2016/2017

2019/2020

DM270

MED/19 (PLASTIC SURGERY)

DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL-SURGICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND PEDIATRIC SCIENCES

SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE

PERCORSO COMUNE

4°

2nd semester (02/03/2020 - 05/06/2020)

2

16 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

NICOLETTI GIOVANNI - 2 ECTS

The student should know basic Pathology and Head and Neck Anatomy.

The goal of the Course is to teach the training Dentists the Plastic surgey related diseases affecting the lower third of the face: treatment limits and opportunities, with a particular attention to the edge between the Physician and the Dentist activities. During the first lessons the biological and anatomical basis of the peculiar plastic surgery techniques are presented; thereafter the big grouping pathologies are discussed: trauma, tumors,degenerative diseases, malformations. A special attention is payed to the current cosmetic medical procedures.

Plastic surgey definition. Wound healing and scars. Sutures. Microsurgery. Grafts. Regenerative medicine and surgery. Transplants and flaps. Implants. Burns. Face soft tissues trauma. Difficult to heal wounds and sores. Skin tumors. Face and mouth reconstruction. Skin vessels pathology. Facial palsy.
Face congenital malformations. Cosmetic medicine and surgery of the lips and perioral area.

Traditional classes with projection of clinical images.
Theorethical parts of the lessons are uploaded on KIRO web portal a few days before each class, to let the students understand throughly the clinical parts.
Attending a closed number course on suture techniques is suggested.

To prepare for the exam:
A. Faga “Chirurgia Plastica, ricostruttiva ed estetica” 3^ ed., Masson Elsevier LSWR publ.
To deepen topics:
J. Weinzweig “Plastic Surgery Secrets”, Hanley Belfus inc. Medical Publishers

Learning exams consist of an oral test on the topics presented during the classes.

Exams schedule and enrollments are agreed between the teacher and the representative student of the course.