POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN ORTHODONTICS
Department offers both MSc and
PhD programmes and teaching will consist of lectures, seminars and
practical work.
MSc programme is designed to extend knowledge in orthodontics and the
course is mainly clinically oriented at upgrading the general
practitioner for handling of special clinical cases. The program is
designed to give a wide perspective on the diagnosis, prevention,
interception, and treatment of all forms of malocclusion of the teeth
and associated alterations in their surrounding structures; and also to
give knowledge and skill on the design, application and control of
functional and corrective removable and fixed appliances; and the
guidance of the dentition and its supporting structures to attain and
maintain optimum relations in physiologic and esthetic harmony among
facial and cranial structures, as well as giving insight on
interdisciplinary treatment options and complications related to the
treatment procedures. Graduates should expect more than half of their
time in the treatment of patients.
PhD programme consists of core curriculum of basic sciences and a thesis
of original research which must be submitted at the end of the course.
Graduates will be introduced to techniques of advanced orthodontics.
They may also develop their clinical practice and/or benefit from other
multidiciplinary courses.
The curriculum includes:
Development of the dentition
Facial growth
Physiology and patho-physiology of oral functions
Biology of tooth movements and dentofacial orthopedics
Diagnostic procedures
Model analyses
Cephalometrics and skeletal age assessment
Soft tissue analysis
Diagnostic assessment and treatment planning
Malocclusions and the etiology of malocclusions
Orthodontic materials
Biomechanics
Complications in orthodontic therapy
Removable appliances
Functional appliances
Extra-oral appliances
Partial fixed appliances and expansion
Edgewise technique
Straight-wire techniques
Intra-oral distalization techniques
Osteo-distraction techniques
Retention appliances and long term stability
Interdisciplinary treatment
Cleft lip and palate treatment
Treatment of congenital anomalies and syndromes
Orthognathic surgery
Implantology in orthodontics
Guiding the development of the occlusion
Adult orthodontics
Health and safety in orthodontic practice
Use of computers in orthodontics
Occlusion and Diagnosis and
Treatment of TMD, Anatomy of the head and neck, biostatistics, dental
pharmacology, oral histology and physiology, dental materials, dental
pathology, problem based learning and research methodology courses may
be taken from basic sciences departments.
Further Information: Prof.Dr. Tόlin ARUN
e-mail: tarun@yeditepe.edu.tr
Phone: (+90) 216 363 60 44 / 320
Fax: (+90) 216 363 62 11
