Program Overview

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Introduction to the DIU Endodontie Program

The DIU Endodontie is a university diploma program offered by the Université de Toulouse, focusing on endodontics. This program aims to train professionals in the field of endodontics, enabling them to analyze and criticize scientific articles, indicate orthograde endodontic treatments, and understand the materials and biomaterials used in endodontics.

Presentation of the Formation

The DIU Endodontie program is designed to form practitioners who can exercise endodontic activities. The program covers various aspects of endodontics, including the analysis of scientific articles, indication of orthograde endodontic treatments, and the use of microscopes in endodontic procedures.

Connaissances

The program focuses on the following knowledge areas:

• Analyzing and criticizing scientific articles
• Indicating orthograde endodontic treatments
• Understanding endodontic materials and biomaterials
• Realizing endodontic procedures, including access cavity preparation, initial penetration, canal securing, shaping, and obturation
• Understanding the ergonomics of operative microscopes
• Using operative microscopes
• Organizing a dental office for endodontic procedures
• Presenting clinical cases to peers
• Writing reports to referring colleagues
• Indicating orthograde or retrograde endodontic retreatments
• Understanding the risks and steps of endodontic microsurgery
• Realizing the surgical steps of endodontic microsurgery

Admission

Pré-requis

The prerequisites for the program include:

• For initial training: Students in their third cycle of dental surgery (long cycle) specializing in bucco-dental medicine, and chiefs of clinics and AHU of Toulouse.
• For continuing education: Doctors in dental surgery holding a French or European Union diploma, or a diploma from outside the European Union.

Candidature

The application process involves:

• Examining the application file
• CV and letter of motivation
• Probatory examination (comprehension of an English article and realization of an endodontic act)

Programme

The program is divided into two years, with the following subjects covered:

• First year: Healthy tissues, pathologies, treatments, and canal preparation and obturation.
• Second year: Traumatology, resorptions, endodontic retreatments, general pathologies and endodontics, special treatments, coronal-radicular dental restorations, and orofacial pains.

Équipe Pédagogique

The teaching team includes various professionals in the field of endodontics, such as R. ARBAB-CHIRANI, V. ARMENGOL, M.F. BERTRAND, and others.

Stage(s)

The program includes a 40-day stage per year.

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Compétences

The program enables students to acquire the following skills:

• Analyzing and criticizing scientific articles
• Indicating orthograde endodontic treatments
• Understanding endodontic materials and biomaterials
• Realizing endodontic procedures
• Understanding the ergonomics of operative microscopes
• Using operative microscopes
• Organizing a dental office for endodontic procedures
• Presenting clinical cases to peers
• Writing reports to referring colleagues
• Indicating orthograde or retrograde endodontic retreatments
• Understanding the risks and steps of endodontic microsurgery
• Realizing the surgical steps of endodontic microsurgery

Inscriptions

Coût de la formation

The cost of the program is as follows:

• For continuing education: 1st year - 178 (university registration fees) + 3000 (training fees), 2nd year - 178 (university registration fees) + 3000 (training fees).
• For initial training: 1st year - 300 (university registration fees) + 34 (if not already enrolled at UT) + 105 (CVEC if not already paid), 2nd year - 300 (university registration fees) + 34 (if not already enrolled at UT) + 105 (CVEC if not already paid).

Modalités d'inscription

The registration process involves:

• For continuing education: Pre-requisites, authorization from the teacher in charge, and administrative registration.
• For initial training: Pre-requisites, validation of the pedagogical authorization, and administrative registration.