Orofacial genetics

Code:

EORTO 21

Acronym:

GENORO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Dental Sciences

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S (edição n.º 1)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Gestão Académica
Course/CS Responsible:	Specialization in Orthodontics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EORTO	4	Study Plan 2017/2018	2	-	1	9	27
EORTO	4	Especialização em Ortdontia - Plano de Estudos 2023/2024	2	-	1	9	27

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Provide skills that allow the identification and recognition of genetic characteristics and/or their normal heredity patterns, normality, skull and orofacial pathological variants.

Provide knowledge that allows the identification of the main genetic syndromes with orofacial manifestations, as well as the knowledge about the most current diagnostic tools used in Genetics.

Learning outcomes and competences

Provide skills to future post-graduate students in Orthodontics to acquire capacities of:

- identify genetic and / or hereditary changes,

- recognize the main Syndromes with Cranio or Orofacial manifestations,

- understanding of the various diagnostic tools currently available in Genetics,

- interpret the results of genetic probes prescribed to their patients and be able to understand their clinical implications.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Introduction to Applied Genetics.

Genetic disease, mutations and polymorphisms.

The Face - Parameters of normality and of genetic diseases.

Abnormalities that can be seen in craniofacial and orofacial structures.

Systematized approach to the observation of birth and/or genetic defects.

Early diagnosis, prevention and/or interception of birth defects and/or genetic changes - in the prenatal and postnatal.

Early diagnosis, prevention and/or interception of birth defects and/or genetic changes - period 0-3.

Craniofacial changes, genes and phenotype. Syndromes with craniofacial and oral facial expression.

Genetic test.

Molecular technology for diagnosis, prognosis and risk assessment.

NSG and other news in Genetics.

Mandatory literature

Strachan T. Read AP; Human molecular genetics - Concepts and Applications. , 2009
Lewis Ricki; Human genetics
Gorlin RJ, Cohen MM JR, Levin LS, ed. ; Syndromes of the Head and Neck., 1990
Buyse ML, MD et al., ed. ; Birth Defects Encyclopedia.
Laskaris George; Color atlas of oral diseases in children and adolescents. ISBN: 0-86577-789-6
 Scully C, Welbury R, Flaitz C, Paes de Almeida O, ed. ; Orofacial health et disease in children and adolescents., 2002

Teaching methods and learning activities

Interactive presencial seminars.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	75,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	10,00
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Trabalho escrito	7,00
Total:	27,00

Eligibility for exams

Obtaining frequency follows the general scheme of the Graduate Program in Orthodontics, University of Porto.

In the Curricular Unit of Orofacial Genetics for obtaining frequency, in addition to the presence in seminars, requires the presentation of theme, defined by the teaching staff, in the re oral presentation / poster format, liable to submission to Congress or to journal publication.

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation formula: Seminars (75%) + Work Result (25%).

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