Faculty of DENTISTRY
Prof. Dr. Bahar KURU Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry “Our faculty raises dentists who do not settle with what they learn, who conducts research and creates discussion knowing how to get the necessary information from its source and applies to his or her patients. Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry is the first and only Faculty of Dentistry that maintains its national and international educational and patient service satisfaction quality with its JCI (Joint Commision of International), EFP (European Foundation of Periodontology) and ADEE (Association for Dental Education in Europe) certificates and accreditations. We are proud of our education and our hospital, as well as all our students and graduates.” 167 Clinical, Pre-Clinical & Health (2023): 801+
Faculty of Dentistry Simulation Laboratories and the opportunity to work with real patients Hospital, operating room and laboratory infrastructure Turkey’s first internationally-accredited faculty 168 The Faculty of Dentistry of Yeditepe University, which was founded as Turkey’s first foundation university dentistry faculty, educates secular, contemporary, researchers, dentists and scientists who are committed to Atatürk’s principles and revolutions, providing the best service to their patients without interruption. Our greatest support and praise in our efforts in this way is the success of our students and the happiness of our patients. The medium of instruction at our Faculty is English and Turkish and our students benefit from the clinics and laboratories equipped with state of the art equipment required for contemporary medicine and dentistry. Our faculty is the most modern medical institution providing contemporary education in Turkey and is also one of the few examples in the world in its field. In addition to undergraduate education, the faculty also focuses on postgraduate education and doctoral studies and carries out versatile scientific research. These studies, which will contribute to maintaining the highest level of results in patient treatment, are carried out in genetic and bioengineering laboratories, basic science research laboratory and hard and soft tissue laboratories. of dentistry in a foundation university.
Our students who start their pre-clinical training by working on robot patients in Simulation Laboratories work on real patients at the training clinics that are highly developed in terms of physical possibilities under sterile conditions during their training. At our faculty, having 5 operating rooms where patients are operated under local and general anesthesia, our students can monitor operations in the operating rooms through intra oral and extra oral cameras from the conference hall and classrooms and ask questions to the operator. Our Accreditations Aiming to take the educational and service quality to the highest possible level since the day it was founded, Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry started its quality efforts towards hospital and patient services with ISO certificates in 2004, and continued its journey with the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation in 2009, world’s most well-known and highest standards of accreditation. Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry and Dental Hospital is the first and only faculty hospital in the world that has a JCI accreditation, the world’s most trusted association in patient services audits in the healthcare industry, with its students and this process is renewed every three years. It passed JCI accreditation audit successfully in 2012, 2015 and 2019 and 2022 respectively, and as a result of field visits and inspections, it was accredited for the fifth time upon assessment based on 1000 standards, such as personnel management, infrastructure, technical equipment and emergency preparations, with the highest result up to date. 169
*The Faculty of Dentistry provides graduate and doctoral education in the fields marked with an asterisk. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery* Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Department of Pediatric Dentistry* Department of Endodontics* Department of Orthodontics* Department of Periodontology* Department of Prosthodontics* Department of Restorative Dentistry* In 2005, the Department of Periodontology was accredited by the European Federation of Periodontology (Post Graduate Program) for postgraduate education. EFP provides an accreditation that aims and maintains the education of Periodontology and Implantology in similar quality standards throughout Europe. EFP accreditation was renewed in 2013 and 2022. Since 2005, the department has represented Turkey and Turkish Periodontology on its own in European programs and dentists graduated from the department are accepted as Periodontology and Implantology Specialists in Europe, having an opportunity for a career in Europe. Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry is also accredited by an audit visit by Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) in 2007. The aim of this association is to have inhouse audits for standardization, quality assurance and excellence, and provide input for development and corrections. Our faculty had a visit by ADEE in 2008 and the accreditation obtained is a first for Turkey and a great honor for our Faculty. 170 Major Departments Faculty of Dentistry
The fact that my profession touches many points in terms of human health, the use of practical and theoretical intelligence by blending, and at the same time, the fact that it has strong aspects that bring our hand skills to the fore has always excited me. While our faculty has caught up with the age in every sense, it has trained us as dentists who have mastered this balance. Thanks to this versatile learning system, it has also enabled us to gain common experiences with dental students and communities in other countries. I will always feel the benefits, opportunities and pride of graduating from Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry. I hope that all prospective dentists who will overcome this challenging but enjoyable path and will do their profession with love and justice will have the opportunity to share this pride with me. Yeditepe University is a modern institution that works as a team with all its academics and administrative staff, distinguisted tih its corporate identity that takes service, being respected, quality and trust as its core values and prorivind a contemporary education by following the latest applications in education in international areas. Our Faculty of Dentistry is a faculty that raises healthcare professionals who are preserving, treating, technologically fully equipped and firm believers of ethical values, being pioneers in dentistry and in healthcare in general, with our distinguished academics. Treysi Tekok 5th Year Student Mehmet Furkan Sertbaş Alumni 171 Student Comments
172 Yeditepe University Dental Hospital Yeditepe University Dental Hospital is the first dental hospital belonging to a foundation university in Turkey. Since its foundation, it has continued its healthcare services as the pioneer institution in its field with its outstanding, latest technology equipment, and highquality health service. Our vision is to educate dentists who contribute to the development of oral and dental health practices through training and research studies, provide the diagnosis and treatment of oral and dental diseases in the best way by using all the possibilities of modern dentistry, respect the rights of patients, offer quality oral and dental care and to become a reference center and national and international levels by giving opportunities to the staff for continuous development, observing environmental health, keeping preventive health services in the forefront and providing a humanistic working environment. We provide services in our hospital with a staff of 200 in related fields of expertise, and 120 units and 3 operating rooms for operations under general anesthesia.
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