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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
DBY 5007	INTRODUCTION TO ORAL BIOLOGY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3

Offered By

Dental Biomaterials

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEMIHA HÜLYA ERTEN CAN

Offered to

Dental Biomaterials

Course Objective

To train dentists who have both basic and clinical knowledge in the field of oral biology, who are fully knowledgeable about ethical values, who can closely follow technological developments, who have critical thinking, and who are investigative.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Anatomical and histological structure of oral soft and hard tissues
2	Oral biochemistry
3	Understanding the relationships between oral microorganisms and oral diseases
4	Profilactic measures

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction to oral biology	Seminar
2	Oral and dental health in geriatrics	Pulp tissue biology
3	Teeth eruption times	Mastication and swallowing
4	Immunology	Radiological imaging of oral tissues
5	Oral cancers	Paleodontology
6	Oral microbiology
7	Caries and periodontal diseases
8	Forensic dentistry
9	Tooth embryology
10	Saliva biologics

Recomended or Required Reading

Archives of Oral Biology
A Multidisciplinary Journal of Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, Editors-in-Chief: S.W. Cadden, F. T. Lundy
ISSN: 0003-9969, Published: Elsevier

J Oral Biology and Dentistry HOAJ open Access ISSN 2053-5775, Univercity of Florida

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.60 +ASG * 0.10+ FIN* 0.30
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.60 +ASG * 0.10+ RST* 0.30

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exam;
1. To be able to define dental biomaterials used in dentistry.
2. To be able to discuss dental biomaterials used in dentistry.

Homework and presentation;
4. To be able to explain why treatment outcomes may differ.
5. To be able to follow the current literature on biomaterials used in dentistry.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

semihahulya.ertencan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	15	2	30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	15	2	30
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			61

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	4	4	4				4		4
LO.2	4	4	4				4
LO.3		3	4				4
LO.4			4	4	4	4		4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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