Aim

To know the development, the histopathology and the clinical features of hard tissue lesions and especially the dental decay, the erosion, the abrasion, the abfraction, the dental abnormalities, the dental discolouration and the root absorption.

Learning outcomes 

• The contemporary theory of dental caries development.
• The impact of biofilms, bacteria and diet in induction of dental caries.
• The mechanism of demineralization and remineralization of hard dental tissues.
• The histopathology of enamel and dentin caries.
• The principle clinical characteristics of the dental carious lesions. 
• The contributor factors and the mechanism of erosion, abrasion and abfraction in dental tissues.
• Classification of teeth abnormalities.
• The etiology, the clinical and x-ray features, the differential diagnosis and the clinical relevance of abnormalities in terms of the number, the size, the form and the structure as well as the process of tooth eruption.
• Classification of teeth discolorations.
• The etiology, the clinical features, the differential diagnosis and the clinical relevance of teeth discolorations reasoning to structural changes and to external and internal staining.
• The phenomenon of tooth absorption and the mechanisms of tooth protection.
• Classification the tooth absorption types.
• The etiology and the pathogenesis of tooth absorption.
• The etiology, the clinical and x-ray features as well as the clinical relevance of external tooth absorption.
• The etiology, the clinical and x-ray features, the differential diagnosis, the histological characteristics, the prevention and the clinical relevance of internal and external inflammatory tooth absorption.
• The etiology, the clinical and x-ray features, the differential diagnosis, the histological characteristics, the prevention and the clinical relevance of replace mental tooth absorption.

Content

• Tooth caries
• Erosion-abrasion-abfraction  
• Tooth abnormalities
• Tooth discolorations
• Tooth resorption

Educational methods

• Lectures
• Individual applications – exercises

Criteria for successful completion

• Assessment in five (5) individual exercises
• Assessment in three (3) intermediate written tests