PhD
Course
Advanced Clinical Training
Integration of Information and Communication Technology into Clinical
Training
Educational Program for Opinion Leaders in the Fields of Medicine and
Dentistry
Educational Program for Specialists Interfacing between Advanced
Engineering and Medical/ Dental Practice
Doctor of Philosophy in Dental Science
The program offered by Cariology and Operative Dentistry normally
takes 4 years to complete, and the minimum requirements are completing
the prescribed courses, a supervised research project and a dissertation
for the degree published in a top international journal. First-year to
third-year graduate students attend lectures and seminars given in the
graduate school and are expected to gain an understanding of the
fundamentals about methodology and the knowledge necessary for their
research. The contents of the classes given in our section include
topics related to cariology and operative dentistry; caries diagnosis,
biocompatibility, caries treatment and restoration, prevention and
control, dental materials, new instruments and equipment. In keeping
with the internationally orientated philosophy of this section, lectures
are conducted in
English and are open to all foreign students. First-year graduate
students also undergo clinical training in the procedures of modern
adhesive restorations. Laboratory work, which commences in the first
year, is performed under the supervision of our faculty staff. During
the four-year program, several papers are required to be presented in
domestic and/or international conferences and submitted to journals.
The department of restorative sciences also offers advanced clinical training to graduate students holding an appropriate license to practice dentistry in Japan.
In addition as a part of the continuing education reform at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Professor Junji Tagami, the chairman of Cariology and Operative Dentistry leads education projects.
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