KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY
DEPARTMENT OF PERIODONTICS AND
COMMUNITY DENTISTRY
DIVISION OF PERIODONTICS
 
 

 
593 PDS
 IMPLANTOLOGY
 
 
 
 
Course Director:
 PROF. NADIR BABAY
 
 
 

 RDS 413 course is given in the fourth year as the final operative course.  The structure of the course includes one lecture and one clinical session in the First Semester and one clinical session in the Second Semester.

This course aims to: 

This is the first clinical operative course that builds on the preceding principles and techniques already presented in the pre-clinical courses while expanding the area of diagnosis and treatment planning.  Attention is given to efficient utilization of the clinical facilities and the need for proper patient records.  Students are expected to carry out simple restorative procedures under close staff supervision.

  This course consists of two main components:

1. The principles of cavity preparations for the currently available restorative materials and their physical and manipulative characteristics.
2. Different techniques and procedures to restore the cavity preparations.  

 The course is provided by the RDS department during the two semesters of the second year of the RDS program.

This is the first pre-clinical operative course that consists of one main component, Dental Anatomy and Morphology.  This course is provided by the RDS Department in the first semester during the first year of the BDS program. It is a (1+1+0) course, equivalent to 2 credit hours. It is designed to provide the student with the basic elements of tooth morphology as an essential pre-requisite for other dental courses. The course comprises lectures and practical sessions. Using wax, students restore the missing coronal surfaces of complete tooth models by a wax carving technique.