General Skills

• Apply knowledge and skills in day-to-day practice.
• Apply principles of ethics.
• Analyze the outcome of treatment.
• Evaluate scientific literature and information to decide the treatment.
• Participate and involve in professional bodies.
• Self-assessment and willingness to update knowledge and skills from time to time.
• Involvement in simple research projects.
• Minimum computer proficiency to enhance knowledge and skills.
• Refer patients for consultation and specialized treatment.
• Basic study of forensic odontology and geriatric dental problems.

Practice Management

• Evaluate practice location, population dynamics and reimbursement mechanism.
• Coordinate and supervise the activities of allied dental health personnel.
• Maintain all records.
• Implement and monitor infection control and environmental safety programs.
• Practice within the scope of one's competence.

Communication & Community Resources

• Assess patients' goals, values and concerns to establish rapport and guide patient care.
• Communicate freely, orally and in writing, with all concerned.
• Participate in improving the oral health of individuals through community activities.

Patient Care – Diagnosis

• Obtain the patient's history methodically and perform a thorough clinical examination.
• Select and interpret clinical, radiological and other diagnostic information, obtaining appropriate consultation.
• Arrive at provisional, differential and final diagnosis.

Patient Care – Treatment Planning

• Integrate multiple disciplines into an individual comprehensive sequence treatment plan using diagnostic and prognostic information.
• Order appropriate investigations.

Patient Care – Treatment

• Recognize and provide initial management of medical emergencies that may occur during dental treatment.
• Perform basic cardiac life support.
• Manage pain, including post-operative pain.
• Administer all forms of local anesthesia.
• Administer intramuscular and intravenous injections.
• Prescribe drugs for pre-operative, prophylactic and therapeutic requirements.
• Perform uncomplicated extraction of teeth.
• Perform transalveolar extractions and removal of simple impacted teeth, and minor oral surgical procedures.
• Manage oro-facial infections and provide simple orthodontic appliance therapy.
• Take, process and interpret various types of intraoral radiographs.
• Perform various restorative procedures using available materials.
• Perform simple endodontic procedures.
• Provide removable and fixed prosthodontics.
• Perform various kinds of periodontal therapy.

A graduate should develop the following attitudes during the training period.

• Willingness to apply current knowledge of dentistry in the best interest of patients and the community.
• Maintain high standards of professional ethics and conduct and apply these in all aspects of professional life.
• Seek to improve awareness and provide possible solutions for oral health problems and needs throughout the community.
• Willingness to participate in CPED programmes to update knowledge and professional skills from time to time.
• Help and participate in the implementation of the national oral health policy.