The aim of the Special Odontostomatological Pathology course is to provide the student with the fundamental notions of etiological factors, pathogenetic mechanisms, clinical aspects and diagnostic-therapeutic protocols of pathologies that may affect the anatomical structures of dental competence.

At the end of the course, the student must have acquired:
- knowledge of the etiopathogenetic processes underlying the onset of diseases of the oral cavity;
- skills in the field of oral medicine with the aim of recognizing conditions other than normal from the physical examination, in order to perform a correct prevention and therapy of oral diseases;
- the techniques and maneuvers of physical semeiotics and knowing how to use them correctly according to the criteria and the "consecutive" logic of clinical methodology in oral medicine;
- knowledge of diagnostic investigations and therapeutic protocols for diseases of the oral cavity;
- the elements of the clinical methodology for the correct research and critical interpretation (also from a physiopathological point of view) of the physical, functional, instrumental and laboratory findings, for the purposes of diagnosis and prognosis of oral pathology;
- the ability to associate oral problems with systemic pathologies and to apply their knowledge in order to carry out a correct prevention of oral diseases.
- the ability to perform a differential diagnosis of the main pathological pictures and an appropriate choice of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies;
- a diagnostic method with a multidisciplinary approach to the clinical case, in collaboration with other figures of the health team.