Defines and applies the oral and dental health technicians clinical tasks and responsibilities
Explain the principles of the maintenance and management of dental office
Recognize and practice the importance of medical waste management
Mode of Delivery
Face to face
Prerequisites
No
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Description
Course Contents
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Definition and characteristics of dental office management
2nd Week
Occupational definition of oral and dental health technicians
3rd Week
Legal legislations related to dental clinics? management
4th Week
Clinical working processes in a dental office, dental office design
5th Week
The importance of sterilization and disinfection, medical waste management, and the individual and the environmental hygiene
6th Week
Use and maintenance of devices in dental offices
7th Week
MIDTERM EXAM
8th Week
Patient appointment systems, patient dental record systems and importance of medical records
9th Week
Communication with the patient
10th Week
Procedures before, during and after the patients `dental treatment
11th Week
Keeping financial records and financial management
12th Week
Ergonomics and ergonomic principles in dentistry
13th Week
Occupational diseases
14th Week
Occupational diseases
Recommended or Required Reading
Kerem Engin Akpınar, Diş hekimliğinde Ergonomi ve Muayenehane Yönetim, Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, 2004.
Mahmut Demirhan, Muayenehane Yönetiminde Başarının Sırları, 2013
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lecture
Questions/Answers
Practice
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity
Percentage (%)
Mid-term
1
40
Total(%)
40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)