Basic preclinical exercise work for MDS Students First 6 months

• Clasps
• Labial bows
• Springs
• Canine retractors
• Appliances
• Soldering exercises
• Welding exercises
• The impression of upper and lower arches in alginate
• Study model preparation
• Model analysis
• Cephalometrics
• Basics of clinical photography including digital photography
• Light wire bending exercises for the beg technique
• Typodont exercises

CLINICAL WORK

Once the basic pre-clinical work is completed the students can take up clinical cases and the
clinical training is for the two and a half years.

Each postgraduate student should start with a minimum of 50 cases of his or her own. Additionally, he/she should handle a minimum of 20 transferred cases.

The type of cases can be as follows:

• Removable active appliances 20 cases
• Class- I malocclusion with crowding
• Class- I malocclusion with bimaxillary protrusion
• Class- II division 1
• Class –II division 2
• Class- III (orthopedic, surgical orthodontic cases)
• Interdisciplinary cases
• Removable functional appliance cases like activator, bionator, functional regulator, twin block and new developments
• Fixed functional appliances Herbst appliance Jasper jumper etc. -5 cases
• Dentofacial orthopedic appliances like headgears, rapid maxillary expansion, Niti expander, etc- 10 cases
• Appliance for arch development such as molar distillation – 5 cases
• Fixed mechano therapy cases (Begg, PEA, tip edge, edgewise)
• Retention procedures of above-treated cases

Other Work to be done in the First Year 

• Seminars -5
• Journal Club-5
• Protocol For Dissertation to be submitted on or before the end of 6 months from the date of admission
• Undergraduate classes to be taken – 5 in a year
• Clinical case presentation -4 in a year
• Case discussion
• Field visits- to attend dental camps and to educate the masses.
• Basic subject classes
• Internal assessment or term paper