D.9. Key Learning Outcomes

1. By utilizing and synthesizing the basic knowledge on dentistry and Restorative Dentistry, analyzes and resolves problems, achieves unique outcomes and novel treatment methods and educates the community about these developments.

2. Easily accesses to recent knowledge in Restorative Dentistry by utilizing fundamental master?s degree knowledge and by analyzing and synthesizing these knowledge, develops unique opinions.

3. Knows and effectively utilizes the technical equipment and instruments used for diagnosis and treatment purposes in preventive, conservative and restorative dentistry applications.

4. Shows awareness about ethical and legal responsibilities against his/her patients and the community.

5. Effectively communicates and establishes a dialogue with patients, relatives of patients and other health professionals.

6. Conducts a search for a scientific research on clinical and basic sciences, performs a literature search on a specific topic, conducts hypothesis, develops study plans, completes the research experiment, analyzes the data statistically and shares the data as minimally one scientific paper in national/international peer-reviewed journals or as a presentation in scientific meetings.

7. Internalizes and gets fully equipped about preventive dentistry applications such as oral hygiene motivation, individual caries risk assessment, diet analysis; and offers service to community.

8. By cooperating interdisciplinary health professionals, evaluates individualized treatment options for preventive, functional and esthetic needs; develops a patient/condition based treatment plan and applies the treatment.

9. Follows the recent advances on preventive, conservative and restorative dentistry treatments; offers clinical practice service to community with theoretical knowledge and practical skills gained.

10. Educates the patients and the community on etiologies and prevention of tooth hard tissue defects, motivates the patients for internalizing self-responsibilities.

11. Systematically analyzes and evaluates recent technologic developments and knowledge on preventive, conservative and restorative dentistry treatments and utilizes this knowledge on routine clinical practice.

12. Internalizes basic principles and knowledge on preventive, conservative and restorative dentistry treatments and combines this with recent evidence based information in professional practice.

13. Has a comprehensive knowledge on physical, mechanical, chemical and biocompatibility properties of restorative materials and assimilates the relationship between dental caries and microbiology