Conservative Dentistry and Preventive Dentistry
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Dental Medicine |
Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S 
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Application of the scientific and technique skills aquired by students on the diagnosis, prevention, treatment planning and treatment of patients with diseases of hard tissues of teeth, as well as with clinical cases of traumatology, dental sensitivity and color changes in clinical environment and seminars. Students should be able to recognize the need for preventive treatment and, in addition, the implementation of primary prevention actions in patients, as well as technically perform more complex restorative treatments of the area of Restorative Dentistry including traumatology and bleaching in a clinical environment with patients. To enable students to perform conservative pulp, emergency and endodontic treatments of increasing difficulty and complexity. Students should be able to learn to share with patients the diagnosis and prognosis of their problems in the field of Conservative and Preventive Dentistry and prepare decisions in order to propose treatment plans in order to make.
Learning outcomes and competences
The programmatic content enables the fulfillment of the given goals that allow the clinical practice of prevention, diagnosis, treatment plan and treatment on patients with dental caries and other diseases affecting the hard tissues of the tooth as well as with clinical cases of traumatology, dental sensitivity and color changes and endodontic treatment. Learn to share with patients the diagnosis and prognosis of the problems of Operative Dentistry and Endodontology and acquire the capacity to diagnose, make decisions and plan in order to propose treatment plans and do preventive and Conservative treatments for their resolution.
Working method
Presencial
Program
Clinical care of patients in the area of Preventive Dentistry, Operative Dentistry and Endodontics.
Presentation and discussion of Clinical Cases involving the areas of Preventive Dentistry, Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, addressing, clinical history, diagnosis, treatment plan and preventive and therapeutic interventions using the appropriate materials.
Mandatory literature
José Mondelli;
Dentística. ISBN: 85-86067-01-6
Luíz Narciso Baratieri;
Odontologia restauradora. ISBN: 978-85-7288-822-6
WilliamJ. O.Brien;
Dental materials and their selection. ISBN: 0-86715-406-3
Kenneth J. Anusavice;
Phillips. science of dental materials. ISBN: 0-7216-9387-3
John M. Powers;
Craig.s restorative dental materials. ISBN: 0-323-03606-6
John I. Ingle,;
Endodontics. ISBN: 1-55009-188-3
Stephen Cohen;
Pathways of the pulp. ISBN: 0-323-03067-X
Teaching methods and learning activities
Seminars where clinical cases from the area of Prevention and Conservative Dentistry will be discussed. Clinical classes with patients where is applied in practice the knowledge acquired.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Participação presencial |
10,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial |
70,00 |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
20,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
30,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial |
70,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Presence in 75% of the contact hours in classes
Calculation formula of final grade
Distributed evaluation without final exam. Participation and atitude 10%; Clinical report 20%; Clinical work 70%.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Performing a clinical treatment on a pacient and a report.
Classification improvement
Performing a clinical treatment on a pacient and a report.