Diş Hekimliği Lisans Diploması

Possesses advanced level of theoretical and applied knowledge supported by basic and up-to-date textbooks in health sciences, application tools, multimedia education tools and other sources.Possesses the ability to maintain professional development through projecting and implementing development plans and adopting the concept of lifelong learning By implementing the acquired advanced level knowledge and skills in dentistry, evaluates scientifically proven data, defines and analyses problems, develops solutions in the light of evidence-based research and professional ethics, shares knowledge, participiates in team work.In addition to dental treatments, performs interventions and practices to improve the general health and well being of the society he/she lives in, rasies awareness and guides the patients in these subjects.Performs clinical and laboratory practices giving priority to ethical and hygenic rules, patient rights and humanitarian values. Performs primary dental care services with high level skill. Performs intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary team work in various fields of dentistry, being aware of the limits of his/her skill and knowledge, receives assistant from other health care professionals when necessary, can collaborate with experts in their respective fields.Performs conservative dentistry applications in clinic, can participate in community oriented oral health care projects at local or national scale.Can communicate with pediatric patients and perform behavioral management in consideration of their mental development stages Can plan different treatment options for a patient and can inform the patient on the advantages and disadvantages of each treatment option.Plans and manages teamwork in a dental clinic in conideration of patient safety and risk management in clinic.Can use every tool in treatment of dental disease and possesses sufficient knowledge on materails used in a dental clinic.Can monitor professional regulations and laws, possesses professional conduct awareness, can examine national and international policies on oral-dental healthcare and evaluate their possible outcomes.Can speak a foreign language on a level to be able to follow the international developments in dentistry and communicate with colleagues.

Measurement and evaluation criteria for each course is announced in the Course Education Plan prepared by the respective faculty member(s). AYBU Faculty of Dentistry Exam Directives are applied in exams and grading. To be a high school graduate. To pass the base score in the Higher Education Placement Test set for the respective year.

To be enrolled in this program, it is necessary to have a degree earned from the Turkish Secondary Education system or an equivalent foreign education and the have a sufficient score from the National Graduate Placement Test (LYS). Students are enrolled according to the principals determined by the Council of Higher Education. Registrations are carried out on the dates determined by the rectorship.

Various career options are available for graduates of the program. The graduates can work in Oral and Dental Health Centers affiliated to the Ministry of Health or in private clinics established by themselves or other dentists. The graduates who want to specialize in certain fields can take the Residency Education in Dentistry Entrance Test and do residency in a field of their choice. Also, they can pursue academic careers by applying to PhD programs in domestic or foreign universities.

Qualification is continuous