Detailed knowledge of dental hard tissues. Detailed knowledge of dental caries. Ability to describe the aetiology of caries and methods of its prevention and treatment. Ability to make a well-founded choice of the methods for preventing caries. Ability to provide information about caries and its prevention to individuals or groups. Ability to describe the epidemiology of caries.
Ability to critically study the latest scientific literature related to caries.
Anatomy, function and clinical appearance of teeth
Clinical appearance and histological structure of a healthy tooth
Clinical presentation of caries
Aetiology of caries
Oral biofilm, microbiology, stages of caries development
Local and general aetiological factors
Pathogenesis of caries
Prevention and treatment of caries
Assessment of the oral hygiene level using indices
Antiseptics and their application in the treatment of caries
Antibiotics and their application in the treatment of caries and its consequences
Remotivation and individualisation of oral hygiene
Assigned reading:
1. Jozo Šutalo i sur. Patologija i terapija tvrdih zubnih tkiva. Naklada Zadro, Zagreb, 1994.