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Other Courses of the Study Programme

Course year: 1

ANATOMIA UMANA
Attendance grouping
10 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
APPLIED BIOLOGY
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
APPLIED PHYSICS - 6 credits - Basic
BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY
Attendance grouping
13 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
BIOCHEMISTRY AND CHEMISTRY
Attendance grouping
6 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ENGLISH LANGUAGE - 7 credits - Characterising
HISTOLOGY - 7 credits - Basic
STUDENT'S OWN CHOICE, 1ST YEAR - 2 credits - Student's own choice

Course year: 2

BIOCHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Attendance grouping
8 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
GENERAL PATHOLOGY - 7 credits - Characterising
MICROBIOLOGY AND HYGIENE
Attendance grouping
13 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
PHYSIOLOGY
Attendance grouping
10 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
PRINCIPLES OF DENTISTRY AND CLINICAL SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY
Attendance grouping
16 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
STUDENT'S OWN CHOICE, 2ND YEAR - 2 credits - Student's own choice
TRAINING YEAR 2 - 4 credits

Course year: 3

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Attendance grouping
6 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CHOICE III YEAR - 2 credits - Student's own choice
MEDICAL SCIENCE I
Attendance grouping
13 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY
Attendance grouping
6 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
PHARMACOLOGY - 6 credits - Characterising
PRINCIPLES OF DENTISTRY
Attendance grouping
15 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
TRAINING - THIRD YEAR - 12 credits

Course year: 4

LEGAL MEDICINE - 4 credits - Characterising
MEDICAL SCIENCE II
Attendance grouping
10 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
Attendance grouping
3 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES I
Attendance grouping
21 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ORAL SURGERY
Attendance grouping
4 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
SPECIAL PATHOLOGY
Attendance grouping
5 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
TRAINING - IV YEAR - 13 credits

Course year: 5

IMPLANTOLOGY
Attendance grouping
14 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT
Attendance grouping
6 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ORTHODONTICS
Attendance grouping
10 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Attendance grouping
5 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
TRAINING - V YEAR
Attendance grouping
18 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY
Attendance grouping
7 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza

Course year: 6

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CHOICE VI YEAR - 2 credits - Student's own choice
FINAL TEST - 10 credits - Language/Final Examination
INTEGRATED ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL THERAPY/INTERNSHIP
Attendance grouping
14 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES II - TRAINING
Attendance grouping
16 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES III - TRAINING
Attendance grouping
18 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza

GENERAL PATHOLOGY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018/2019

Academic Year of provision:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

6-year Single Cycle Master's Degree Programme in SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

Disciplinary Sector:

General Pathology

Language:

Italian

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

RUSNATI Marco Professor

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

105

Basic information about biochemistry, physiology, microbiology and anatomy.

As for the guidelines of the degree course of “DENTISTRY AND DENTAL PROSTHESIS”, art. 13.2, the student must pass the exam of “APPLIED BIOLOGY” to take the exam of “GENERAL PATHOLOGY”.

Educational Goals

Within the knowledge of the basis for understanding of biologic phenomena, the course “GENERAL PATHOLOGY” is intended to describe the etiological agents and pathogenesis of the main types of human diseases (hereditary and caused by physical, chemical and biological agents), and the reaction of the organism to diseases, with particular attention focused on inflammation and immunity.

The course “GENERAL PATHOLOGY”, taught during the 2nd year, represents as an ideal trade union between the basic notions taught in the first year and the clinical courses and internships of the following years.

At the completion of the course the student will be able to exploit the basic notions mentioned above to explain the pathogenesis and the ways our body react to injuries at molecular, cellular and tissue levels, developing the capacity to figure out the clinical manifestations of the diseases and the rudiments of their treatment.

In this configuration, the objectives of the course are clearly related to the wider context of the degree course “DENTISTRY AND DENTAL PROSTHESIS”, as indicated in the original attachment 52S of area decrees, written by Prof. Sapelli (previous dean of the dental school), that has been then modified in the LM-46 attachment.

