The Periodontics training prepares the student for specialty membership examinations and provides the basis for continuing professional development after completion of the programme. The training includes didactic and clinical components. The student is required to complete one or more research projects and to be involved in clinical and didactic undergraduate teaching activities.

Requirements

To receive a Doctorate of Dental Surgery (D Ch Dent.) degree, the student is required to

• Be in attendance in the programme for 36 months;
• Complete all courses and pass all course assessments;
• Demonstrate clinical proficiency in a range of periodontal/implant procedures;
• Participate in and assume responsibility for one or more research projects;
• Organize, write and present a thesis which should form the basis for one or more publishable papers
• Successfully defend the research in a viva voce examination.

If, at the end of 36 months, the student has not completed programme requirements, he/she has the option of registering for one (or more) terms(s) to finish the necessary requirements. 

Programme Aims

The aims of the programme are to train students to be:

1. Educated in the science of Periodontics, including contributions from the published periodontal literature, have an understanding of periodontal pathology, and understand the history and current rationale for clinical procedures in periodontics. To accomplish these aims, the students must fulfill the following objectives:

a.attend and successfully complete course work which provides the basic background science which allows an understanding of the periodontal literature. Courses that apply to this general goal, with their specific objectives contained in the syllabus are listed below-

• Biomedical Sciences (Microbiology & Cell Biology)

b. attend and successfully complete course work which analyzes the periodontal and related literature pertaining to the anatomy, physiology, and cell biology of the health and disease. Courses that apply to this general goal, with their specific objectives contained in the syllabus are listed below-

• The Periodontium
• Periodontal Pathology

c. attend and successfully complete course work directed at analyzing, interpreting, and discussing the current periodontal literature recently published in refereed journals. Courses that apply to this general goal, with their specific objectives contained in the syllabus are listed below-

• Classical and Current Periodontal Literature

d. attend and successfully complete course work relating to the scientific and clinical rationale, mechanics, placement, restoration, and pathology pertaining to dental implants. Courses that apply to this general goal, with their specific objectives contained in the syllabus are listed below-

• Introduction to Oral Implantology
• Classic and current Implant Literature

e. attend and successfully complete course work which provides the background and scientific basis for specific associated clinical management of patients. Courses that apply to this general goal, with their specific objectives contained in the syllabus are listed below-

• Applied surgical anatomy
• Pain
• Biological Basis of Oral Disease
• Pharmacologicaly and Therapeutics
• Human Systemic Disease
• Oral Pathology
• Imaging
• Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Conscious Sedation

2. Able to perform at a level of competency, the full range of clinical procedures which are considered essential to establish a specialty practice in the area of periodontics. To accomplish this goal, the students must:

a. attend and successfully complete course work which relates to the direct treatment of patients. Perform prescribed periodontal /implant clinical procedures until judged to level of competency, defined as the ability to perform these procedures independently so as to achieve a successful clinical outcome. The courses that applies to this general goal, with its specific objectives contained in the syllabus are listed below-

• Clinical Practice in Periodontics
• Clinical Practice in Oral Implant Surgery

c. attend and successfully complete course work which relates to direct patient contact. Courses that apply to this general goal, with their specific objectives contained in the syllabus are listed below-

• Clinical Conference Periodontics
• Professional Ethics
• Clinical Practice Oral Implantology
• Health Care Economics
• Psychology & Behavioural Sciences

3. Able to design, carry out and report a periodontal research project under the guidance of and collaboration with a staff member. Courses that apply to this general goal, with their specific objectives contained in the syllabus are listed below:

• Thesis Preparation and Scientific Writing
• Research and Statistics

4. Able to teach in both didactic and clinical areas of undergraduate periodontics at the level of a junior faculty member with the intent to enhance their ability to communicate with peers. Courses that apply to this general goal, with their specific objectives contained in the syllabus are listed below:

• Practice Teaching in Periodontics