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Year 5 · Dental Medicine · Medical University of Sofia

Physiotherapy: notes and exam prep for MU Sofia

Physiotherapy for Year 5 Dental Medicine at the Medical University of Sofia: all 93 syllabus topics in 3 sections, with exam-focused notes, figures, flashcards and SuperPrep recall sets.

What Physiotherapy has on SuperMed

  • A free preview, open here: one topic's full notes, no account needed. Start with General principles of action of the physical factors
  • Notes on every topic, written to answer the syllabus question as it is asked, with 71 figures and diagrams.
  • 2,215 flashcards for the facts you have to recall, with spaced review.
  • SuperPrep : 356 recall sets. A short piece of material, then questions on all of it from memory, at the grade you are aiming for.

The Physiotherapy syllabus

Every topic, numbered as the department numbers it. The underlined topic opens its free notes.

Oral exam30 topics

  1. 1General principles of action of the physical factorsfree
  2. 2Departments and cabinets of dental physiotherapy. Sections of dental physiotherapyfree
  3. 3Requirements for work technique and safety at dental physiotherapy. General indications and contraindications. Treatment plan. Documentationfree
  4. 4Thermal tests - essence, types, methodsfree
  5. 5Electric pulp tests - essence, types, indications, contraindicationsfree
  6. 6Values of EPT and their interpretation at different nosological units
  7. 7Pulse oximetry - essence, principles of action, application
  8. 8Electrotherapy. Classification of the types of electricity used in dental physiotherapy. Physiological and therapeutic effects of the galvanic current
  9. 9Reflective methods of galvanisation. Indications, contraindications
  10. 10Cathode galvanisation. Indications, contraindications. Methods of application
  11. 11Anode galvanisation. Indications, contraindications. Methods of application
  12. 12Electrophoresis of diseases of hard dental tissue. Devices. Methods of application
  13. 13Iontophoresis at infected root canals. Methods of application
  14. 14Electrophoresis in gingivitis and parodontitis. Methods of application
  15. 15Electrophoresis in TMJ disorders and paraesthesia nervus trigeminus. Methods of application
  16. 16Electrotherapy. High frequency alternating currents: current of D'Arsonval. Application. Mechanism of action, therapeutic effects. Indications, contraindications
  17. 17Treatment with ultrahigh frequency alternating currents (UHF). Application. Mechanism of action, therapeutic effects. Indications, contraindications
  18. 18Treatment with super high frequency alternating currents. Application. Mechanism of action, therapeutic effects. Indications, contraindications
  19. 19Ultrasound. Physical characteristics of ultrasound. Emitters and devices. Physiological and biological effects of ultrasound
  20. 20Ultraphonophoresis. Essence. Methods of application. Indications and contraindications
  21. 21Phonophoresis. Essence. Methods of application. Indications and contraindications
  22. 22Light therapy. Physical characteristics of light. Types of radiation and the general effect on organisms
  23. 23Infrared light therapy. Biological and therapeutic effects. Sources of infrared light. Methods. Indications and contraindications
  24. 24Ultraviolet light therapy. Biological and therapeutic effects. Biodose. Sources of ultraviolet light. Methods. Indications and contraindications
  25. 25Lasers in dental physiotherapy. Physical characteristics of laser light. Types of lasers and devices. Physiological and therapeutic effects
  26. 26Lasers in dental physiotherapy. Methods of application for stomatitis, gingivitis and parodontitis. Indications and contraindications
  27. 27Lasers in dental physiotherapy. Methods of application for caries, pulpitis and periodontitis. Indications and contraindications
  28. 28Lasers in dental physiotherapy. Methods of application for surgical diseases. Indications and contraindications
  29. 29Physical methods for treatment and prophylaxis of hard dental tissue diseases. Remineralisation and fluoridation by physical means - electrophoresis and phonophoresis
  30. 30Anaesthesia by physical means: devices and methods

