Postgraduate Diploma in Dentistry (PGDipDent)

(a)	Admission requirements
	Subject to the stipulations of the General Regulations, the BChD degree or an equivalent qualification is required. For the main field of study Oral Surgery, a candidate must be in possession of the BChD degree or an equivalent qualification with at least 65% in the final examination in Orofacial surgery or a subject deemed equivalent by the head of department.
(b)	Duration
	At least two semesters with 120 contact hours. The contact time in the major field of study is determined by the head of the department concerned and approved by the Dean. It includes systematic tuition as well as clinical/practical assignments.
(c)	Curriculum - Main field of study – one of the following:
	MPG 700 Oral Pathology 700
	END 700 Endodontics 700
	ORD 700 Orthodontics 700
	FOT 700 Forensic Odontology 700
	PDD 700 Pedodontics 700
	MCH 700 Oral Surgery 700
	PDL 700 Periodontology 700
	HTH 700 Restorative Dentistry 700
	PTK 700 Prosthetics 700
	MGK 700 Oral Medicine 700
	MMB 700 Oral Microbiology 700
	VTH 700 Preventive Dentistry 700
	GTH 700 Community Dentistry 700
	PRS 700 Practice Management 700
	THM 700 Dental Materials 700
	ADX 700 Aesthetic Dentistry 700
	PDI 700 Implantology 700
	PRD 701 Prosthodontics 701
	RAD 700 Radiography 700
	or another module as determined by the head of the department concerned and approved by the Dean.
ii	Basic subject
	MDB 710 Applied oral biology 710
	CBA 710 Anatomy and principles of surgery 710
	ANA 770 Anatomy 770
	FSG 706 Physiology 706
	FAR 709 Pharmacology 709
	THM 710 Dental materials 710
	RAD 710 Introductory radiography 710
	RLE 710 Ethics and jurisprudence 710

	Note:
	Oral Surgery: a prerequisite (a minimum of one basic subject is required – these basic subjects may be passed at the University of Pretoria or at the College of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa) or any other module as determined by the department in question and approved by the Dean.
(d)	Examinations
	The examination in the basic subject and the main field of study may take place every semester. However, only one subject may be written per semester. In order to be admitted to the examination in the main field of study the student must pass the basic subject. A final mark of at least 50% is required to pass.
	Subject to exceptions approved by the Dean, on the recommendation of the head of department, a student may not enter for the postgraduate diploma’s examination in the same subject more than twice.
(e)	Pass with distinction
	The diploma is awarded with distinction to students who obtain at least 75% in both the main field of study and the basic subject.

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