KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: At the end of the course, students will have to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the pediatric dentistry principles’, of the materials and instruments used, the preventive measures of oral pathologies in children and the modalities of interaction with children.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: At the end of the course, the student must be able to perform the main preventive techniques in pediatric dentistry.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS: At the end of the course, students will have to be able to choose the most appropriate preventive treatment in relation to the clinical situation.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: At the end of the course the students will have to be able to speak and discuss appropriately, using the specific terminology acquired through the lectures, the teaching materials and the recommended books.
LEARNING SKILLS: At the end of the course, students must demonstrate that they are able to apply the knowledge, skills and the minimum competencies described in this Syllabus.

General knowledge of biochemistry, physiology, and anatomy

The Course aims to teach the student:
-how to positively interact with the child patient and his parents
-how to talk to and examine the patient
-how to compile the dental record
- how to prepare a preventive treatment plan of the most common childhood oral diseases
- how to use fluoride in the caries prevention
- how to apply dental sealants
-how to educate the young patients to the correct oral hygiene and diet habits.

Vincenza Birardi, Giuseppe Gola: Compendio clinico di odontoiatria
infantile, Edi Ermes

First contact with the child and the parents
Anatomy of primary teeth
Tooth eruption
Diagnosis in paediatric dentistry
Oral pathology in children
Dental caries, caries susceptibility
Baby bottle syndrome
Periodontal disease
Prevention of oral diseases and preventive education for the child and parents:
• Pre-birth prevention
• Prevention in high caries-risk subjects
• Systemic and topical fluoride prophylaxis
• Pits and fissure sealants
• Diet
• Oral hygiene
• Follow up of the patient

Class lectures

slides of the lectures available on Moodle and Teams

Verification of learning will be carried out through partial oral tests with open questions, which will also take into account the assessments carried out during the pre-clinical exercises and whose results will be published using the "Partial tests" IT tool provided by the Esse3 platform. During the partial test, the correct comprehension of the contents of the course of Pediatric Dentistry will be evaluated through general open questions in response to which the student will have to demonstrate language properties and reasoning skills by linking the various topics presented during the course.
A single final exam date in which the Commission will proceed to verify the overall results of the integrated Course and the related verbalization will be planned.

Grading
30: excellent knowledge of the topics and excellent language skills; the student is able to brilliantly apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases and promptly connect the notions.
27-29: good knowledge of the topics, notable language skills, good analytical ability; the student is able to correctly apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases and connect the notions.
24-26: good knowledge of the main topics, fair command of language; the student shows an adequate ability to apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
21-23: the student does not demonstrate full mastery of the main topics of the course, despite possessing the fundamental knowledge; requires the intervention of the teacher to answer the questions correctly; However, it shows satisfactory language properties.
18-20: minimal knowledge of the main teaching topics and technical language, limited ability to adequately apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.

To pass the exam, the student must obtain an evaluation of ≥ 18 in the partial test. He/she cannot refuse the grade of the partial test, but only the grade of the entire integrated course and, in this case, he/she will have to repeat all partial tests.
The grade of the partial test is valid until the extraordinary session of the academic year.
The final grade of the integrated course exam derives from the weighted average, weighted on the CFU of each module, obtained from each partial test. For the purposes of defining the average, the value of 1 point is attributed to any honors obtained in the partial test, i.e. the grade of 30 and honors in the partial test corresponds numerically to the score of 31. To attribute honors to the final exam grade, a weighted average calculated from the various modules’ partial tests >30.5 will be necessary.

This course treats topics closely connected to one or more objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of United Nations