Diploma in Implant Dentistry (DipImp)

Eligibility requirements from the Diploma in Implant Dentistry course for the examination are:

• 100% attendance
• 100% pass rate for written assignments/Asepsis video
• 100% pass rate for practical exercises

Candidates are assessed on an ongoing basis throughout the two-year, part-time programme. They must undergo a summative assessment at the end of the training period, which includes the presentation of four clinical case reports (six for the Advanced Diploma) in addition to an assessment of three unseen cases.

Candidates will become eligible to sit the final exam upon satisfactory completion of the prescribed period of study and all other required conditions, including written assignments, practical exercises, practice visits and submitted case reports.

The final assessment is based on clinical case reports submitted by candidates and the unseen case assessment.

Presented cases

For the diploma, candidates need to submit four clinical case reports, one of each case type 1, 2 and 3 and an additional case of their choosing, while for the advanced certificate they need to submit an additional two type 4 case reports.

There will be a focus on three cases one of each case type in the form of a 30-minute oral examination on the presented cases, ten minutes on each case type. Each candidate will be assessed by two examiners.

Unseen cases

This assessment will be based upon three unseen cases, one of each case type 1,2 and 3. Candidates will have 10 minutes preparation time and 10 minutes of questioning for each unseen case. Each unseen case will be examined by an examiner or examiner pair asking each candidate the same questions and marking to agreed guidelines.

The total time for assessment of clinical case reports and unseen cases will be 90 minutes.