Duration
10h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in dentistry | 1 crédit |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course will be given by Prof. Olivier Malaise (in collaboration with M. Moutschen)
This course will present the main principles of immunopathology which must be known by all future health professionals: it will thus approach the classical general concepts of autoimmune pathology, hypersensitivity reaction, anti-infectious immunity and immune deficiency.
It will also emphasize three points of particular importance in the current daily practice of future health practitioners: the concepts of vaccination (including vaccinations against Covid), immunosuppressive drugs (selective or non-selective, whose use is increasingly wide) and the aging of the immune system (parallel to the aging of the population, through the concept of immuno-senescence).
It is also important that the course is relevant to the practice of future dentists. First of all, the oral cavity presents immunological particularities compared to other organs: the course will have to begin, by taking advantage of a brief recall of general immunology, by the presentation of the immunological particularities of the various tissues, like the periodontium or the osseous niches (through the concept of osteo-immunology). The exemplary pathologies that will illustrate the concepts of the course will be chosen among pathologies involving the dental sphere. For example, reactions to amalgam or local anaesthetics will illustrate the course on hypersensitivities and rheumatoid arthritis, whose trigger is the citrullination of certain proteins in the periodontium, will illustrate the course on autoimmune pathologies.
- General introduction and immunological particularity of the oral sphere
- Anti-infectious immunity adapted to the oral sphere
- Pathophysiological mechanism of autoimmune diseases
- Hypersensitivity reaction
- Primary and acquired immune deficiencies
- Immunosuppressive drugs
Cellular and humoral rejection reaction - Principles of vaccination
- Aging of the immune system
- Synthesis and preparation for exam questions
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Learning objectives of each lecture will be summarized at the beginning of each slide kit (available on E-campus)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Five two-hour lectures
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face. Slide kits are also available on E campus. Students are also welcome to meet me personnally for further discussion or questions relative to the lectures
Recommended or required readings
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire ) AND oral exam
Additional information:
15 multiple choice questions and oral evaluation
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Olivier Malaise olivier.malaise@chuliege.be
Secretary : rhumatologie@chuliege.be