/30 is required. The student must demonstrate that he/she has acquired sufficient knowledge of the topics covered in class and has read and critically assimilated the literature distributed during the course. In order to obtain a mark of 30/30 cum laude, the student must instead demonstrate that he/she has acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, that he/she is able to relate them in a logical and coherent manner, and that he/she is able to discuss the literature distributed during the course in a critical and reasoned manner, relating it appropriately to the topics covered. Attendance and active participation in lectures will be taken into account in the assessment.
Lesson mode
The lecturer provides face-to-face teaching using traditional methods, with audio-visual aids and with a timetable as registered in the GOMP Classroom/Order System and published on the CdS website. Teaching methods: 1) Theoretical lectures 2) In-depth seminars 3) Dental histology laboratory practice.