International Master's degree in Oral Surgery
Study programme and subjects 2020-2021
| Subjects in course 1 | Type | Term | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomical Dissection Practicum I | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Bibliographic Research (TRANSV. RES) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Clinical Prosthodontics I | OB | Anual | 10,00 |
| Clinical Residency I | OB | Anual | 4,00 |
| Clinical Surgery and Implants I | OB | Anual | 19,00 |
| Ethics and Research Methodology (TRANSV. RES) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Externships I | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Head and Neck Anatomy (TRANSV) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Interdisciplinar Seminars I | OB | Anual | 2,00 |
| Microbiology (TRANSV) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Multidisciplinary Implantology Session I | OB | Anual | 3,00 |
| Oral Surgery Clinical Session I | OB | Anual | 3,00 |
| Oral Surgery Literature Session I | OB | Anual | 2,00 |
| Periodontal Surgical Seminar I | OB | Anual | 2,00 |
| Pharmacology (TRANSV) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Prosthodontics | OB | Anual | 3,00 |
| Prosthodontics Laboratory | OB | Anual | 2,00 |
| Research Protocol (TRANSV. RES) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Surgery I | OB | Anual | 2,00 |
| Subjects in course 2 | Type | Term | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomical Dissection Practicum II | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Biostatistics (Cross-Disc. Res.) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Clinical Prosthodontics II | OB | Anual | 13,00 |
| Clinical Residency II | OB | Anual | 3,00 |
| Clinical Surgery and Implants II | OB | Anual | 19,00 |
| Externships II | OB | Anual | 3,00 |
| Interdisciplinar Seminars II | OB | Anual | 3,00 |
| Medicine/Oral Patology (Cross-Disc. BF) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biology (Cross-Disc. BF) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Multidisciplinary Implantology Session II | OB | Anual | 3,00 |
| Oral Surgery Clinical Session II | OB | Anual | 3,00 |
| Oral Surgery Literature Session II | OB | Anual | 2,00 |
| Periodontal Surgery Seminar II | OB | Anual | 3,00 |
| Scientific Communication (Cross-Disc. Res.) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Surgery II | OB | Anual | 3,00 |
| Subjects in course 3 | Type | Term | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Prosthodontics III | OB | Anual | 16,00 |
| Clinical Surgery and Implants III | OB | Anual | 23,00 |
| Conscious Sedation + Basic Support with AED (Cross-Disc. BF) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Current Literature Review On Implants | OB | Anual | 4,00 |
| Externships III | OB | Anual | 7,00 |
| Final Master's Degree (TRANSV. RES) | OB | Anual | 1,00 |
| Interdisciplinar Seminars III | OB | Anual | 4,00 |
| Multidisciplinary Implantology Session III | OB | Anual | 4,00 |
- ECTS: European Credit Transfer System
- Term: calendar term
- Dr Samir Aboul-Hosn
- Lda María Luisa Augé
- Dr Albert Barroso
- Dr Jorge Bertos
- Dr Oriol Cantó
- Dr Santiago Costa
- Dr Mitchel Chávez
- Dr Basel Elnayef
- Dr Federico Hernández Alfaro
- Dr Susana García
- Dr Jordi Gargallo Albiol
- Dr Maria Giralt
- Dr Aida Lázaro
- Dr Josefa López
- Dr Naroa Lozano
- Dr Ernest Lucas
- Dr Marta Marcé
- Dr Jordi Marqués
- Dr Javier Molina
- Dr Jorge Ortega
- Dr Octavi Ortiz
- Dr Bárbara Pàmies
- Dr Andrés Pascual
- Dr Silvia Pérez
- Dr Manuel Piñera
- Dr Cristina Porta
- Dr Marc Quevedo
- Dr Dani de Ribot
- Dr Vanessa Ruiz
- Dr Oscar Salomó
- Dr Marta Satorres
- Dr Joan Soliva
- Dr Oriol Torres
- Dr Cristina Vallés
- Dr Adaia Valls
- Dr Juan Zanón
- Dr João Caramês (Lisbon, Portugal)
- Dr Juan López Quiles (Madrid, Spain)
- Dr Andrea Chierico (Verona, Italy)
- Dr Miguel Peñarrocha (Valencia, Spain)
- Dr Patricia Solano (Sevilla, Spain)
The theoretical programme is organised into cross-disciplinary subjects; oral and maxillofacial medical and surgical seminars, literature review sessions, clinical sessions, periodontal surgical seminars and invited lectures and sessions.
Theoretical program
- Oral surgery and maxillofacial fundaments
- Introduction to the oral and maxillofacial surgical pathology.
- Medical history in oral surgery.
- Preoperative studies.
- Local anaesthesia, sedation and general anaesthesia.
- Disinfection and sterilization.
- Surgical field preparation.
- Instruments and materials in oral surgery.
- Postoperative care and medication.
- Basic surgical technique. Incisions and flaps.
- Dental eruption alterations. Complex dental extractions
- Introduction to the eruption alterations.
- Third molar eruption pathology.
- Canine eruption pathology.
- Other dental inclusions.
- Supernumerary teeth.
- Complex dental extractions.
- Dental extraction complications.
