Medical Dental Electives in Asia

General Info

Interns are placed in dental clinics in the region and work with professional dentists.The program is highly suitable for dental students who are looking to gain valuable working experience in the dentistry field. While first and second year dental students assist in basic tasks and shadow the doctor , third and final year students are also given hands on tasks such as extractions , fillings and scalings.

While doing internship, the students are placed usually on a rotational basis in dental clinics as well as dental department in a hospital so as to gain maximum exposure and skills.

Interns are supposed to work for 04-05 hrs in a day for 5 days in a week. For student groups joining the program together, the local staff also arranges Dental check up camps in the nearby villages or in schools where students can do basic dental check ups and also give oral hygiene education to the students.

On the weekends , volunteers and interns travel to nearby locations such as McLeodganj and do different activities like Paragliding and trekking.