“Being a Good Person, Being a Good Doctor, Being Happy”
The Faculty of Dentistry, which started education in the 2021-2022 academic year, aims to add new dimensions to the classical definition of the Dentistry profession with its happiness-oriented education, unique perspective, approaches and training programs. With the support of Üsküdar University's rich accumulation, the Faculty of Dentistry, which will create the balance between "being a good person, being a good doctor, and being happy", aims to train future dentists, not modern dentists.
Faculty of Dentistry Curriculum and Details
Students of the Faculty of Dentistry, affiliated with Üsküdar University is a thematic university in the fields of Behavioral and Health Sciences, students wich are studieng dentistry, receive a "Bachelor of Dentistry Diploma" by successfully completing the courses wich will take 10-semester education period. The education program of Üsküdar University Faculty of Dentistry focuses on 4 main points:
Basic art education: It is given together with the faculty of fine arts and dentistry faculty, which is composed of one year of basic art education.
Basic medical education: It is given together with the medical faculty for 3 semesters.
Software and robotics: given as 90 hours over 16 weeks
Philosophy and ethics: A VTS (visual thinking strategies) program with the theme of humanities, philosophy and art, planned for 2 semesters and aimed at improving the cognitive and spiritual abilities of the student, is implemented.
Apart from the 4 basic programs mentioned above, Dental Morphology, Manipulation and Prosthetic Dentistry, Tissue, Metabolism, Introduction to Research Methodology, Cell, Prosthetic Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry, Enthodontics, Endocrine and Excretory Systems, Nervous System, Cariology and Preventive Dentistry, Cardiovascular and Respiratory System, Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Digestive System and Metabolism, Preventive Dentistry Practices in Children, Oral Biology, Behavioral Science, Orofacial Growth and Development, Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dentistry Radiology, Dental Courses such as Anesthesia, Dentistry Radiology and basic fine arts education are given in a holistic course discipline.
Basic art education: It is given together with the faculty of fine arts and dentistry faculty, which is composed of one year of basic art education.
Basic medical education: It is given together with the medical faculty for 3 semesters.
Software and robotics: given as 90 hours over 16 weeks
Philosophy and ethics: A VTS (visual thinking strategies) program with the theme of humanities, philosophy and art, planned for 2 semesters and aimed at improving the cognitive and spiritual abilities of the student, is implemented.
Apart from the 4 basic programs mentioned above, Dental Morphology, Manipulation and Prosthetic Dentistry, Tissue, Metabolism, Introduction to Research Methodology, Cell, Prosthetic Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry, Enthodontics, Endocrine and Excretory Systems, Nervous System, Cariology and Preventive Dentistry, Cardiovascular and Respiratory System, Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Digestive System and Metabolism, Preventive Dentistry Practices in Children, Oral Biology, Behavioral Science, Orofacial Growth and Development, Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dentistry Radiology, Dental Courses such as Anesthesia, Dentistry Radiology and basic fine arts education are given in a holistic course discipline.
What is Faculty of Dentistry?
The Faculty of Dentistry is a 5-year undergraduate education that trains physicians to work in the field of oral and dental health, to treat patients, to diagnose various problems in this area beforehand, to produce permanent or temporary solutions when necessary. Üsküdar University Faculty of Dentistry, which is one of the higher education institutions that has come to the fore in the field of health and trains professionals in many fields of health professions in our country, aims to be sensitive to national and universal problems; To be a school that will be able to use the dental technology of the future with professional knowledge and skills, adopt the perspective of "being a human, being a good doctor and being happy", and educating the dentists of the future.
Job Opportunities For Dentists
Dentists graduated from the faculty of dentistry can take part in the determination and execution of oral and dental health policies as a project partner in R&D institutions in the pharmaceutical sector in hospitals, clinics, medicine and dentistry education institutions in relation to human health.
