Selected topics from orofacial physiology - FV121

• Title: Selected topics from orofacial physiology
• Guaranteed by: Department of Physiology (15-130)
• Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 1
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:15/0, C [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: 5
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: prof. MUDr. Michaela Adamcová, Ph.D.
• Co-requisite : FDP019
• Incompatibility : FD50006
• Pre-requisite : FDP003
• Interchangeability : FD50006

Annotation

The aim of the elective subject is to emphasize the general physiological mechanisms that are important in Dentistry, and to summarize the current understanding of specific orofacial mechanisms that represent vital knowledge to the practising dentist. The main topics involve in the lectures are Saliva, Pain in orofacial region, Speech and Articulation, Bone remodeling in orofacial region etc. This elective subject is recommended for the students of Denistry - 2nd year.

Last update: Česenková Tereza (09.02.2024)

Aim of the course

The aim:

The student acquires deeper knowledges of the physiology of the orofacial area, which can be used during the study of the clinical subjects of Dentistry.

Last update: Česenková Tereza (09.02.2024)

Literature

Compulsory literature

1. Hall: Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, Elsevier 2020 and 2016 (e-book) - 14th and 13th editions
2. Miles et al: Clinical Physiology, Quintessence Publishing, Denmark, 2004
3. Moodle: Selected chapters from orofacial physiology

(https://moodle.lfhk.cuni.cz/moodle2/pluginfile.php/79403/mod recource/content/1/Study%20materials.pdf)

           

Last update: Česenková Tereza (09.02.2024)

Requirements to the exam

Conditions and Credit:
The students are required to attend the lectures and pass the written test (in the form of a multiple choice questionnaire) to obtain a credit.

Last update: Česenková Tereza (09.02.2024)

Syllabus

Lecturers

• Prof. MUDr. Michaela Adamcová, Ph.D.

 

Lectures

 

Saliva. 

Smell and taste. 

Receptors in orofacial region. 

Orofacial pain and basic principles of therapy. 

Masticatory muscles. Mastication. Swallowing. 

Tooth pulp.

Speech and articulation. 

Bone remodelation in orofacial region. Reflex protective mechanisms in oral cavity. 

Manifestation of some diseases in orofacial region. 

Test + credit.  

 

 

 

Last update: Česenková Tereza (09.02.2024)

Entry requirements

Entry requirements: prerequisites: Anatomy II

Last update: Česenková Tereza (09.02.2024)