2022 Semester 1 Advanced Oral Surgery (DNT-805-0)

The Advanced Oral Surgery (DNT805) course of the Postgraduate Diploma in Oral Surgery Programme consists of both clinical and theoretical component that aims to improve the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviour of the dentists on the principles of clinical management of patients with prescribed minor to moderate stages of common oral surgical disease conditions of the mouth, jaws and related structures.
Semester 1 covers
Component 1 – General Medicine
Component 2 – General Surgery & Anaesthesiology. Semester 2 covers
Component 3 – Allied Topics: Oral Pathology, Radiology, Plastic Surgery and ENT and
Component 4 – Oral Surgery.

For Components 1-3, the trainee is expected to take part as observers in the clinical management of patients during these appointments and to obtain a basic understanding of management of patients with systemic disease and relate these to the practice oral surgery.
The major portion of the Semester 2, it is dedicated to Component 4 - Oral Surgery where the trainee is expected to obtain hands-on experience in the management of patients with oral surgical problems relevant to the course objectives. Block teaching week by a visiting Oral Medicine Specialist will include a student seminar presentation session together with master’s students. Collaborative patient management with allied disciplines such as orthodontics and prosthetic dentistry is also included. This programme introduces E-Learning methods using MOODLE server at elearn.fnu.ac.fj.