1) Systemic factors influencing periodontal disease and its treatment.
2) Periodontal emergencies
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-Acute pericoronitis
-Acute herpetic Gingivostomatitis
-Periodontal abscesses
3) Occlusion and Periodontal Disease
-Concept of Occlusion
-Trauma from occlusion
4) Principles of periodontal Surgery
-General consideration- Preparation of the patients
-Surgical Consideration
-Periodontal packs
-Post-operative instructions
5) Surgical Techniques
-Gingival curettage
-Gingivectomy
-Periodontal flap surgery
-Osseous surgery
-Mucogingival Surgery
6) Maintenance therapy
-Rationale for maintenance therapy
-Maintenance program
7) Dental Implants
8) Epidemiology gingival and periodontal diseases
Community Dentistry And Oral Health Education
- Introduction to community dentistry
- Psychological aspects of the child and parents and their counseling.
- Aims and objects of dental health education
- General epidemiology and environmental health
- Water supply to community and their implications on dental health
- Oral hygiene habits
- Oral hygiene maintenance instructions
- Habits and their effects on dental structures.
- Oral health in handicapped
- Dental caries – prevalence and prevention
- Periodontal diseases- prevalence and prevention
Dental Ethics, Jurisprudence And Orientation In Dentistry (Theory and Practical)
- Dentists Act 1948, as it relates to registration of dental hygienist and dentists.
- Legal imposition in relation to dental practice, code of ethics.
- Place and function of dental profession in the society and discussion of economic problems involved therein
- Social factors in dental progress , income and living standard of people
- Objectives and scope of dentistry
- Dental specialties
Preliminary And Other Dental Procedures And Dental Office Management – Book-Keeping And Typing
- Charting and recording of cases
- Maintenances of case records
- Appointment and recall systems
- Billing and accounting
- Maintenance of office room and clinic
- Material maintenance and supply
- Operating room technique and
chair side assistance
- Sterilization and care of dental instruments
- Basic principles of surgery
- Instruction to patients and recall
PRACTICAL
- (5) and (7) and preparation of models of normal and pathological oral conditions
- Designing, drawing and painting of poster on dental health education
- Procedures for arranging talks, drams, seminar with+ audiovisual aids on dental and oral health.
EXAMINATION
Every candidate shall be examined in the following subjects comprising of three papers as follows:
Paper I – anatomy, physiology, and histology
Paper II – materia medica , pathology and bacteriology
Paper III- food, nutrition and radiology
Marks for each of the papers shall be as under
Written- 75
Oral - 25
Total- 100
Each written paper shall be of three hours.
There should be one practical exam by the board of two examiners which includes all subjects with maximum 100 marks
6) Every candidate shall be required to take up all subjects of the examination. A candidate failing in any paper or papers of this examination before being permitted to reappear at the subsequent examination, shall produce evidence of having perused such a course of teaching as the head of the institution may determine.
A candidate, who passes in any one or more papers under examination, shall be exempted from appearing in which he or she has passed and shall be allowed to reappear in the test in which he / she has failed in any subsequent examination within a period of two years. After two years the candidate will have to appear in all the papers of this examination.
7)The minimum number of marks required to pass the examination shall be 50% in each paper both in the (i) written and oral (ii) practical parts of the examination
Candidates who obtaining minimum of 75% of the marks in any paper shall be declare to have passed with distinction in particular subject/s. candidate who do not pass in all the papers of the PRIMARY EXAMINATION at one and the same time shall not be declared to have passed with distinction.
8) As soon as possible after the examination the board of examiner shall publish a list of the candidates who have passed . each successful candidate shall be granted a PRIMARY CERTIFICATE . |