- Infectious pathology
- Focal infection.
- Systemic infection Local infection.
- Soft tissue pathology
- Oral mucosa pathology: classification, diagnosis and treatment.
- Soft tissue surgery.
- Biopsy.
- Buccal frenum surgery.
- Cyst and tumor pathology
- Maxillary cyst: classification, diagnosis and treatment.
- Periapical surgery.
- Benign tumors of the oral cavity.
- Malignant tumors of the oral cavity.
- Squamous carcinoma of the oral cavity and pharynx.
- Oral surgery in the irradiated patient.
- Endodontics essentials
- Pulp anatomy and fisiopathology.
- Endodontic treatment fundaments.
- Endodontic treatmentin necrotic teeth.
- Endodontic treatment in periapical lesions.
- Endodontic treatment planning. Case discussion.
- Dental implants
- Introduction and dental implants principles.
- Dental implant surface, design and biomechanics Bone anatomy and histology.
- Oseointegration. Image diagnosis in dental implantology.
- Surgical technique in dental implants.
- Oral pathology and dental implants in pediatric patients.
- Guided surgery.
- Guided bone regeneration.
- Bone regeneration with extraoral autogenous grafts.
- Dental implants and bisfosfonates.
- Short implants.
- Postextractions implants.
- Maxillar sinus lift: lateral and crestal approach Split crest technique in horizontal bone atrophy.
- Dental implants in anatomic arbotants.
- Dental implant complicactions.
- New paradigms in reconstrutive and preprotesic surgery.
Salivary Glands Pathology, Buccofacial traumatology and cranio-facial development pathology.
Diagnostic and therapeutic basic concepts.
Practical program
Our learning model is based on ensuring our students can achieve a high academic level. Therefore, clinical practice with patients is essential to gain a high level of expertise. What makes our Postgraduate courses stand out is the Clinical Practice with Patients. Surgical Clinical Practice in the CUO (University Dental Clinic) Prosthodontic Clinical Practice in the CUO (University Dental Clinic) our prosthodontics laboratory, hospital practice, and placements in other Universities are other advantages we offer.
The practical programme includes activities in the Oral Surgery Department, Prosthodontics Department and Periodontic Department in the University Clinic, as well prosthodontic laboratory work on Monday afternoons. Finally, internships will take place in medical centres outside the university, on Monday and Tuesday mornings, during the first and second year of the master's degree and also on Fridays during third year. Due to the work UIC Barcelona undertakes with European and American universities, second and third year students will have the opportunity to visit other departments in national and international universities.
Practical surgical activities in the university clinic will take place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday afternoons, throughout the programme. Postgraduate students will perform all oral surgical treatments and surgical implant treatments under the supervision of a professor/lecturer. Initially, during the first year of the programme the student will assist second and third year students. Later on, they will start performing easy surgical interventions, with help from a more experienced student and always under the supervision of a professor/lecturer. Depending on the individual evolutions of each student’s learning curve, they will be allowed to treat more advanced cases or not.
Prosthodontic practice will be carried out on Friday mornings during the third year of the programme, for pre-surgical planning in all implant cases and this way students will achieve a good knowledge of prosthodontic rehabilitation in dental implant treatments.
The prosthodontic laboratory: during the first year of the programme, students will go to the lab on Monday afternoons to learn the basic procedure for creating the implant retained denture.
Hospital practice
The student of first, second and third year of the programme will go to external medical centres on Monday mornings and Tuesday mornings and afternoons. This activity will provide students with a hospital experience and the opportunity to learn about oral surgery from a hospital point of view. And also to follow research lines in situ.
Placements in other universities
During the second and third year of the programme, those students considered to be the best, based on strict criteria, will be offered a placement in the Oral Surgery Department of a national or international University.
Courses and congresses
Students must attend and present at least three papers. To do this, they will be able to choose out of the following conferences over the course of the 3-year master’s programme: SECIB, SECOM, SEPA, SEPES.
During the Master’s programme, students must also present a paper at one of the following international conferences: EAO, Europerio, EFOSS or SECOM .
Learning results
- Surgical techniques for tooth extractions: roots, wisdom teeth, unerupted teeth.
- Diagnosis, planning and treatment of edentulism with dental implants.
- To become familiar with oral rehabilitation treatments with dental implants. To know how to do the diagnose and planning clinical cases from surgery to prosthetics.
- Pre-prosthetics and periodontics advanced surgery techniques.
- To know how to perform differential diagnosis of intraoral lesions.
- To know how to do biopsies in intraoral lesions.
- To learn how to do a differential diagnosis of X-ray images in conventional radiology, CT scans and cone beam CT scans.
- Treatment of maxillary cystic pathologies.
- Surgical treatment of periapical lesions.
- Frenulum surgical treatment (labial and lingual).
- Salivary lithiasis treatment in the Wharton conduct.
- Treatment and diagnosis of dentoalveolar fractures.
- To learn to present and debate clinical cases.
- To improve their public speaking skills.
- To know the steps in order to make a correct presentation of the doctoral thesis.
- To present a final master’s degree project (FMDP).
To be eligible for a Master’s Degree Qualification, students must pass the exam provided annually by the Academy of Osseointegration.

