PG Certificate in Aesthetic Dentistry at MCODS

Manipal

Refine your clinical skills and create confident, natural-looking smiles with advanced aesthetic dentistry

The PG Certificate in Aesthetic Dentistry offered by the Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS), MAHE Manipal, is a one-year modular program designed for dental graduates who want to advance their expertise in aesthetic and restorative dentistry. The program combines academic learning with extensive clinical training, helping participants master contemporary techniques while building confidence in delivering predictable aesthetic outcomes.

Delivered through three contact modules spread over one year, the course offers a blend of lectures, literature reviews, laboratory sessions, live patient demonstrations, and supervised clinical practice. Participants gain hands-on experience with modern aesthetic procedures while learning from a multidisciplinary team of experts in Conservative Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Periodontics, and Orthodontics.

Program Highlights

Aesthetic Procedures: Learn modern cosmetic and restorative procedures that enhance smile aesthetics and oral function.

Hands-On Training: Gain practical experience through patient-based training, laboratory exercises, and clinical demonstrations.

Expert Faculty: Benefit from the combined expertise of specialists across multiple dental disciplines.

Restorative Skills: Develop skills in adhesive dentistry, ceramic laminates, composite restorations, bleaching, and smile design.

Clinical Foundations: Understand occlusion, colour science, dental photography, and treatment planning for aesthetic rehabilitation.

Flexible Format: Complete the program through three intensive contact sessions while continuing your professional practice.

Specialised Skills

Treat patients under expert supervision while developing advanced restorative and aesthetic skills.

Advanced Exposure

Learn contemporary procedures including composite layering, ceramic veneers, digital photography, bleaching, and adhesive restorations

Practical Training

Strengthen your clinical expertise and expand your scope of practice in aesthetic dentistry.

Specialised Skills

Treat patients under expert supervision while developing advanced restorative and aesthetic skills.

Specialised Skills

Treat patients under expert supervision while developing advanced restorative and aesthetic skills.

Program Highlights

Aesthetic Procedures: Learn modern cosmetic and restorative procedures that enhance smile aesthetics and oral function.

Hands-On Training: Gain practical experience through patient-based training, laboratory exercises, and clinical demonstrations.

Expert Faculty: Benefit from the combined expertise of specialists across multiple dental disciplines.

Restorative Skills: Develop skills in adhesive dentistry, ceramic laminates, composite restorations, bleaching, and smile design.

Clinical Foundations: Understand occlusion, colour science, dental photography, and treatment planning for aesthetic rehabilitation.

Flexible Format: Complete the program through three intensive contact sessions while continuing your professional practice.

Specialised Skills

Treat patients under expert supervision while developing advanced restorative and aesthetic skills.

Advanced Exposure

Learn contemporary procedures including composite layering, ceramic veneers, digital photography, bleaching, and adhesive restorations

Practical Training

Strengthen your clinical expertise and expand your scope of practice in aesthetic dentistry.

Specialised Skills

Treat patients under expert supervision while developing advanced restorative and aesthetic skills.

Specialised Skills

Treat patients under expert supervision while developing advanced restorative and aesthetic skills.

Program Details

Outcomes
Careers

Upon the completion of this course you can:

Understand the principles of modern aesthetic and cosmetic dentistry.

Develop comprehensive treatment plans for smile enhancement and aesthetic rehabilitation.

Perform direct and indirect aesthetic restorations using contemporary materials and techniques.

Apply principles of adhesion, colour matching, and smile design for predictable clinical outcomes.

Gain proficiency in ceramic laminate veneers, composite restorations, and tooth whitening procedures.

Use dental photography to improve diagnosis, treatment planning, and case documentation.

Integrate periodontal, prosthodontic, orthodontic, and restorative concepts into aesthetic treatment planning.

Deliver patient-centred care while maintaining high clinical and ethical standards.

Curriculum and Fees

Year 1

This one-year course blends theory, laboratory work, and clinical training to help you develop confident, well-rounded expertise in aesthetic dentistry. You will build a strong grasp of the fundamentals of aesthetic dentistry, adhesive dentistry, and composite restorations and layering techniques, supported by an understanding of colour science and dental photography that underpins precise, natural-looking results. The programme offers rich exposure to advanced procedures such as ceramic laminate veneers, rubber dam isolation, tooth whitening, occlusion and face bow transfer, perio aesthetics, simple orthodontic corrections, indirect aesthetic restorations, and gingival tissue management. With a strong emphasis on treatment planning and case presentation, you will graduate ready to translate this knowledge into comprehensive, patient-centred aesthetic care.

Program Duration

1 Year

Total Program Fee

General:

INR 3,03,000

Total Program Fee

NRI/Foreign:

PG Certificate in Aesthetic Dentistry at MCODS

Refine your clinical skills and create confident, natural-looking smiles with advanced aesthetic dentistry

Program Highlights

Upon the completion of this course you can:

Industry and Academia Connect

1 Year

INR 3,03,000

USD 4,750

Program Highlights

Upon the completion of this course you can:

1 Year

INR 3,03,000

USD 4,750