COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PAIN IN DENTISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DHF 3512 PAIN IN DENTISTRY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Dentist

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FATMA AKKOCA

Offered to

Dentist

Course Objective

To enable students to have knowledge about pain and pain treatment methods and to make the correct diagnosis and treatment of patients with pain symptoms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have knowledge about pain and pain treatment methods in dentistry.
2   Have knowledge about the developments about pain and pain treatment methods in dentistry.
3   Classifies pain according to its mechanisms.
4   Makes the correct diagnosis in patients with pain symptoms.
5   Defines pain assessment scales.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of pain
2 History of pain
3 Description of the three components of pain
4 Classification of pain by time (acute and chronic pain)
5 Pain classification according to its mechanisms
6 Pain classification according to the source area
7 Pain in the teeth, mucous membranes and jawbone
8 Neuralgias
9 Trigeminal neuralgia
10 Temporomandibular joint pain
11 Vascular pains
12 Reflected pain
13 Assessment of pain - pain scales
14 Treatment of pain

Recomended or Required Reading

Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hupp JR, Ellis E, Tucker MR, Elsevier, 2013
Textbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Malik NA, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Course
2. Readings

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

SHORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ARS MIDTERM EXAM
2 KSN ASSIGNMENT
3 YYS SEMESTER FINAL EXAM
4 YYBN SEMESTER FINAL COURSE GRADE ARS * 0.40 + YYS * 0.60
5 BUT Resit Exam Grade
6 BBN Resit Course Grade ARS * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60

*** The Resit Criteria Are Not Taken Into Account In The Units Where The Resit Exam Is Not Made.

Assessment Criteria

The student should be able to describe pain and pain management methods in dentistry.
The student should be able to describe the developments about pain and pain management methods in dentistry.
The student should be able to classify pain according to its mechanisms.
The student should be able to make a correct diagnosis in patients with pain symptoms.
The student should be able to define pain assessment scales.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to 70% of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fatma.akkoca@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1324
LO.2324
LO.3233
LO.4314
LO.5323

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