PATOLOGIA ORALE CLINICA

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Dental Hygiene
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2024/2025
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2025/2026
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
1
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
12
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (12 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

1. Salivary gland diseases 2. Burning Mouth Syndrome 3. Anatomical variants of the oral mucosa and jaw bones 4. Diseases of the dental pulp and Jaw bones 5. Immunological diseases 6. Haematological disorders

Program of CLINICAL ORAL MEDICINE: 1. Salivary gland diseases: sialolithiasis, mucocele and ranula, sialadenitis, xerostomia and sialorrhea, sialadenosis, necrotizing sialometaplasia, Sjögren’s syndrome, overview of benign neoplasms (pleomorphic adenoma) and malignant neoplasms (mucoepidermoid carcinoma and adenoid cystic carcinoma). 2. Burning Mouth Syndrome: definition, epidemiology, etiopathogenetic hypotheses, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment. 3. Anatomical variants of the oral mucosa and jaw bones: • Cheek: leukoedema, Fordyce’s granules, white sponge nevus • Lip: commissural lip pits, paramedian lip pits, double lip • Tongue: fissured, geographic, crenated, coated or hairy, macroglossia, microglossia, ankyloglossia, lingual thyroid, fimbriae hyperplasia • Palate: giant uvula, fistulas • Gingiva: gingival fibrous papules, bony exostoses and tori • Vascular variants: varices and ectasias, others • Bone variants: coronoid and condylar hyperplasia, condylar hypoplasia, bifid condyle, Eagle’s syndrome 4. Diseases of the dental pulp and jaw bones: • Dental pulp pathology: pulp hyperemia, acute serous and purulent pulpitis, chronic ulcerative and hyperplastic pulpitis, retrograde pulpitis • Apical periodontitis: odontogenic abscess and periapical granuloma • Osteomyelitis and drug-related osteonecrosis • Odontogenic cysts: radicular, dentigerous, keratocyst; non-odontogenic cysts: nasopalatine duct cyst • Odontogenic tumors: ameloblastoma, odontoma • Non-odontogenic tumors: osteoma, osteosarcoma, bone metastases 5. Immunological diseases: transient lingual papillitis, recurrent aphthous stomatitis and related systemic conditions, erythema multiforme, vesiculobullous diseases (pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigoid), granulomatous diseases. 6. Hematological disorders: hemophilias, plasminogen deficiency, neutropenias, thrombocytopenia, leukemias and lymphomas, multiple myeloma.

The course consists of 12 hours of teaching; the instructor delivers traditional face-to-face lectures with the aid of slides, following the class schedule published on the degree program’s website

Course coordinator: Prof. Lorenzo Azzi Email: l.azzi@uninsubria.it Office hours: By appointment via email