Advance General Dentistry Course

The Mastership in General Dentistry is the most comprehensive clinical training program in the field of General Dental Practice in India.

This full-time residency program is structured to provide maximum benefit to young Dentists through vast clinical exposure on patients.

This MGD is the best preferred clinical training course in India for many Dentists as it is one of the longest post BDS courses, which enhances General Dentistry clinical skills with regards to Endodontics, Prosthodontics, Post & Core, Exodontia, Aesthetic Dentistry, Lasers & Flap Surgeries.

Moreover, it is the only course after BDS in India where it emphasizes & recognizes the skills of the trained Dentists.

This program shapes you to become a successful Dental Practitioner by not only training you in clinical skills but also trains you in the soft skills or imparts useful tips of Practice Management.

This program also instills technical skills like rectifying minor Dental Chair troubleshoots & solving other commonly occurring Dental clinic equipment & instrument issues.

• Duration: 9 Months
• Eligibility: BDS / MDS / any equivalent qualification recognized by Dental Council of India
• Number of Participants: The program admits 10 Dentists in a batch
• Total Hospital Treatments Cost: [Cost Information]
• Any State Dental Council Permanent registration certificate is mandatory to join any Mastership or Fellowship program at ACDE ACADEMY.

Prosthodontics

Hands on

• Manipulation of various dental materials used.
• All procedures need to be performed on extracted teeth and models.
• Preparation of rest seat on the models for CPD.
• Three Designs of Veneer Preparation and Conventional Impressions making.
• Provisional Restorations.
• Preparation of table top restoration on models.
• Impressions & Gingival Retraction.
• Single implant impression from models.

Clinicals

• Cast Partial Dentures.
• Brief overview and basics about cast partial denture.
• Minimum 30 Crown Preparations (Anteriors + Posteriors).
• Bonded restorations i.e., Table top restoration and veneers.
• Basics of single implant impression with open tray and close tray technique.
• Full mouth implant impression at Multi unit level impression.

Endodontics

Hands on

• All procedures need to be performed on extracted teeth and models.
• Composite fillings and anterior layering on extracted teeth.
• Access opening.
• Biomechanical preparation (Manual & Rotary).
• Obturation.
• Use of different rotary file systems.
• Post space preparation for post placement.
• Rubber dam placement.

Clinicals

• Minimum 20 composite and GIC fillings.
• Minimum 20 Root Canal Treatments (Anteriors + Posteriors).
• Post and core - Fiber post.
• Few Re-RCT Cases.
• Usage of various file systems on patients.
• Post and core.
• Rubber dam placement in patients before starting procedures.

Oral Surgery

Hands on

• Suturing Techniques on chicken legs.
• Flap design and incision for 3rd molar extraction.
• Extractions.

Clinicals

• Basics of various nerve blocks and infiltration.
• Basics of preprosthetic minor surgeries: Alveoloplasty.
• Extractions.
• Surgical extractions / Disimpactions.
• Suturing.
• Incision and Drainage.
• Apicectomy.

Pedodontics

Hands on

• Fabrication of space maintainers on models.

Clinicals

• Deciduous teeth extractions.
• Pulpectomy.
• Space maintainers.
• Pediatric conservative dentistry.
• Observation of conscious sedation.

Periodontics

Hands on

• Demonstration of Flap surgery.
• Use of lasers on Chicken legs.
• Crown lengthening with osteoctomy on models.

Clinicals

• Crown Lengthening with lasers.
• Depigmentation and Frenectomy with lasers.
• Various flap design.
• Splinting.
• Overview about grafts and grafting procedures.

Orthodontics

Hands on

• Hands on-Bonding of braces on models.
• Hands on of wire placements on models after bonding.
• Treatment planning exercise on multiple models.

Clinicals

• Banding of Molar Bands on patients.
• Bonding of Metal Brackets on patients.
• Basics of aligners.

Oral Medicine and Radiology

• Basics and introduction to various diagnostic aids used in our clinical practice.
• Learning of CBCT.

Implants

Hands on

• Implant placement on Styrofoam Jaws.
• Open-tray Impression techniques.
• Closed-tray impression technique.
• Abutment level impression.
• Multi-Unit level impression.
• Multi-Unit placements.
• CBCT & Imaging in Implantology.
• Implant Placement in Aesthetic Zone.
• Bone Graft & GBR Technique.
• Direct Sinus Lift with / without Implant placement.

Implant Surgical Placements

• Simple / Straight forward cases – 2 Implants.
• Bone Graft cases – 1.
• Direct / Indirect Sinus Lift cases – 1.

Implant Prosthetics

• Stage II Surgeries.
• Open tray Impressions.
• Closed tray Impressions.
• Digital Impression with Scan Bodies.
• Abutment level Impressions.
• Screw retained prosthesis.
• Cemented prosthesis.

Cosmetic Dentistry

• Management of fluorosis.
• Shade rehabilitation.
• Management of White spot Lesion.
• Management of Excessive Tobacco Stains (based on availability).
• Tooth Jewels (Participant can convince their patients for tooth jewels, ACDE will provide the Tooth Jewel).