Program Learning Components
Residents achieve goals through didactic core, patient care, teaching and research.
Didactic Core
Two intertwined programs.
Biomedical Sciences
Inter-departmental Didactics — Year 1
- Functional oral anatomy
- Advanced oral histology
- General pathology
- Advanced oral pathology
- Oral microbiology and infections
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology of oral disease
- Dental pharmaco-therapeutics
- Research methods in epidemiology
- Biomaterials for dental graduates
Clinical Sciences
Intra-departmental Didactics — Year 1, 2 & 3
- Basic graduate endodontics
- Graduate literature review seminars
- Current literature review seminars
- Treatment plan case conferences / case presentations, and endodontics topics
Distribution
Course breakdown.
Clinical sciences, biomedical sciences, research, and teaching.
Clinical Training
Training and patient care.
Preclinical Course
The techniques to be used in the clinic will be practiced on extracted teeth. These include the step-back, balanced force, nickel titanium rotary instrumentation, crown-down, lateral condensation, warm vertical technique, and others. The requirement for this course is to organize a pre-clinic portfolio, which consists of all treated cases with excellent radiographs in PowerPoint or Keynote programs. All teeth must be sectioned and photographed, and the same should be included in the preclinical portfolio.
Microscope Training Course
The use of the surgical operating microscope is not optional in the program; it is mandatory for both non-surgical and surgical endodontics. In the first week of the class, the department staff, under the direction of the program director, will teach the use of the microscope.
Patient Care
- Clinical patient care commences in the first semester and continues throughout the program, encompassing all aspects of endodontic diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis.
- Treatment is conducted in collaboration with other dental specialties and referring general dentists.
- Clinic operational hours align with those of other specialties working in the same center.
- Patients are referred from other specialties at the center, polyclinics, private sector, and Kuwait University.
- A robust collaboration between the undergraduate clinic and the Endo-board program is essential for the referral of retreatment and cases deemed challenging for undergraduate residents.
- Clinical and radiographic follow-ups are crucial for determining the ultimate success or failure of a case. Residents are required to reevaluate their completed cases annually.