COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PERIODONTOLOGY PRECLINICAL EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DHF 3022 PERIODONTOLOGY PRECLINICAL EDUCATION COMPULSORY 0 2 0 2

Offered By

Dentist

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ELIF INÖNÜ

Offered to

Dentist

Course Objective

It is aimed to teach ergonomic work at the chairside in preclinical training, to explain and demonstrate tooth brushing, dental floss, and interdental cleaning to patients, to teach and practice the use of periodontal hand instruments on phantom models, to demonstrate and have students practice taking indices in periodontal tissues, to teach sharpening of periodontal instruments, and to teach polishing of teeth to remove tooth surface stains.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The dentist applies the principles of ergonomic working.
2   The dentist applies explaining the use of oral hygiene motivation tools to the patient.
3   Applies taking indices for the diagnosis of periodontal diseases.
4   Applies the use of supra- and subgingival hand instruments.
5   Applies the procedure of sharpening periodontal curettes.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1-Introduction of the phantom laboratory
2 2-Patient physician ergonomic working principles
3 3- Giving oral hygiene education with toothbrush
4 4- Giving oral hygiene education with dental floss
5 5- Giving oral hygiene training with an inter-dental brush
6 6-Periodontal index, plaque index and bleeding index
7 7-Periodontal index measurement
8 8-Periodontal pocket and attachment measurement
9 9-The use of supragingival tooth surface cleaning in phantom jaws
10 10- Use of subgingival curettes anterior region 1/2,3/4,5/6
11 11- Use of subgingival curettes anterior region 11/12
12 12- Use of subgingival curettes anterior region 13/14
13 13-Instrument sharpening
14 14-Polishing process of tooth surface discoloration

Recomended or Required Reading

Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and advanced root instrumentation. Wolters Kluwer, seventh edition

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Formal Education
Face to face
Practice preclinic

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 CLE CLINICAL EVALUATION
2 FIN CLINICAL APPLICATION FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundOgr.examCLE * 0.40 + Ogr.examFN * 0.60,0
4 RST CLINICAL APPLICATION RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundOgr.examCLE * 0.40 + Ogr.examRST * 0.60,0


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Use of Gracey 5/6, 11/12, and 13/14 curettes, sickle scaler (H6/7), sharpening of instruments, toothbrushing on the model prepared with natural teeth, and use of interdental cleaning tools (dental floss, interdental brush).
40% of the annual practical grade
60% from the average of preclinical evaluation forms is taken.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules


To ensure continuity in 80% of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif.inonu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Clinical Practice 14 2 28
Basic clinical skills practice 14 1 14
Procedural skills practice 14 1 14
Preparation for Clinical Pratice 1 4 4
Practical exam 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15223352555
LO.24222254555
LO.34443354444
LO.44222354444
LO.54554554555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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