Medical Biochemistry has an irreplaceable role in study of Dental Medicine. The students should learn about biochemical reactions taking place in the human body. The knowledge will help them better understand processes take place in the mouth. In firsts semester is study concentrated to metabolic processes connected with metabolism of nutrients (e.g. saccharides, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids). In second semester is teaching focused to study metabolism of organs (e.g. liver, kidney), hard tissue and to oral biochemistry and pathobiochemistry (e.g. dental plaque, tooth decay and tartar).
Authors offer lectures of Oral biochemistry. Here described themes include:
| 1. DM - Summer term | 2. DM - Winter term |
| Enzymes and their role in metabolism | Amino acid metabolism I |
| Coenzymes – structure and function | Amino acid metabolism II |
| Cell biochemistry | Metabolism of nucleotides |
| Krebs cycle | Imtermediary metabolism |
| Respiratory chain | Replication and transcription |
| Metabolism of simple saccharides | Translation and regulation of gene expression |
| Metabolism of polysaccharides | Blood Biochemistry |
| Metabolis of complex sacharides | Chemical communications in living systems |
| Metabolism of simple lipids | Metabolism of the liver and xenobiochemistry |
| Metabolism of complex lipids | Specialised metabolic pathway of selected tissues |
| Steroids and lipoproteins metabolism | Oral biochemistry and pathobiochemistry I |
| Oxidative stress | Oral biochemistry and pathobiochemistry II |
| Biochemistry and pathobiochemistry of digestion and nutrition | |
| Clinical biochemistry |
| Attachment | Date | Size | Availability [?] | Clinically sensitive [?] | Licence | |
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| Cell Biochemistry | 15.9.2025 | 4.94 MB | faculty member | – |  |
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| Amino acids and peptides | 15.9.2025 | 3.58 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Saccharides | 15.9.2025 | 5.98 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Lipids and steroids | 15.9.2025 | 5.51 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids | 15.9.2025 | 5.8 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Proteins | 15.9.2025 | 4.66 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Amino Acid Metabolism I | 2.4.2025 | 4.38 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Amino Acid Metabolism II | 2.4.2025 | 4.4 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Nucleotide Metabolism | 2.4.2025 | 1.65 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Intermediary Metabolism | 2.4.2025 | 3.71 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Biochemistry of blood | 2.4.2025 | 5.03 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Body Fluids | 2.4.2025 | 3.13 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Biochemistry of the liver | 2.4.2025 | 3.46 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Metabolism of Xenobiotics | 2.4.2025 | 3.57 MB | faculty member | – | |
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Keywords: respiratory chain, cytric acid cycle, glycolyse
citation: Mária Mareková, Marek Stupák, Katarína Dubayová, Peter Urban: Medical biochemistry - Lectures for Dental Medicine students. Multimedia support in the education of clinical and health care disciplines :: Portal of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine [online] , [cit. 16. 09. 2025]. Available from WWW: https://portal.lf.upjs.sk/articles.php?aid=39. ISSN 1337-7000.