ELIGIBILITY

The following requirements should be fulfilled by every candidate to become eligible to appear for the final examination.

ATTENDANCE

Every candidate should have fulfilled the minimum attendance prescribed by Dental Council of India and respective University (80% of the attendance during each academic year of the postgraduate course).

PROGRESS AND CONDUCT

Every candidate should have participated in seminars, journal review meetings, symposia, conferences, case presentations, clinics and didactic lectures during each year as designed by the concerned department. Work diary and log book: Every candidate shall maintain a work diary and log book for recording his/her participation in the training programmes conducted by the department. The work diary and log book shall be verified and certified by the Head of the Department and Head of the institution. The certification of satisfactory progress is based on the work diary and log book.

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION

There shall be one examination at the end of 3 years

WRITTEN EXAMINATION

The written examination shall consist of four papers, out of which two shall be pertaining to the speciality; one in Applied Basic Sciences and one shall be an Essay. Each paper shall be of three hours duration.

CLINICAL/PRACTICAL EXAMINATION

It should aim at examining clinical skills and competence of candidates for undertaking independent work as a specialist. The actual format of clinical examination in various specialities could be worked out by various universities making sure that the candidate is given ample opportunity to perform various clinical procedures. The council desires that the actual format is made known to the students prior to the examination well in advance by the respective universities.

VIVA VOCE EXAMINATION

Viva voce examination shall aim at assessing depth of knowledge, logical reasoning, confidence and verbal communication skills.The Council desires that only two examiners shall conduct the viva voce at a time as two teams, each team for 20 minutes. When one examiner is conducting the viva, the other examiner could make a note of the questions asked and the performance level to enable proper assessment and award of marks.

DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS AT THE UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION

THEORY

Paper-I    75 marks
Paper-II   75 marks
Paper-Ill   75 marks
Paper-IV   75 marks
Total       300 marks

Practical & Clinical Examination  : 200 marks
Viva-voce                                     : 100 marks

EXAMINERS

There shall be at least four examiners in each subject. Out of them two shall be external examiners. The qualification and teaching experience for appointment of an examiner shall be as laid down by the Dental Council of India and the respective university.