Dental Housemanship in Nigeria is the compulsory one-year rotation done by all fresh Medical and Dental graduate who wishes to get a full Dentistry Registration/Dentistry license in Nigeria.
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Hospitals that are under the centralized posting by MDCN pay Same salary and is currently #244,500 Monthly
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You rotate through the 4 major departments and you spend 12 weeks in each department but some of them have sub units so you get to share the 12 weeks in the various units.
1)Child dental health (CDH) department is composed of
– Orthodontics: 6 weeks
– Pediatric dentistry: 6 weeks- Making a Total of 12 weeks
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2) Oral and maxillofacial surgery department is just one so you do straight 12 weeks.
3) Oral Diagnosis Department
– Oral medicine/pathology: 6 weeks
– Periodontology:6 weeks
4) Restorative dentistry department
-Conservative dentistry: 8weeks
-Prosthodontics: 4 weeks
Making a total of 12 weeks
A.TEACHING HOSPITALS APPROVED BY THE MDCN FOR DENTAL HOUSEMANSHIP TRAINING
The following hospital are under the centralized posting and can be got from the housemanship portal except no 11.
1. University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City (UBTH)
2. University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu (UNTH)
3. Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano (AKTH)
4. Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi- Araba (LUTH)
5. Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja (LASUTH)
6. OAU teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife (OAUTHC)
7. University College Hospital, Ibadan (UCH)
8. University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH)
9. Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti (FETHI)
10. Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (AEFETHA)
11. University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital,
Ondo City, Ondo State (UNIMED)
B. FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRES IN NIGERIA APPROVED BY MDCN FOR DENTAL HOUSEMANSHIP TRAINING
All the hospitals below can be got from the housemanship portal
1. FMC Asaba
2. FMC Owo
3. FMC Gusau (Except this)
4. FMC Abeokuta
5. National Hospital, Abuja
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C. LIST OF GENERAL/ SPECIALIST/ MILITARY HOSPITALS IN NIGERIA APPROVED BY MDCN FOR DENTAL HOUSEMANSHIP TRAINING.
The hospitals below does not appear in the housemanship portal and therefore a physical application.
1. General Hospital/Island Maternity/Massey Children’s Hospital, Lagos
2. Dental Centre Complex Dugbe, Ibadan
3. Central Hospital, Warri
4. Armed Forces Hospital, Kaduna
5. 48th Armed Forces Hospital, Lagos
6. Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital, Calabar
