Pediatric Dentistry Ajman University

Overview

The Pediatric Dentistry curriculum is based on guidelines from the Accreditation Standards for Advanced Specialty Education Programmes in Pediatric Dentistry of the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, The European Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and Specialty Advisory Committee for Pediatric Dentistry of The Faculty of Dental Surgery of The Royal College of Surgeons of England. 

The curriculum spreads over a span of 3 years with a total number of 67 credit hours. It includes 24 courses in addition to a clinical teaching experience during the final semester. The main components of the curriculum are didactic, clinical and research thesis components. There are 11 didactic courses with 11 credit hours spread over the first 4 semesters of the programme. 

The clinical practice component of the programme has 1408 clinical contact hours over 6 semesters, including hospital-based training. In most of the semesters, there is 16 or more contact hours of clinical training. The thesis component of the programme spans over 4 semesters throughout the three-year programme.

The mission is to provide a post-graduate educational programme  in the UAE, in order to prepare highly qualified professionals to deliver compassionate and ethical oro-facial health care services. The mission of the Master of Science in Pediatric Dentistry Programme supports the Mission of Ajman University .

On successful completion of the Master of Science in Pediatric Dentistry, postgraduates will be able to:

• Identify and integrate the importance of knowledge from different dental specialties in prevention, diagnosis and management in pediatric patients.
• Describe oral and dental conditions in children that may require multidisciplinary approach and refer to appropriate specialist as needed.
• Critique the established protocols and recent developments in the field of pediatric dental literature.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of research concepts, theories and principles in different domains of pediatric dentistry.