Introduction
Interns

The Interns’ Training Program is designed to improve and enhance the Interns’ knowledge and skills in their practice of general dentistry, thereby facilitating reduced dependency upon specialists.  It prepares the Interns to plan and deliver various dental treatment modalities with the required guidance from their mentors.  Additionally, it prepares them to assess patients’ general health status in relation to the anticipated dental treatment.  
Didactic and clinical training, patient’s management and treatment, personnel administration and practice management are included.  The clinical management includes a board range of clinical cases formulated to meet and satisfy the interns’ specific need.  Besides, the clinical facility is organized as a simulated private practice. The new graduate of dentistry is required to undertake a twelve-month uninterrupted internship as a fundamental requirement for full registration as a dental practitioner by the Saudi Council for Health Specialities. 
The King Saud University, College of Dentistry had graduated its first class of seven (7) in 1402H.  The enrollment saw a fivefold increase in the ensuing five years with a total of thirty-five (35).
Subsequently, the Intern’s Training Committee has decided to limit the number of Interns to twenty, to achieve the College’s objective of providing the highest degree of learning possible.  However, due to the apparently persisting increase of graduates each year, the number has still been augmented and the Administration had considered adjusting its policy to accept 60-88 Interns for the program.  This means, that the Dental College both in Darraiyah and Malaz, accommodates an average of 35 Interns with the rest being distributed to the Polyclinics and hospitals inside and outside Riyadh.  Thus, with the combined concept of comprehensive dental care and the high degree of competence maintained, the College successfully prepares its graduates for general practice in Dentistry.The Interns’ Training Program is designed to improve and enhance the Interns’ knowledge and skills in their practice of general dentistry, thereby facilitating reduced dependency upon specialists.  It prepares the Interns to plan and deliver various dental treatment modalities with the required guidance from their mentors.  Additionally, it prepares them to assess patients’ general health status in relation to the anticipated dental treatment.  
Didactic and clinical training, patient’s management and treatment, personnel administration and practice management are included.  The clinical management includes a board range of clinical cases formulated to meet and satisfy the interns’ specific need.  Besides, the clinical facility is organized as a simulated private practice. The new graduate of dentistry is required to undertake a twelve-month uninterrupted internship as a fundamental requirement for full registration as a dental practitioner by the Saudi Council for Health Specialities. 
The King Saud University, College of Dentistry had graduated its first class of seven (7) in 1402H.  The enrollment saw a fivefold increase in the ensuing five years with a total of thirty-five (35).
Subsequently, the Intern’s Training Committee has decided to limit the number of Interns to twenty, to achieve the College’s objective of providing the highest degree of learning possible.  However, due to the apparently persisting increase of graduates each year, the number has still been augmented and the Administration had considered adjusting its policy to accept 60-88 Interns for the program.  This means, that the Dental College both in Darraiyah and Malaz, accommodates an average of 35 Interns with the rest being distributed to the Polyclinics and hospitals inside and outside Riyadh.  Thus, with the combined concept of comprehensive dental care and the high degree of competence maintained, the College successfully prepares its graduates for general practice in Dentistry.