COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DHF 3003 PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY COMPULSORY 1 2 0 4

Offered By

Dentist

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜLSER KILINÇ

Offered to

Dentist

Course Objective

To convey information on behavior management in child patient, provide comprehension of aspects of dental examination, convey information on caries and its prevention and on cavity principles in primary teeth and restorative materials for primary and young permanent teeth.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Classify the principles and types of communication with the child patient and parents.
2   Defines growth, development and behavior orientation techniques in children.
3   Explain the development of primary teeth occlusion.
4   List required information for diagnosis and treatment planning in children.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Purpose, definition and importance of primary teeth
2 Histological and anatomical features of primary teeth
3 Dental anomalies in primary and young permanent teeth
4 The development of primary teeth occlusion
5 Tooth eruption and factors affecting eruption
6 The eruption times of teeth and root resorptions
7 Closure features and transition to neutral occlusion in primary teeth
8 The principles of communication with the child patient and parents
9 Caries spread, localization and classification according to the rate of progression in the primary dentition.
10 Early child caries
11 Nutrition and caries relationship
12 Microbiology of dental plaque and dental caries
13 Dental caries epidemiology and caries risk indexes
14 Identification of caries risk
15 Preventive dentistry practices in pedodontics
16 Fluor and Fluormetabolism
17 Fissure sealants, protective resin restorations
18 Cavity principles specific to primary teeth
19 Restorative materials
20 Restorative materials
21 Primary tooth restorations with excessive substance loss
22 Anamnesis in a pediatric patient, clinical examination
23 Radiological examination and treatment planning in pediatric patients
24 Psychological development in children
25 Behavior guidance techniques
26 Behavior guidance techniques
27 Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Lecture notes
2. Welbury, R.R. Pediatric Dentistry, Oxford, 1997, London.
3. McDonald R.E. Dentistry for the Child And Adolescent, Mosby, St. Louis, 2000.
4. Fejerskov O, Ekstrand J, Burt BA. Fluoride in Dentistry 2nd Ed. Copenhagen, Munksgaard 1996

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Communication with the child patient;
development and anomalies of primary teeth;
eruption and occlusion of primary teeth;
examination methods and oral findings in a child patient; systemic,
genetic and childhood diseases;
caries development in primary and young permanent teeth;
prevention; cavity principles, restoration of primary and young permanent teeth

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
2 FN Final
3 FSB Final Sonu Başarı Notu
4 BUT Bütünleme
5 BSB Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

midterm exam
Final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gulser.kilinc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Sunday 14.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.135
LO.222225
LO.344335
LO.42225

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