The aim of the course is the acquisition of knowledge and skills in the field of restorative dentistry and the acquisition of basic knowledge about the structure and pathological changes of pulp tissue. The goal is to train the student to diagnose, set a therapy plan, and treat advanced dental carious lesions and trauma to an injured tooth crown. The tasks of teaching are to learn clinically and radiologically to recognize carious lesions of teeth using modern diagnostic procedures. Students must acquire skills in making cavities for permanent fillings and processing them, and get acquainted with the characteristics of filling materials and their application. In addition to hard dental tissue diseases, students will be introduced to the basics of endodontics, which is a fundamental and specialist area of dental medicine that includes the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of pulp and preapical tissue diseases. Therefore, the task of the course is to acquaint students with the structure and function of pulp tissue, developmental, regressive and morphological anomalies of the endodontic space, pathological events in the endodontic and periapical tissue.
Deepening previously acquired knowledge on the care of carious lesions and the application of materials for permanent fillings; providing theoretical foundations on the structure and function of pulp tissue, the etiology of pathological changes in pulp and periapical tissue and their pathogenesis.
Required course materials:
- Tarle Z i sur. Restaurativna dentalna medicina. Zagreb: Medicinska naklada; 2019.
- Jukić Krmek S i sur. Pretklinička endodoncija. Zagreb: Medicinska naklada; 2017.
Supplemental course materials:
- Summit JB, Robbins JW, Hilton TJ, Schwartz RS. Fundamentals of operative dentistry: a contemporary approach. Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc; 2006.
- Heymann HO, Swift EJ, Ritter AV. Sturdevant's Art and Science of Operative Dentistry. Elsevier; 2011.
- Cohen S, Burns RC. Pathways of the Pulp. 10th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Inc.; 2011. (Odabrana poglavlja)
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Evaluate the problem of tooth reconstruction as a consequence of caries or trauma
2. Critically judge and describe all types of cavity preparation and the manner of their disposal
3. Critically judge and describe ways of making cavities for aesthetic fillings and amalgam
4. Compare the ways of cavity preparation by direct and indirect way and the ways of cavity preparation depending on the depth of caries
5. To review the properties of modern materials for permanent cavity fillings and cavity substrates and their clinical application and interaction with hard and soft dental tissue
6. Determine the basic functions of dental pulp and morphology of the endodontic space
