PROFESSIONAL ORAL HYGIENE TECHNIQUES 2

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Dental Hygiene
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2017/2018
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2018/2019
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
3
Standard lectures hours: 
30
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (30 hours)
Requirements: 

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Assessment: 
Voto Finale

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Manual periodontal instruments. Technical characteristic of: periodontal probes, area-specific curettes, universal curettes, curettes Langer, curettes O’Heir, scalers, files, hoes, implant curette. Handgrips, support point, adaptation, activation movements, manual instrumentation techniques.
Revise of mechanical periodontal instruments. Mechanical vs hand instruments: advantages, disadvantages, indications, and contraindcations.
Manual and mechanical sharpening: materials and technique.
Polishing and periopolishing: metods and materials.
Dental sensibility: materials and treatment.
Implant patient: types of implants and related components. Periodontal and peri-implant tissue. Mucositis and perimplantitis: professional treatment, products and protocols. Features of instruments for ambulatory implant hygiene.

"La pratica clinica dell''Igienista Dentale": E.M. Wilkins
"Igienista Orale: tecnica e pratica professionale": V.Cortese Ardizzone, A. Abbinante
"Parodontologia clinica e implantologia orale": Jan Lindhe, Niklaus P. Lang

Convenzionale

Professors

MATASSA ALESSANDRA