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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