Course Description
This is a course with only practical components. It extends over one semester, where students will practice clinical endodontics. Students will perform clinical work in the post-graduate clinics over the first semester. The course aims to introduce first-year post-graduate students to conventional endodontic cases. It is designed to reiterate the principles of the code of professional conduct, cross-infection control, and patient-centred clinical work, as well as to enhance students' clinical skills in endodontics. The practical part will be dedicated to consolidating basic principles in diagnosis, treatment planning, disease processes and control, endodontic scenarios, and clinical decision making.
Aims & Objectives
The course aims to provide dental students with sound knowledge in the following:
1. Making clinical decisions in terms of diagnosis and setting up appropriate treatment plans.
2. Causes and management of surgical and non-surgical endodontics.
3. Management of advanced endodontic cases and gaining updated knowledge in endodontic treatment modalities.
4. Causes and management of immature open apex, Vital pulp therapy, and pulp regeneration.