Restorative Dentistry Residency Program - Riyadh | King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

Restorative Dentistry Residency Program - Riyadh

Program Overview:

The Restorative Dentistry residency program is a well-supervised, progressive, educational experience. It is designed to provide didactic, clinical, and hospital training to upgrade the standards of the dental profession in Saudi Arabia. The instructions and experiences provided in the program can prepare residents to be highly qualified restorative dentists who are able to treat restorative cases which include Operative and Fixed Prosthodontics treatment modalities.

In addition to the mastery of the science of Restorative Dentistry, the resident will be able to understand the relationship of oral health and disease to the overall health of the patient. The trainee will recognize the manifestations of oral disease, assimilate the presenting signs of disease, order appropriate laboratory tests and provide a differential diagnosis. The resident will develop competence in the preventive, as well as the therapeutic procedures that are designed to maintain health and be able to modify, alleviate, or resolve the patient's problems.

The program provides exposure to a wide range of disciplines in the science of Dentistry with special emphasis on Hospital Dentistry. Also included is training in the management of medically compromised patients, several subspecialties of dentistry, and an exposure to a broad medical background. This program includes didactic and clinical components under the direct supervision of consultants and close working relationship with the dental nurses and auxiliaries.

Training Structure:

The program runs for a period of 3 years.
Didactic clinical sciences and advanced clinical training are integrated into the program.
Documentation of progress in the program and all resident activities is maintained by the program director and available for review.
Comprehensive restorative dental care is divided into two parts: junior residency (the first 2 years), which is dependent (under supervision), and senior residency after passing the Part 1 examination (the final year), which is independent.

Educational Activates:

Grand Round / Journal Club (weekly):

It is pure scientific activity where the department of dentistry gather to present the most updated data in their field/subspeciality which has a significant implication toward patient care.

Treatment plan Seminar (Monthly):

Treatment plans for comprehensive cases are presented and discussed in the presence of the clinical supervisors and other residents. Sessions are held for the discussion of diagnostic problems, treatment planning, case presentation, review, and follow-up.

Weekly Scientific Activity (Weekly):

It is a weekly session where residents participate in an interactive scientific discussion of the recommended reading list on advanced topics for each restorative discipline (operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics, and dental implants) in the presence of senior consultant. This provides residents with advanced knowledge about the different restorative disciplines that challenge the residents depending on their level of training. Resident is released officially from service to attend these sessions.

Literature Review Sessions (Monthly):

Classical and current dental literature on different topics in restorative dentistry will be prepared and discussed in the form of a seminar by residents in the presence of training staff.