Orofacial biomechanics

Code:

ERO 03

Acronym:

BIOORO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Dental Sciences

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Graduate Management Unit
Course/CS Responsible:	Oral Rehabilitation Specialization

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ERO	6	Oral Rehabilitation Specialization - Study Plan 2014/2015	1	-	3	27	81
		Oral Rehabilitation Specialization - Study Plan 2017/2018	1	-	3	27	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The objectives of this course are intended to provide students with skills that enable them to specialized training in the context of physics and biomechanics.

Thus, understanding the basic structures of mathematics coupled with the physical through the interdisciplinarity of dentistry, it is central to understanding the functioning of the biomechanics of the procedures used on the day to day of the clinic, in a particular case of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics, Implantology, Surgery, Dentistry, Periodontology, Endodontics and Orthodontics.

Learning outcomes and competences

The basic skills are taught to be able for students to qualify experimental laboratory concrete procedures, using holographic interferometry, Extensometry, Fotoelasticity, Cad-Cam, Image Correlation beyond rapid prototyping and also the MEF, Finite Element Method, Mathematical Models.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Principles of biomechanics. Introduction of biomechanical bases.

Characterization of physical and geometrical parameters. Techniques used to characterize and survey form.

Techniques used for experimental stress analysis.

Use of holographic interferometry, electric extensometer, photoelasticity and numerical analysis by the finite element method.

Biomechanics of the TMJ (temporomandibular joint).

Pathologies associated with syndrome­something dysfunctional TMJ. Biomechanics of the masticatory loads.

Mandatory literature

Ronald Huston; Principles of Biomechanics, CRC Press, 2009. ISBN: 978­0­8493­3494­8
Duane Knudson; Fundamentals of Biomechanics, Springer, 2007. ISBN: 978­0306474743
Arturo Natali; Dental Biomechanics, Taylor & Francis, 2003. ISBN: 978­0415306669
Yuehuei H. Na, RA Draughn; Mechanical Testing of Bone and the Bone­Implant Interface,, CRC Press, 2000. ISBN: 978­0849302664

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching methodology focuses on theoretical and theoretical­practical.

The lectures beyond conventional knowledge transmitted by teachers, also aimed at the active participation of students with previously certain matters, which implies the preliminary investigation of the topics.

They are organized in groups to deepen the various topics motivating students to present Power Points from these materials.

The theoretical and practical classes are taught in LOME, Optics Laboratory of Experimental Mechanics of FEUP.

All students take contact with equipment to carry out the experimental techniques according to the work to be done.

They perform these experimental works, after the knowledge cemented in the lectures.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	5,00
Exame	45,00
Participação presencial	5,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	45,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

The assessment takes into account attendance, with a 5% weight. Rating continues taking into account the oral presentations, with a 5% by weight. A final exam with a valuation of 45% and a practical work with a rating of 45%.