AIM OF COURSE
Cariology is a fundamental course that contains: growth and development of the tooth and surrounding/suporting tissues, histology and chemical properties of hard tooth tissues, development anomalies, etiology of the hard tooth tissue diseases, physical and chemical processes during the caries lesion, pathohistology of carious lesion, caries risk assesment tests, epidemiology of caries, dental hygiene and prevention of dental caries.
TEACHING PLAN / SEMESTER OF COURSE ADMISSION– LENGTH OF TEACHING THROUGH SEMESTERS
Aim/purpose of teaching:
Purpose of lectures and seminars is to introduce course of cariology to the students of the fourth semester.
Students gain knowledge of growth and development of teeth, histology of soft and hard tooth tissues, developmental and morphological anomalies, cariology, and prevention of hard tooth tissue diseases.
Objectives of teaching:
Lectures inform students about basic and recent knowledge about historical, current and future development of cariology: developmental and morphological irregularities of hard tooth tissues, etiology and epidemiology of dental caries, oral microbiological milieu, plaque and dental caries prevention, physical and chemical aspects of dental caries lesion, pathohistological and clinical appearance of dental caries, issues of dental caries in increased risk groups of patients, influence of gravidity on structures of oral cavity.
Purpose of seminars are to prepare students for as much successful practical task performance on the preclinical practical work as it is possible, but also to achieve students' understanding of the basic disease they will face in their everyday practice.
Seminars include following chapters: growth and development of teeth, oral microbiological milieu, histology and chemical composition of hard tooth tissues, dentobacterial plaque, theories on tooth caries onset, microbiology of carious lesion, pathohistological and clinical appearance of caries, immunological aspects of the carious lesion, recent trends in caries prevention, and influence of genetics on caries onset.
Purpose and aims of presented contents are justified according to standards of European universities.
ORGANIZATION
Hours of lectures: 9
Hours of seminars: 5
Hours of practical work: -
Total hours: 14
CURRICULUM BY SEMESTER
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Semester
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Lectures
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Seminars
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Practical work
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Total
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IV
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9
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5
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-
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14
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Total
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9
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5
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-
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14
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