Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - BarcelonaPulp Physiopathology II
Main language of instruction: English
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, Spanish
Head instructor
Dra. Andrea Natalia RICCO - anricco@uic.es
Office hours
Email fduran@uic.es (Fernando Durán-Sindreu) to request a meeting.
Dental pulp tissue has unique characteristics that are defined, in part, by its relation to the surrounding tissues in both health and disease situations.
The study of the biology of the dental pulp provides the initial information necessary to build a solid base of clinical knowledge based on the scientific evidence available today
This subject further develops the concepts acquired in Pulp Physiopathology I.
No pre-requisites required.
To teach students about:
The cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the formation of the reparative and tertiary dentin.
The biochemical and cellular composition of the dental pulp.
The characteristics of pulpal nerve tissue and its response to external aggressions.
The workings of pulpal vascularity in healthy and pathological situations
Inflammatory mediators and their effects on the dental pulp.
The inflammatory response on a molecular level in periapical pathology.
The clinical implications of pulpal response to external aggressions.
Students will be expected to:
Argue for and defend their own scientific ideas as well as to listen, analyse, evaluate and respond to the ideas of others.
Acquire learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a self-directed and autonomous manner.
Understand how to provide a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and/or applying ideas in a research context.
Apply acquired knowledge and develop a problem-solving ability in new environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study in question.
Communicate their knowledge, conclusions and the essential concepts that support them to specialised and non-specialised audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.
Apply the appropriate diagnostic techniques and correctly interpret the results derived from them.
Integrate new knowledge acquired through research and study, and deal with complexity.
Diagnose, prevent pulpoperiapical diseases and keep up-to-date in the diagnostic and therapeutic advances that emerge during their professional lives.
Students will be expected to:
Understand the mechanisms that regulate the secondary and tertiary dentinogenesis.
Understand how pulpal vascularity works and its response to an aggression
Understand the nerve response mechanism of the dental pulp as well as its response to pulpal inflammation.
Understand the mechanisms of periapical response to pulpal disease.
Put all the knowledge acquired into clinical practice.
Dentin neoformative processes
Biochemical structure of the interstitial and basic substance of the dental pulp.
Characteristics of the pulpal cells.
Vascular structure of the dental pulp.
Nervous structure of the pulp.
Nerve changes in pulpal inflammation and pulpal pain.
Nervous physiology of the pulp.
Nerve changes in pulp and neuropeptide inflammation.
Relationship between nerve response and pulpal pain.
Dental pulp. Seltzer and Bender. Segunda edición
Pulpal Reactions to Orthodontic Force Application in Humans: A Systematic Review. Journal of Endodontics, Volume 38, Issue 11, November 2012, Pages 1463-1469.Martina von Böhl, Yijin Ren, Piotr S. Fudalej, Anne M. Kuijpers-Jagtman
Pulpal Response after Acute Dental Injury in the Permanent Dentition: Clinical Implications—A Review. Journal of Endodontics, Volume 41, Issue 3, March 2015, Pages 299-308. Frances M. Andreasen, Bill Kahler
Pulpal Pain Diagnosis—A Review. Journal of Endodontics, Volume 26, Issue 3, March 2000, Pages 175-179. I.B. Bender