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Written exam31 topics

  1. 1Reflectory methods: indications, contraindications, methods of application
  2. 2Nondrug electrophoresis - cathode galvanisation. Indications, contraindications. Methods of application
  3. 3Nondrug electrophoresis - anode galvanisation. Indications, contraindications. Methods of application
  4. 4Electrophoresis with sodium fluoride (NaF) for hard dental tissue diseases. Indications, contraindications. Methods of application
  5. 5Electrophoresis with calcium gluconate and application of sodium fluoride (combined method) for hard dental tissue diseases
  6. 6Iontophoresis at infected root canals with potassium iodide (KI). Indications and contraindications. Methods of application
  7. 7Iontophoresis at infected root canals with potassium iodide (I/KI). Indications and contraindications. Methods of application
  8. 8Iontophoresis with antibiotics and proteolytic enzymes at infected root canals. Indications, contraindications. Methods of application
  9. 9Electrophoresis of medications - vitamin C and lidocaine, for parodontitis and stomatitis
  10. 10Electrophoresis with nivalin for paraesthesia
  11. 11Electroanalgesia of hard dental tissue
  12. 12Methods of application of dyadic (diadynamic) currents - extraoral, intraoral, dyadic phoresis
  13. 13Method of application of fluctuating currents (ASB-2) - intraoral, extraoral
  14. 14Methods of application of currents of D'Arsonval - contact method
  15. 15Methods of application of currents of D'Arsonval - fulguration
  16. 16UHF (ultrahigh frequency) - preparation of the patient and devices
  17. 17Methods of application of UHF (ultrahigh frequency)
  18. 18Method of application of superhigh frequency currents (microwaves) - contact method
  19. 19Method of application of superhigh frequency currents (microwaves) - noncontact method
  20. 20Methods for treatment with infrared light. Devices
  21. 21Application of ultraviolet light (UVL). Determination of individual biodose for skin and mucosa
  22. 22Application of ultraviolet light (UVL) - local methods
  23. 23Methods of application of low-intensity lasers in the treatment of caries and non-caries diseases of teeth
  24. 24Methods of application of low-intensity lasers in the treatment of pulp diseases
  25. 25Methods of application of low-intensity lasers in the treatment of periodontitis
  26. 26Methods of application of low-intensity lasers in the treatment of mucosal diseases
  27. 27Methods of application of low-intensity lasers in the treatment of parodontitis
  28. 28Methods of application of low-intensity lasers in the treatment of TMJ disorder
  29. 29Application of ultrasound - phonophoresis in parodontitis
  30. 30Application of ultrasound - ultraphonophoresis for TMJ disorder
  31. 31Application of ultrasound - ultraphonophoresis at cicatrices

Practical exam32 topics

  1. 1EPT at different nosological units
  2. 2EPT at children
  3. 3Tracking of EPT in dynamics
  4. 4Anode galvanisation
  5. 5Cathode galvanisation
  6. 6Iontophoresis with KI
  7. 7Iontophoresis with I/KI
  8. 8Iontophoresis with antibiotics
  9. 9Electrophoresis with 10% KI
  10. 10Electrophoresis with nivalin
  11. 11Electrophoresis with 2% NaF
  12. 12Electrophoresis with calcium gluconate
  13. 13Electrophoresis with Pomorian (Pomarian) salt
  14. 14Microwave therapy
  15. 15Darsonvalisation - contact method
  16. 16Darsonvalisation - noncontact method
  17. 17Phonophoresis
  18. 18Ultraphonophoresis
  19. 19Therapy with UHF
  20. 20Infrared therapy
  21. 21Ultraviolet therapy - common method
  22. 22Ultraviolet therapy - local method
  23. 23Laser at gingivitis
  24. 24Laser at parodontitis
  25. 25Laser at TMJ disorders
  26. 26Laser at herpes simplex
  27. 27Laser at alveolitis sicca
  28. 28Laser at dolor post obturationem canalis dentis
  29. 29Laser at post extraction
  30. 30Laser at neuralgia nervi trigemini
  31. 31Laser at hypertonia (hypoaesthesia) nervi after extraction
  32. 32Laser at pulpitis

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