Clinical Teaching
- Clinical patient care starts in the 2nd rotation and continue through-out the program. It includes all aspects of endodontic diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis. Treatment is performed in collaboration with other dental specialties and referring general dentists.
- Clinic operational hours are in conjunction with other specialties working in the same center.
- Patients are referred from other specialties at the center, polyclinics, and Kuwait University.
- Follow-ups: Clinical and radiographic follow-up is the only way by which the ultimate success or failure of a case can be determined. Residents are required to reevaluate their completed cases annually.
- The residents have to show satisfactory performance and competency in different clinical procedures. These include non-surgical root canal treatment “NSRCT”, non-surgical root canal retreatment “NSRETX”, and surgical treatment “SRETX”.
- Each resident must submit the clinical evaluation form for each treatment they undertake in the program.
- Number of points and cases vary from year to year depending on patient flow, and resident level. However residents should manage to complete a minimum of 300 NSRCT/ NSRETX, and up to 40 SRETX during their 36 months training period.