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Medical Biochemistry in Dentistry

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OSF-FOB-T
  • 1 kredit
  • Dentistry
  • Optional modul
  • autumn
Prerequisites:

OSA-ORF-T finished , OSA-BEF-T finished

Exam course:

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 24

Topic

The aim of the course is to introduce students of dentistry to the importance of medical biochemistry. We would like to highlight the biochemical background of diseases of significance to dentists, with particular emphasis on the biochemical background of obesity, inflammatory processes, diabetes, and the development of tumours.

Lectures

  • 1. Introduction; division of labor between the institutions - Bognár Zita
  • 2. Weight control, diets - Nagyné Kiss Gyöngyi
  • 3. Metabolism and catabolism of drugs - Jávor-Hocsák Enikő
  • 4. Biochemical consequences of alcohol consumption - Jávor-Hocsák Enikő
  • 5. Diabetes mellitus - Nagyné Kiss Gyöngyi
  • 6. The biochemistry of inflammatory processes - Jávor-Hocsák Enikő
  • 7. The biochemistry of blood vessels - Bognár Zita
  • 8. Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract - Bagóné Vántus Viola
  • 9. Cell cycle, regulation, therapeutic options - Bognár Zita
  • 10. Cell death processes - Bognár Zita
  • 11. Tumor development and cancer - Bognár Zita
  • 12. Molecular foundations of personalized medicine - Bognár Zita

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Recommended literature

Devlin: Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations, 7th edition, Wiley, 2010.

Lieberman, Marks: Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry - A Clinical Approach, 4th edition, Lippincott, 2013

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

none

Mid-term exams

Active participation in lectures, socrative tests, presentation on a specific topic.

Making up for missed classes

none

Exam topics/questions

none

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

Rólunk