COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DHF 3503 DENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 1 1 0 2

Offered By

Dentist

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SERAP TITIZ YURDAKAL

Offered to

Dentist

Course Objective

To learn the basic photography and photography principles, and provide correct and standardized intraoral and extraoral photography, which is an important part of patient records in dentistry.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have knowledge of basic photography
2   Learns the use of DSLR camera and flash.
3   Takes standard and accurate intraoral and extraoral photographs.
4   Can process and edit the clinical photos taken.
5   Knows image archiving and common photographic errors.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic components of photography
2 Basic concepts ASA / Aperture / Shutter Speed
3 DSLR cameras and flashes
4 Patient preparation and materials used
5 Full face, front, profile, extra-oral shots
6 Intraoral shots
7 Transferring photos to computer
8 Image processing. RAW, JPEG file operations
9 Image archiving and common photographic errors
10 Practice- Patient preparation
11 Practice- Extra-oral photography
12 Applications - Intraoral photography
13 Applications- Photo transfer
14 Application- Photo processing

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Bengel W: Mastering Digital Dental Photography, Quintessence, 2006
2. Ahmad I: Essentials of Dental Photography, Wiley-Blackwell, 2019
3. Engin Ö: Dental Fotoğrafçılık, Quintessence 2011
4. Photography in Dentistry: Theory and Techniques in Modern Documentation. Pasquale Loiacono. Quintessence Pub. 2012

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Course
2. Readings

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1
2 FN Final
3 FSB Final Sonu Başarı Notu
4 BUT Bütünleme
5 BSB Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu


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

Assessment Criteria

1. The student should be able to describe CBCT reading.
2. The student should be able to define third party programs.
3. The student should be able to describe the integration of CBCT data with third party programs.
4. The student should be able to give an idea about the processing of STL data.
5. The student should be able to define the logic of smile design programs

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to 70% of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

melih.ulgey@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14333
LO.24333
LO.34333
LO.44222
LO.54222