COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MATERIAL SCIENCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ADS 1008 MATERIAL SCIENCE COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Oral and Dental Clinical

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle(Bachelor's Degree)/Second Cycle(Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR GÜLSER KILINÇ

Offered to

Oral and Dental Clinical

Course Objective

As being a dental assistant, to be able to classify, compare and evaluate the chemical and physiological structures and laboratory usage of the materials used in dental clinics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Storage of materials used in dentistry in the clinical setting
2   General properties of materials used in dentistry
3   Explains the chemical structure of impression material and its interaction with other materials
4   Manages the process of delivery of impression to the laboratory.
5   Prepares both bonding and base cement according to the guiding of dentist.
6   Interaction of dental materials according to the usage areas.
7   Know the usage of materials used in dentistry clinic

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to science of materials
2 Plaster-Wax
3 Impression trays
4 Impression trays
5 Temporary crone materials,temporary cements
6 Cements
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Base materials
9 Color scales, Color detection devices
10 Composite and bonding systems
11 Dental frez, root pins
12 Amalgam
13 Root materials
14 Repeat

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Dental Materials: Clinical Applications for Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists,
Carol Dixon Hatrick, W. Stephen Eakle, William F. Bird, 2 edition, Elsevier Inc. 2008.
2. Diş Hekimi Asistanı El Kitabı, M. Murat Gözübüyük, Quintessence, 2010.
3. Cabe JF, Walls AWG. Applied Dental Materials. Munksgaard International

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE UY * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) UY * 0.50 + BUT * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Will be able to examine the general properties and interaction of dental materials according to the usage areas. Explains the chemical structure of impression material and its interaction with other materials. Manages the process of delivery of impression to the laboratory. Prepares both bonding and base cement according to the guiding of dentist.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Practice (Reflection) 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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