Dental Biophysics 2

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2025-2026

Topic

The course, stemming from Dental Biophysics 1, addresses the physical relations between the structure and function of biological systems as well as the physical basis of diagnostic and therapeutic methods. The main topics include atomic and nuclear physics, spectroscopy, diagnostic and research methods and investigation methods in materials science.

Lectures

• 1. Electromagnetic waves, the dual nature of light - Szabó-Meleg Edina
• 2. Basics of atomic and quantum physics - Ujfalusi Zoltán
• 3. Radioactivity - Szabó-Meleg Edina
• 4.

  Spectroscopy I.: absorption and fluorescence

  - Ujfalusi Zoltán
• 5.

  Spectroscopy II.: infrared and Raman spectroscopy

  - Lukács András Szilárd
• 6.

  X-ray: generation and diagnostics I.

  - Kengyel András Miklós
• 7.

  X-ray: generation and diagnostics II.

  - Kengyel András Miklós
• 8. NMR, ESR, MRI - Szatmári Dávid Zoltán
• 9.

  Generation and application of lasers I.

  - Telek Elek
• 10.

  Generation and application of lasers II.

  - Telek Elek
• 11. Polymers, photopolymers - Szabó-Meleg Edina
• 12.

  Sound, ultrasound

  - Szabó-Meleg Edina
• 13. Structure analysis I. - Szabó-Meleg Edina
• 14. Structure analysis II. - Szabó-Meleg Edina

Practices

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Geiger-Müller counter. Radioactive half-life
• 3.

  Spectroscopy

• 4. Absorption of beta radiation.
• 5. Laser
• 6. Microscopy
• 7. Optics
• 8. Doppler ultrasound
• 9. Ultrasound
• 10. Refractometry
• 11. Polarimetry
• 12. Consultation
• 13. Consultation
• 14. Consultation

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Physical Bases of Dental Material Science (Tölgyesi, Derka, Módos eds.) Budapest, 2012, e-book

Dental Biophysics Practicals - Laboratory Manual, PTE ÁOK, Pécs

Literature developed by the Department

Online materials on PotePedia (https://potepedia.coursegarden.com/) and MS Teams (www.office.com)

Notes

Own notes
Dental Biophysics Practicals - Laboratory Manaul, PTE ÁOK, Pécs

Recommended literature

An Introduction to Biophysics (with medical orientation) (Györgyi Rontó and Imre Tarján editors) Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest
Damjanovich Sándor, Fidy Judit, Szöllősi János (eds.): Medical Biophysics, Medicina, Budapest, 2009

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Presence at least 75% of the lectures. Completion and proper documentation of each laboratory practice and approval thereof by the course instructor. Maximum 2 absences from practices. Students are not allowed to be late from the practicals. Being late counts as an absence.

Mid-term exams

During the semester the students write a mid-term test or take an exam from the practice. Based on the results the students can be exempted from some parts of the final exam.

Making up for missed classes

Missed practices can be made up on the basis of discussion with the lab instructor. Maximum 2 absences from practices are allowed.

Exam topics/questions

Exam topics and questions can be found on PotePedia (https://potepedia.coursegarden.com/) and MS Teams (www.office.com)

Examiners

• Huber Tamás
• Kengyel András Miklós
• Szabó-Meleg Edina
• Telek Elek

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Halász Henriett
• Karádi Kristóf Kálmán
• KURZUSHOZ RENDELT OKTATÓ
• Szabó-Meleg Edina
• Szücs Mihály
• Tárnai Viktória
• Telek Elek
• Varnyuné Kis-Bicskei Nikolett