Course outline

Prosthodontics is the dental specialty pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment planning, rehabilitation and maintenance of the oral function, comfort, appearance and health of patients with clinical conditions associated with missing or deficient teeth and/or maxillofacial tissues using biocompatible substitutes. The course shall be of three years duration.

Syllabus

A strict division of the subject may not be possible and some overlapping of subjects is inevitable. Students should be prepared to answer overlapping subjects. The concept of health care counseling shall be in corporated in all relevant areas.

Course Contents

• Applied general anatomy of the head and neck, oral and dental anatomy and histology

• Applied general and oral physiology, pharmacology and therapeutics, general and oral pathology and microbiology, microbiology

• Research methodology, biostatistics

• Dental radiology

• Medical emergencies & management

• Ethics in dentistry

• Applied dental material sciences

• Removable prosthodontics and oral implantology

• Fixed partial prosthodontics, occlusion, tmj and aesthetics

• Prosthodontic treatment modalities

Scheme of Examinations

Written Examination (Theory)

Paper-I: Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Dental Materials

Paper-II: Removable Prosthodontics and Oral Implantology

Paper-Ill: Fixed Prosthodontics

Paper-IV: Essay

Practical Examination

Viva voce