Dublin Descriptors
Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, the student will have to know the main characteristics of materials for dental applications.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The student must be able to carry out a detailed examination of the properties of materials illustrating the advantages and disadvantages of individual cases. Particular attention will be paid to interdisciplinary argumentation skills.

Miking judgements
The student must be able to autonomously evaluate, choosing among the various possibilities, which is the most suitable material for the specific dental application.

Communication skills
The student must be able to describe the topics covered during the course with an adequate property of language.

Learning skills
The notions acquired during the frontal lessons will be applied to practical examples in which the student will be asked to participate actively.

Fundaments of chemistry and physics.

The knowledge of the chemical, physical and biological properties of dental materials is fundamental for their clinical use. The Course will analyse the main characteristics of the dental materials used in dentistry and their application modes.
0. Introduction to science and technology of materials
1. Dental materials history
2. Lining materials
3. Dental cements
4. Polymers and polymerization
5. composites, compomers
6. Adhesion and adhesive systems
7. Dental cements
8. Polymers and polymerization: composites, compomers
9. Adhesion and adhesive systems
10. Dental amalgam
11. Elastic and non elastic impression materials.
12. Casting materials and gypsum for dental use
13. Dental waxes
14. Dental ceramics
15. Materials for endodontic therapy

Applied Dental Materials di John McCabe (9th edition)

1. Dental materials history
2. Rules, certification, standards, CE labelling
3. Chemical, physical, biological and technological properties of materials
4. In vitro and in vivo tests
5. Prophylaxis materials
6. Lining materials
7. Dental cements
8. Polymers and polymerization: composites, compomers
9. Adhesion and adhesive systems
10. Dental amalgam
11. Elastic and non-elastic impression materials.
12. Casting materials and gypsum for dental use
13. Dental waxes
14. Dental ceramics
15. materials for endodontic therapy.
16. Dental implants.

Lectures, lab classes

For more info please contact the teacher: gturco@units.it

The assessment of learning will be conducted through partial oral exams related to the teaching modules that make up the integrated course. The grade for each partial exam will be expressed in thirtieths. During the partial oral exams, the student’s level of knowledge and competence on the program topics will be evaluated, and the correct understanding of the course contents will be verified through specific questions. In answering these questions, the student must demonstrate adequate language skills and reasoning abilities by connecting the various topics. The duration of the partial exams varies depending on the progress of the exam itself but will not be less than 30 minutes. The results of each partial exam will be published using the "Partial Exams" tool provided by the Esse3 platform. There will be a final call in which the Commission will review the results of the individual partial exams and record the final exam grade.
To pass the exam for the course, the student must obtain a grade of at least 18/30 in each of the partial exams. The student cannot reject the result of the individual partial exam but can only reject the final grade of the integrated course exam. In this case, the student will have to retake all the partial exams.
The student must register for the partial exam through the ESSE3 platform. The grade of the partial exam is valid until the end of the special session of the academic year in which the partial exam is taken. The final grade of the integrated course exam will be calculated as the weighted average of the grades of each partial exam, weighted by the CFU of each module. For the purposes of defining the weighted average of the final exam, any honors obtained in the partial exams will be valued as 1 point, i.e., a grade of 30 with honors in the partial exams corresponds numerically to a score of 31/30. To award honors to the final exam grade, the grade must be greater than 30.5/30.

Exam assessment
30-30 cum laude: excellent knowledge of the topics and excellent language skills; the student is able to brilliantly apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases and to readily connect the notions.
27-29: good knowledge of the topics, remarkable language skills, good analytical skills; the student is able to correctly apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases and to connect the notions.
24-26: good knowledge of the main topics, good command of the 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 teaching topics, even if he possesses the fundamental knowledge; requires the intervention of the teacher to answer the questions correctly; however, it shows satisfactory properties of language.
18-20: minimal knowledge of the main teaching topics and technical language, limited ability to adequately apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
<18: the student does not have an acceptable knowledge of the program contents.

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)