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 3016 PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY COMPULSORY 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Dentist

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLSER KILINÇ

Offered to

Dentist

Course Objective

Learning about the development of milk and permanent teeth, preventive practices in pediatric dentistry, diagnosis and treatment planning.

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 trensition 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 fluor metabolism.
17 Fluor and clinical application
18 Fissure sealants, protective resin restorations.
19 Cavity principles spesific to primary teeth.
20 Restorative materials.
21 Restorative materials.
22 Primary tooth restorations with excessive substance loss.
23 Anamnesis in a pediatric patient, clinical examination.
24 Radiological examination and treatment planning in pediatric patients.
25 Psychological development in children.
26 Behaviour guidance techniques.
27 Behaviour guidance techniques.
28 child abuse

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; systematic,
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
1 VZ1 1.Vize
2 VZ2 2.Vize
3 VOR Vize Ortalaması roundVZ1 * 0.50 + VZ2 * 0.50,0
4 FN Final
5 FSB Final Sonu Başarı Notu roundVOR * 0.40 + FN * 0.60,0
6 BUT Bütünleme
7 BSB Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu roundVOR * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60,0


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

midterm exams
Final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70 percent attendance is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gulser.kilinc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13.00 - 14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 28 1 28
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 57

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1335
LO.2322225
LO.3444335
LO.442225

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