Why you should apply
The experience and quality of degree lecturers/professors, who are well-known internationally and allow for a learning environment with the biggest names in this field.
This Postgraduate Degree in Clinical Periodontology is intended for professionals who wish to achieve a level of excellence in this field by using more advanced, less invasive, and more predictable surgical techniques, which optimise results and ensure a continuous and quick process of regeneration.
It places special emphasis on a more intensive workload of pre-clinical and clinical practice.
This degree will provide students with the newest theoretical and practical knowledge of Periodontology from simple cases to the most complex multidisciplinary cases.
Throughout their residency, students will have the opportunity to carry out the most advanced techniques in periodontology on patients.
- Learn more on the field of Periodontology;
- Obtain an update on recent progress in this field;
- Obtain an update on the most recent scientific evidence in regard to the topics under discussion;
- Promote contact with a wide range of biomaterials;
- Enable training in different surgical techniques by practising on animals and supervised practice on patients.
CiiEM’s research in Periodontology focuses on advancing the understanding and treatment of periodontal diseases, emphasizing the development of innovative therapeutic approaches to preserve oral health and support systemic well-being. This field offers researchers the opportunity to explore cutting-edge techniques, biomaterials, and the intricate relationship between periodontal health and overall health outcomes.
Syllabus
Get on board for this journey
- Introduction to the degree’s goals and teaching staff
- Periodontics: clinically adapted anatomy and physiology
- Aetiology of periodontal disease
- Pathogenesis of periodontal disease
- Periodontal diseases: classification
- Periodontal abscess: classification, diagnosis, and treatment
- Discussion of clinical cases
- Clinical History: signs and symptoms of periodontal disease
- Clinical diagnosis
- Radiographic diagnosis
- Advanced periodontal diagnosis
- Explaining a disease and presenting a treatment plan
- Plaque control techniques
- Introducing and discussing clinical cases (diagnosis)
- Preclinical practice
- Probing in dental simulators and filling out the periodontal chart
- Performing and interpreting the ‘radiographic status’
- Intra-oral and extra-oral photos
- Plaque control techniques
- Clinical practice (on patients)
- Introducing and discussing clinical cases
Who can apply
Pre-Bologna University Degree or Integrated Master’s Degree in Dentistry, Specialty in Stomatology, or an equivalent academic degree in the field of stomatological science recognised by the Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas or Ordem dos Médicos.