COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO ORAL MICROBIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DBY 5010 INTRODUCTION TO ORAL MICROBIOLOGY 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

It is to share, monitor and discuss the knowledge and data of graduate students in order to gain the skills that they need to acquire at the graduate level in dentistry.
The aims of this course are; To give information to students about oral microbiology, specifically to explain the microbiology of teeth, gingiva and oral cavity, the diseases they cause and their treatments, and to enable them to be used in practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Provides classification and understanding of microorganisms observed in oral biofilm and diseases.
2   Discuss the cases with periodontal diseases, caries and oral diseases caused by biofilm colonization and understand their pathogenesis.
3   Relates the medical information with learned cause related factors and treatment approaches.
4   It takes the necessary measures in terms of the health and protection of the patients, physicians and healthcare professionals working together in the interdisciplinary units.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to bacteriology and oral ecology Sterilization and disinfection in the clinic
2 Oral biofilm Fungal infections of the oral cavity
3 Caries microbiology Antibiotics
4 Endodontic microbiology I Literature presentation
5 Endodontic microbiology II
6 Periodontal microbiology
7 Oral pathogens I
8 Oral pathogens II
9 Oral microbiological examination
10 Viral infections in the oral cavity

Recomended or Required Reading

Louis H. Berman & Kenneth M. Hargreaves. Cohen's Pathways of the Pulp, 12th Edition

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, the topics with classroom activities (presentations and homework assignments) to consolidate and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 +RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Literature search and data collection abilities will be evaluated.
2. Analytic thinking abilities related to the topics will be evaluated.
3. The student will be evaluated on the ability to collect and analyze data related to the topic.
4. Students' presentations on the literature on dentistry will be evaluated.
5. The students' ability to interpret the subjects with the support of literature will be evaluated with the presentations they prepare.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hakan GÖKTÜRK hakan.gokturk@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

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