COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PERIODONTOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DHF 4006 PERIODONTOLOGY COMPULSORY 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Dentist

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BILGE CANSU UZUN SAYLAN

Offered to

Dentist

Course Objective

To explain periodontal surgical treatment indications, treatment methods, suture techniques and materials, wound healing and diagnosis and treatment of furcation lesions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defines the treatment protocols of periodontal diseases.
2   Defines general and special indications of periodontal surgery.
3   Comprehends the treatment approaches in the presence of intrabony defects.
4   Understands mucogingival surgical principles and intruments which mucogingival surgery should be performed in which clinical situation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Periodontal examination, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan, patient examination, diagnosis of periodontal lesions, periodontal treatment prognosis, periodontal treatment plan Flap operation indications, contraindications, general information about the methods
2 Classification of periodontal pockets Flap techniques, wound healing after flap operation, post-operative care
3 Periodontal treatment methods Suture materials, techniques applied in periodontology
4 Professional oral hygiene instruction and patient motivation Primary wound healing, repair and regeneration
5 Mechanical and chemical plaque control Secondary wound healing, repair and regeneration
6 Scalling and root planning Furcation anatomy and classification of lesions
7 Evaluation of non-surgical periodontal treatment outcomes Treatment of furcation lesions
8 Traumatic Occlusal Forces, occlusion and treatment, periodontal splints for mobile teeth Classification of periodontal pockets
9 Definition of the relationship between implantology and periodontology and similarities and differences between the peri-implant and periodontal tissues Treatment methods of intrabony defects
10 The relationship between periodontology-endodontie-prosthodontie and orthodontie Regenerative therapy in intrabony defects
11 Efficient drugs usage in periodontology Mucogingival junction, its importance and classification of problems
12 Periodontal maintenance therapy Objectives and techniques of mucogingival surgery
13 Surgical periodontal treatment methods, indications and contraindications Treatment protocol in periodontal diseases; periodontitis
14 Gingivectomy indications; instuments used in periodontal surgery, surgical methods; case reports, wound healing; post-operative care Treatment protocol in periodontal diseases; necrotizing periodontal diseases, abscess, endodontic-periodontal lesion

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Lindhe J, Karring T, Lang NP: Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, Sixth Edition Munksgaard- 2015.
2. Marsh PD, Martin MV: Oral Microbiology Fifth Edition Wright-Reed Educational and Professional Publishing Ltd. Oxford, Auckland, Boston-2009.
3. Michael G. Newman, Henry Takei, Perry R. Klokkevold, Fermin A. Carranza: Carranza's Clinical Periodontology, 13th edition-2018.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The lesson will be presented in class. Lecture notes will be given to students. Students will follow the lesson from their lecture notes and textbooks.

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm Exam (40%) + Final (60%)

Assessment Criteria

1. The student should be able to describe the treatment protocols of periodontal diseases.
2. The student should be able to define general and specific indications of periodontal surgery.
3. The student should be able to explain the treatment approaches in the presence of intrabony defects.
4. The student should be able to define the mucogingival surgical applications and the patients in which mucogingival surgery should be performed in which clinical situation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to 70% of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aliye.akcali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 28 1 28
Preparation for midterm exam 2 6 12
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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