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The Postgraduate Diploma in Implant Dentistry Programme provides advanced training in implant dentistry designed for practitioners who wish to include implants into their clinical practice and to develop their skills to place implants in straight forward to advanced cases. The programme aims to develop the practitioner’s knowledge and skill, so that he can operate with confidence in patient selection, diagnosis, investigations, treatment planning and execution of the planned implant procedure in straightforward to advance cases. The programme includes both onsite, offsite and online clinical training to enable practice to execute the clinical skills at the student’s workplace or at IMU.
Dental implantology is not considered a specialist discipline worldwide and thus no qualification in implant dentistry will be accepted for registration in the Specialist Register of the Malaysian Dental Council.
•Registered as a dental surgeon with the Malaysian Dental Council (MDC) or equivalent in the student’s home country. •Having at least two years post-graduation clinical experience. •Participants who possess a current Annual Practice Certificate(APC) to practise dentistry in Malaysia. •Participants who are eligible to practise dentistry in Malaysia with a Temporary Practice Certificate(TPC). All candidates need to be issued an APC or TPC(whichever is applicable) that is specific to the IMU Oral Health Centre(OHC) to be eligible to attend the clinical sessions in the centre during the period of the study. •Participants should be able to demonstrate an interest in the use of dental implants with appropriate baseline knowledge and skills in oral surgery and restorative dentistry *The entry requirements are subject to change.
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