Course Language:
English
Course Objectives:
This course is the first didactic and practical course in the field of dental anesthesia. This course gives the student exposure to all aspects of the wide and varied scope of dental anesthesia. The course also promotes the integration of the basic sciences and medicine into the daily practice of oral surgery and dentistry. This course teaches the many factors involved in the safe and effective use of local anesthesia in dentistry. The neurophysiology, the pharmacology of local anesthetics and vasoconstrictors and the clinical action of specific agents are presented. The specific armamentarium and the techniques of regional anesthesia in dentistry as well as the local and systemic complications are described
Course Content:
Theoretical and practical principles of dental anesthesia
Course Methodology:
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Case Study 5: Practice
Course Evaluation Methods:
A: Testing, B: Preclinical Lab Study C: Homework-Case study D: Clinical performance form E: OSCHE
Vertical Tabs
Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| Assess the patient's physical status prior to dental treatment: this includes taking a patient history, physciacl examination, vital signs, laboratory data and imaging results and understanding the relationship between the patient’s medical status and the proposed dental treatment plan and develop a diagnosis and treatment plan to include specialty referral when indicated | 1,2,6,10,15 | 1,2,3,4 | C,D |
| Identify and properly document the medications their patients are taking. It is imperative that the student recognize and understand the possible interactions of the current medications with medications that are part of the proposed dental treatment. | 1,6,7,8,10,15 | 1,2,3,4 | C,D |
| Apply infection control procedures within a dental surgery environment and demonstrate an understanding of asepsis and infection control. | 1,6,9 | 1,2,3,4 | C,D |
| Perform basic life support procedures. | 1,3,5,6 | 1,2,3,4 | C,D |
| Choose and use appropriate equipment and materials as indicated for extraction and local anesthesia and perform local anesthesia injections and extraction of erupted teeth and evaluate local and systemic complications of dental anesthesia. | 1,3,6,8,10 | 1,2,3,4,5 | C,D |
| Provide postoperative instructions including pain management and nutrition and write prescriptions properly | 1,3,8 | 1,2,3,5 | A,C,D |
| Select and use equipment and materials as indicated for the procedure of suture closure, if needed. | 6,8 | 1,2,3,4,5 | A,C,D |
| Evaluate surgical outcomes and manage complications of surgical procedures and local anesthesia failures | 1,3,8,9,15 | 1,2,3,5 | A,C,D |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT (1.Semester) | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Neurobiology of the pain-Physiology | Recommended sources |
| 2 | Pharmacology and mechanisms of local anesthetics (LA)-Pharmacology | Recommended sources |
| 3 | Local Anesthetic Agents-Pharmacology | Recommended sources |
| 4 | Vasoconstrictors -Pharmacology | Recommended sources |
| 5 | Trigeminal Nerve, anesthetic reference points-Anatomy | Recommended sources |
| 6 | Local anesthetics | Recommended sources |
| 7 | Techniques of Local Anesthesia | Recommended sources |
| 8 | Infiltrative, submucozal subperiostal injections | Recommended sources |
| 9 | Equipments for local anesthesia | Recommended sources |
| 10 | Posterior superior alveolar nerve block | Recommended sources |
| 11 | Inferior alveolar nerve block | Recommended sources |
| 12 | EXAM | Recommended sources |
| 13 | Transition of Preclinical to Clinic Exam | Recommended sources |
| 14 | Video lecture | Recommended sources |
| 2nd Semester | ||
| COURSE CONTENT (2.Semester) | ||
| Week | Topics | Recommended sources |
| 1 | Infraorbital Nerve Block. | Recommended sources |
| 2 | Majus &Incisivum Nerve Blocks | Recommended sources |
| 3 | Gow Gates Technique | Recommended sources |
| 4 | Akinosi technique | Recommended sources |
| 5 | Anesthesia of the mental nerve | Recommended sources |
| 6 | Local Anesthesia applications in children. | Recommended sources |
| 7 | Extraoral techniques for Posterior Alveolar Nerve Block | Recommended sources |
| 8 | Extraoral techniques for Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block | |
| 9 | Local complications in local anesthesia | Recommended sources |
| 10 | Systemic complications in local anesthesia | Recommended sources |
| 11 | EXAM | Recommended sources |
| 12 | Overall summary | Recommended sources |
| 13 | Questions and Answers | Recommended sources |
| 14 | New Technologies for dental anesthesia | Recommended sources |
| CLINICAL COURSE CONTENT (2. Semester) | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| Completion of 4 extraction at the student clinic | ||
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
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-Mustafa Türker, Şule Yücetaş. Ağız Diş Çene Hastalıkları Ve Cerrahisi. Atlas kitapçılık 1997
-Reha Kişnişçi. Hakan Tüz. Ağız Cerrahisi Renkli Atlası. -Michael Miloro, G. E. Ghali, Peter E. Larsen, Peter Waite. Peterson's Principals of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2 Vol. set. Second Edition -Malamed SF. Handbook of Local Anesthesia. 6e -Banu Gürkan Köseoğlu, Çetin Kasapoğlu, Hülya Koçak Berberoğlu. Diş Hekimliğinde Lokal Anestezi. Quintessence Yayıncılık -Video presentations specially dealing with anesthesia applications, Lectures, case-based conferences are given at the 3rd year classroom and practical part in the preclinical lab. in the fall semester |
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Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | Contemporary literature |
| Assignments | Study and clinic performation of surgical procedures. |
| Exams | At least 1 written and/or practical examination is conducted each semester |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 100% |
| Quizzes | ||
| Assignment | ||
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | ||
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | ||
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Adopting a lifelong learning concept, making necessary planning and practice for continuous professional development. | X | |||||
| 2 | Planning and managing teamwork in the practice, taking into consideration patient safety and clinical risk management. | X | |||||
| 3 | Applying ethical principles in all patients and using ethical decision making principles in solving ethical issues. | X | |||||
| 4 | Maintenance of an effective communication with the dental staff and patients. | X | |||||
| 5 | Taking care of the privacy of patient information and keeping and maintaining patient records thoroughly. | X | |||||
| 6 | Using the necessary anamnesis, examination and auxiliary diagnostic methods for the diagnosis of oral and dental diseases and interpreting the relationship between the general health status of the patient and planning of dental treatments. | X | |||||
| 7 | Making a comprehensive treatment planning that includes all preventive measures by taking the protection and maintenance of health as a priority in all dental practices. | X | |||||
| 8 | Planning alternative treatment options and make a collaborative decision with the patient about final treatment planning by informing about the advantages and disadvantages of the plans. | X | |||||
| 9 | Integrating basic medical sciences in clinical sciences and using this information in all procedures of the patient. | X | |||||
| 10 | Making a treatment planning by taking oral health risks of the patient into consideration and referring to a specialist in cases beyond one’s area of expertise. | X | |||||
| 11 | Performing first step health services of the patient with maximum psychomotor skills and using the principles of evidence based dentistry. | X | |||||
| 12 | Establishing communication with pediatric patients considering the stages of mental development and provision of behavioral management. | X | |||||
| 13 | Planning, execution and evaluation of community based programs focused on special groups. | X | |||||
| 14 | Making necessary suggestions in reorganization and areas of national health policies. | X | |||||
| 15 | Following international literature, evaluating publications critically and integration of research results and evidence based dentistry during practice. | X | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration-Fall -Spring(Including the exam week: 28 Total course hours) | 28 | 1 | 28 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 18 | 1 | 18 |
| Mid-terms | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| quizzes | |||
| assignment | |||
| Final examination | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Total Work Load | 59 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 2.36 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 2 | ||