ODONTOSTOMATOLOGY SPECIAL MICROBIOLOGY

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Dental Hygiene
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2016/2017
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2017/2018
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
2
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
20
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (20 hours)
Requirements: 

NONE

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

MICROBIOLOGIA SPECIALE ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICA
Constructing bases to better understand pathogenic mechanisms of infective diseases

MICROBIOLOGIA SPECIALE ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICA
1. Normal oral microbial flora General features of the oral environment; the oral microbiota; physical and host parameters affecting oral microbial colonization; host defense; oral microbiota classification; acquisition, adhesion, distribution and metabolism of oral microbiota.
2. Oral infectious diseases Plaque; caries; perodontal diseases; acute bacterial oral infections; chronic bacterial oral infections; fungal oral infections; viral oral infections.
3. Diagnosis of oral infectious diseases Sampling, isolation and identification of oral bacteria; direct observation, cultivation and molecular analysis of oral bacteria
4. Therapy and prevention of oral infectious diseases Microbial resistance; antimicrobial therapy in oral acute infection; antimicrobial prophylaxis; infective endocarditis.

MICROBIOLOGIA SPECIALE ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICA
Eudes Lanciotti - Principi di Microbiologia clinica – Casa Ed Ambrosiana, 2007 Philip Marsh, Michael V. Martin – Microbiologia odontoiatrica – Ed. uninova