Radiography of the Head (5 cr)
Code: 7051071-3001
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2020 - 31.01.2021
Timing
01.01.2021 - 31.07.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Dental Hygiene
Teachers
- Minna Hyötilä
- Päivi Pietikäinen
- Säde Huhtanen
- Kristiina Lehto
- TERHY6 Virtuaalihenkilö6 RTG1
- Riikka Karhuvaara
Groups
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PSUUNS18Suuhygienisti (AMK), S18
Objective
The student
- can describe the principles of radiation physics and radiation biology
- can describe the main radiological examinations and associated patient preparation and guidance
- can explain the principles of radiation protection
- can guide, support and prepare a patient for dental radiography
- can acquire, develop and save radiographic dental images and offer a preliminary interpretation of them
- knows how to ensure radiation safety both in intraoral and panoramic radiography
Content
- the principles of radiation physics and radiation biology
- the main radiological examinations and associated patient preparation and guidance
- the principles of radiation protection
- developing and saving radiographic dental images and offering a preliminary interpretation of them
- radiation safety both in intraoral and panoramic radiography
Evaluation scale
Hyväksytty/Hylätty