A second aim of the course is that to provide the student with a general vision of the main human diseases beside the particular dentistry scopes that will be the specific topic in the next years of study.

In this view, particular attention will be dedicated to tumors.

Content

most important causes of human diseases and their pathogenesis at a molecular, cellular, anatomical and clinical level, with particular attention focused on cancer. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of the defensive reactions inflammation and immunity.

Extended Syllabus

INTODUCTION TO GENERAL PATHOLOGY-branches of general pathology, etiology and pathogenesis -homeostasis and diseases

ETIOLOGY
-causes of diseases
-classification of etiological agents
-the host-etiological agent interaction

GENETIC DISEASES
-mutations
-effects of the mutation on somatic and germ cells
-classification of mutations
-gene mutations and consequences: albinism
-genetic diseases of hemoglobin
-description of hemoglobin proteins and genes
-classification of beta thalassemia
-molecular bases of beta thalassemia
-relationship between genetic background and clinical manifestations -pathogenetic mechanisms of beta thalassemia major
-siderosis
-examples of chromosomal aberrations and related diseases
-pathogenesis and examples of aneuploidies and mosaicisms
-trisomy 21

HEAT-RELATED DISEASES
-main features of heat transfer
-classification and pathogenesis of burns
-systemic effects of burns

RADIATION-RELATED DISEASES
-definition and classification of the radiations
-radioisotope
-effects of radiation on atoms and molecules
-effects of radiation on cells
-effects of radiations on tissues and organs

CHEMICALS-RELATED DISEASES
-classification of chemicals: distribution in the natural and work environments
-air pollution: example of related diseases
-soil and water pollution: example of related diseases
-professional diseases: examples
-smoking-related diseases
-alcohol abuse-related diseases

INFECTIOUS DISEASES
-worldwide distribution of infectious diseases
-microorganisms, antibiotics and resistances
-types of infections
-microorganism/host interaction
-main types of pathogenic microorganisms
-pathogenesis of infectious diseases: toxigenic, invasion, virulence
-main features of infectious diseases
-classification and main features of toxins
-endotoxins, septic shock
-exotoxins: examples of associated diseases

INFLAMMATION
-main features of defensive reactions
-definition and examples of inflammatory agents
-distinctive features of acute and chronic inflammation
-symptoms and phases of inflammation
-histamine
-mechanisms of generation of inflammatory exudate
-wound healing
-cells of inflammation
-diapedesis
-bactericidal mechanisms in inflammation
-molecular mediators of inflammation
-clinical classification of the inflammatory exudates
-chronic inflammation
-structure and cells of the granuloma

IMMUNITY
-types of immune response: natural, acquired, active, passive, humoral, cell-mediated, primary, secondary
-phases of the immune response
-clonal selection
-antigens: main structural features
-antibodies: classification, structure and function
-cell mediated immunity
-antigen presenting cells
-antigen presentation

ONCOLOGY
-majors of epidemiology, etiology and nomenclature
-benign tumors and malignant cancers
-main features of cancer cells
-neoplastic transformation-invasiveness and metastatization
-tumor neovascularization

Recommended Bibliography

PONTIERI RUSSO, FRATI, PATOLOGIA GENERALE, PICCIN.

ABBAS, LICHMAN, PILLAI, IMMUNOLOGIA CELLULARE E MOLECOLARE, ELSEVIER

Lectures and suggested textbooks will be integrated with educational material (powerpoint presentation slides) provided by the teacher or downloadable by the E-learning website Moodle.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

taught class

Assessment Methods

Competence verification will be done by means of five test in progress, to be held during the lectures and regarding the topics “genetic diseases”, “diseases caused by extrinsic etiological agents”, “inflammation”, “immunity” and “tumors”, respectively.

Any gap in the preparation pointed out by these tests will be discussed and fill by dedicated student-teacher discussions.

At the end of the course, the student will take the complete final oral exam covering the whole course, to be held at every useful exam session in the educational calendar.

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

End date of teaching period:

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Other Information

The teacher receives the student for explanation/deepening treated during the course on appointment requested by e-mail coming only from the domain @studenti.unibs.it.