DEVELOPMENT OF AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR STUDENTS OF DENTISTRY DEGREE: CRANIOMANDIBULAR DYSFUNCTION STUDY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS

  1. M.E. Sánchez 1
  2. N.E. Gallardo 1
  3. A. Adanero Velasco 1
  4. A.M. Caleya 1
  5. G. Feijóo 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Actas:
EDULEARN17 Proceedings

Editorial: IATED

ISSN: 2340-1117

ISBN: 978-84-697-3777-4

Año de publicación: 2017

Páginas: 7406-7414

Tipo: Aportación congreso

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Resumen

Last dental degree course students must cope with clinical practice as a professional in a short period of time. The teachers of course integrated dental clinic (IOC) not only help these students on the practical level, also create tools for the diagnosis and treatment of different diseases in patients.The Craniomandibular dysfunction (DCM) or temporomandibular disorders are a set of functional alterations of the oral cavity, that affect temporomandibular joints (ATMs), to the masticatory muscles, and related structures of the head and neck. The oral cavity is complex and requires a thorough knowledge of anatomy and physiology of their structural components. Alterations in any of them or a combination of alterations in teeth, periodontal ligament, the temporomandibular joint or masticatory muscles, with the time can produce DCM. This patology affects mostly adults, although the presence of signs and symptoms in children is becoming more common.This article explains the development of an educational tool that students of 5th course of dentistry degree can use to facilitate the learning of the diagnosis of DCM in children.