Comprehensive Dental Care

The overall comprehensive dental training is for ten (10) months duration, four months will be spent in one of the participating hospitals, and the remaining time will be spent at the College of Dentistry clinics. At the College of Dentistry, interns are simultaneously involved in two disciplines of training namely: the primary dental care and the general dental practice. The primary dental care is aimed to provide the walk-in patients with routine and immediate treatment for the majority of dental problems. All types of treatment offered in the primary care sessions are expected to be completed within the time allowed in the primary clinics. The general practice allows interns to provide comprehensive dental treatment for regular patients with pre-scheduled appointments. The clinical curriculum of the program has been designed to simulate a group practice environment. It is a constructed program in a form of timetable schedule where each intern is provided with a fully equipped operatory throughout the internship period. These facilities are expected to render his/her training valuable and worth time spending. An evaluation of the intern’s performance will be performed at the end of each rotation.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

The rotation of the surgical hospital practice is designed to provide the interns with comprehensive knowledge and clinical skills in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery. The duration of the training is two (2) months and each intern is requested to attend the clinics of an oral and maxillofacial surgery department under full directorship of a consultant surgeon who should evaluate the progress of each intern by the end of his/her rota. Several surgical centers inside and outside the city of Riyadh have been selected for this purpose. The selection was based on many dynamic features including: the institution’s reputation, patients’ flow, motivation and interest of staff in-charge of teaching and training of the newly graduates. This program is aimed to keep the intern in prospectus with the diagnosis and treatment of surgical and non-surgical conditions that can be performed in an out-patient clinic or in-hospital based practice. The training in this field is based on extensive training in the in-patient care and ward management for minor and major oral surgery procedures. The program will also introduce the trainee into a team type of practice by working closely with other dental and medical specialists. It should provide the trainee with adequate and sound knowledge and skills that allow him/her to recognize oral and maxillofacial diseases, and injuries and defects involving oral and para-oral structures. Some surgical centers may request the trainee to carry out a night duty or an on-call commitment as part of the prescribed training program. By the end of the program, the intern is expected to carry out several surgical procedures within the limit of the general dental practice without complications and with confidence.