Orthodontic Residency Training Program

​King Abdulaziz Dental Center (KADC)

Four (4) training years.

Aim of the Program:

• To provide residents with the appropriate knowledge, attitude, and skills required to be an independent orthodontist.
• To develop a sense of professionalism, ethics, interest, and inquiry among residents.
• To encourage residents to maintain competency throughout their career by the continuous pursuit of continuing professional development.

Program outcome:

• Deal with patients ethically and professionally.
• Be able to understand and analyze the relevant literature.
• Diagnose all types of malocclusions; dental, facial, and functional.
• Diagnose craniofacial deformities.
• Understand the basic sciences behind malocclusion and tooth movement, including growth and development, oral biology, and biomechanics.
• Formulate a proper treatment plan and be able to predict its outcome.
• Execute simple and complex orthodontic treatment procedures.
• Evaluate progress of orthodontic treatment and treatment outcome.
• Implement proper post-orthodontic retention protocol to ensure adequate post-orthodontic stability.
• Be able to handle perfectly orthognathic and cleft lip and palate cases.
• Be able to work with medically compromised cases with a basic knowledge of the burden of the diseases and treatment limitations and precautions.
• Apply the latest technology in orthodontics and practice management.
• Communicate, understand and function effectively with other health care professionals and understand the setting of their organizational system.
• Acquire adequate experience in teaching and supervising orthodontic residents.
• Develop adequate skills to evaluate literature and research studies in orthodontics independently.

Overview of training levels:

• Program Description

The Saudi Specialty Certificate Program in Orthodontics extends for four years in which the didactic orthodontic knowledge is integrated with the clinical training for the entire program duration.

The following is a list of the recommended basic science courses, orthodontic topics, and clinical requirements of the program:

• Basic Sciences

Several basic science crash courses are offered to the residents at each level of the program. These courses are intended to broaden the knowledge foundation of the residents on various basic science topics and how they relate to the field of orthodontics.

First-Year (R1):

1. Integrated Basic Sciences Course I (R1)
2. Integrated Basic Sciences Course II (R1)
3. Biostatistics (R1)
4. Research Methods and Scientific Writing (R1)
5. Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (R1)

Second-Year (R2):

1. Craniofacial Growth and Development (R2)
2. Biomechanics in Orthodontics (R2)
3. Biomaterials (R2)
4. Critical Appraisal of Scientific Literature (R2)

Third-Year (R3):

1. Occlusion and Craniomandibular Dysfunction (R3)
2. Behavioral Sciences (R3)
3. Educational Methods (R3)

• Orthodontic Clinic

While attending the preclinical course, SBO R1 is exposed to various orthodontic clinical procedures through attachment to senior orthodontic specialists during regular clinical sessions. By the end of the preclinical course, residents will be ready to start their clinical training and to join clinics for Four Years.

Residents of the first to the fourth level are assigned a minimum of seven clinical sessions, including one or two clinical attachments to a senior orthodontist per week. Qualified orthodontic instructors supervise all clinical activities. Residents are required to adhere to the clinical rules and guidelines of KADC firmly.

Each resident should start a variety of malocclusion cases to be exposed to the various types of malocclusion.

Academic activities in the program:

Evaluation:

According to the rules and regulations of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, the following elements of evaluation are carried out:

• Annual Evaluation.
• Part-I Examination.
• Part-II Examination.

Program Governance:

It is overseen by Program Director, Program Committee & PGME.

Contact Us:

Dr. Nasir AlHamlan

Program Director

Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics

Dental Services, Central Region

KAMC, MNG-HA

Mailcode 1243

• P.O. BOX 22490, Riyadh 11426
• Phone: 011-801-11-11 Ext. 14097
• Fax: 011-801-11-11 Ext. 14010
• Email: hamlann@ngha.med.sa

Dr. Salim AlKahtani

Deputy Program Director

Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics

Dental Services, Central Region

KAMC, MNG-HA

Mailcode 1243

• P.O. BOX 22490, Riyadh 11426
• Phone: 011-801-11-11 Ext. 14097
• Fax: 011-801-11-11 Ext. 14010
• Email: kahtanis@ngha.med.sa