SPEECH THERAPY IN DENTAL ILLNESSES

[440ME]
a.a. 2025/2026

3° Year of course - Full year

Frequency Mandatory

  • 1 CFU
  • 10 hours
  • Italian
  • Trieste
  • Obbligatoria
  • Oral Exam
  • SSD MED/50
  • Advanced concepts and skills
Curricula: COMMON
Syllabus

Knowledge and understanding:
Describe the oral vices
Describe dysfunctional deglutition
Describe the evaluation and treatment of oral vices
Describe the evaluation and treatment of dysfunctional deglutition



Framing of oral dysfunctions
Evaluation and treatment of oral vices and of dysfunctional deglutition in childhood and adulthood

Recommended readings and teacher's slides

Overview of orthodontic evaluation
Overview of dental malocclusions
Overview of orthodontic devices
Orofacial muscle imbalance: description
TMF (myofunctional therapy): rehabilitation techniques
Oral Vices: observation and treatment
Alterations of the lingual frenulum: description and observation, operative advice

Lectures and direct experiences



Oral test