Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona

Basic Periodontics

• code 08415
• course 2
• term Semester 2
• type OB
• credits 3

Main language of instruction: Spanish

Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English

If the student is enrolled for the English track then classes for that subject will be taught in the same language.

Head instructor

Dra. Cristina VALLÈS - cristinavallveg@uic.es
Dra. Vanessa RUIZ - vanessaruiz@uic.es

Office hours

• Theroy: Dra.Cristina Valles Vegas (cristinavallveg@uic.es)
• Lab :Dr. Andrés Pascual la Rocca (ampascual@uic.es
•               Dra. Blanca Paniagua Cotonat (bpaniagua@uic.es)

Periodontics is a branch of dentistry that studies the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases and conditions that affect the dental organ supporting tissues (gums, periodontal ligaments, root cement and alveolar bone) and the replacement implants, in order to maintain the health, function and aesthetics of the teeth and their adjacent tissues.

Periodontics is an area of dentistry that supports the study of scientific evidence about the condition of the healthy and unhealthy periodontium.

The main periodontal diseases that affect dentition are periodontitis and gingivitis.

Currently, with the advent of implantology, periodontics is also responsible for the prevention and treatment of peri-implant diseases such as peri-implantitis.

Periodontal disease manifests itself as a gingivitis (inflammation and bleeding of the gum without affecting the bone) or periodontitis, whereby the destruction of the bone supporting the tooth takes place. If this is not treated in time, it may lead to the loss of the teeth.

Periodontal treatment ranges from correcting the hygiene techniques for controlling plaque bacteria to the elimination of the triggers of this (dental calculus or tartar and periodontal pockets).

Professor responsible for the subject: Dr Cristina Valles Vegas

Head of the Periodontics Department: Dr José Nart Molina

Knowledge of biology and human anatomy

To know the anatomy of the periodontium; to know the causing factors, risk and etiopathogeny of periodontal diseases; to adequately diagnose these diseases; to acquire knowledge on the basic phase of periodontal disease; to know the systemic diseases related to periodontal disease; to know the inter-relations between periodontal disease and other systemic diseases, and to know what maintenance periodontal treatment consists of.

• 47 - Educating and motivating patients in the area of oral and dental diseases, controlling pathogenic oral habits,
• 63 - Having knowledge of human nutrition, particularly the connection between nutritional habits or diet with the maintenance of good health and the prevention of oral and dental diseases
• 64 - Undertaking basic oral and dental pathology treatments for patients of all ages. The treatment procedures should be minimally invasive and based on a comprehensive and integrated approach to oral and dental treatment
• 44 - Knowing about and being able to use the basic tools and equipment for dental practice
• 66 - Taking and interpreting x-rays and other image-based procedures that are important in dental practice
• 68 - Determining and identifying the aesthetic requirements of patients and the possibility of resolving their concerns
• 69 - Identifying patients who require special care, recognising the characteristics and peculiarities of such cases
• 70 - Evaluating motor and sensory oral, mandibular and annex function
• 71 - Undertaking limited procedures for invasive diagnostic techniques using soft tissue (biopsies)
• 72 - Appropriate medical prescriptions, while being aware of their guidelines and warnings, systemic effects and repercussions on other organs
• 74 - Preparing and isolating the operatory field
• 76 - Identifying and dealing with any dental emergencies
• 80 - Treating the inflammatory processes of periodontal tissue both pharmacologically and surgically, including supra and subgingival techniques for periodontal instrumentation

TOPIC 1: Subject presentation. Introduction to Periodontology. History of Periodontology.

TOPIC 2: Periodontium anatomy. Protective periodontium and supportive periodontium. Different periodontal biotypes.

TOPIC 3: Etiology. Plaque and microbiology in relation with periodontal disease.

TOPIC 4: Epidemiology of the periodontal disease. Spanish situation 2000, 2005 and currently.

TOPIC 5: Periodontal exploration (clinical and radiologic exam).

 TOPIC 6: Diagnosis and classification of the periodontal diseases. Gingival diseases.

 TOPIC 7: Diagnosis and classification of the periodontal diseases. Aggressive and chronic periodontitis.

TOPIC 8: Importance of Periodontal Diseases II. At the Systemic level: PERIODONTAL MEDICINE. Introduction of systemic relationships with periodontal disease.riodontal Diseases I. At the Oral Level: Function (Mobility, Pathological Forces, Occlusal Trauma,  Discomfort) and Aesthetics (recessions, pathologic tooth migration, black triangles, tooth loss, attachment loss and bone destruction).

TOPIC 9:Importance of Periodontal Diseases II. At the Systemic level: PERIODONTAL MEDICINE. Introduction of systemic relationships with periodontal disease.riodontal Diseases I. At the Oral Level: Function (Mobility, Pathological Forces, Occlusal Trauma,  Discomfort) and Aesthetics (recessions, pathologic tooth migration, black triangles, tooth loss, attachment loss and bone destruction).

TOPIC 10: Diagnosis and classification of the periodontal diseases. Endodontic-periodontal lesions, abscess, and necrotizing ulcerative.

TOPIC 11: Oral hygiene instructions. 

TOPIC 12: Periodontal treatment phase I: Mechanical control of the plaque. Basis. 

TOPIC 13: Periodontal treatment phase I: Mechanical control of the plaque. Scaling and root planning. Instruments and objectives. 

TOPIC 14: Tobacco use and its relation with periodontal disease. Tobbaco as a risk factor for the development of periodontal disease and its effects on long term results of scaling and root planning.  No comments about the effect on surgical treatments. Nutritional factors related to health and periodontal disease.

  TOPIC 15: Sequence of clinical cases of phase I and review. 

BOOKS:

Periodoncia

Sexta Edition

BM. Eley, M. Soory, JD Manson

Editorial Elsevier Churchill Livingstone

Practical Periodontics

First edition.

Eaton Kenneth and Ower Philip

Editorial Elsevier

E: exam date | R: revision date | 1: first session | 2: second session:

• E1 28/05/2021 11:00h A08
• E1 28/05/2021 11:00h A21
• E1 28/05/2021 11:00h A09
• E1 28/05/2021 11:00h A03
• E1 28/05/2021 11:00h A02
• R1 04/06/2021 11:00h A16
• E2 28/06/2021 12:30h A02
• E2 28/06/2021 12:30h A01
• R2 02/07/2021 11:00h A10