Table 2.

Teaching of cariology with respect to the UCCC in different countries in Asia and Arabia

Country	Chairs/departments/professors for cariology	Which departments teach cariology?	Domains of UCCC taught at representatives’ school	Domains of UCCC feasible to be taught at representatives’ school
KSA Saudi Arabia	No	Restorative dentistry Preventive dentistry Biomedical sciences	No there are similarities and overlaps	Yes, most domains are taught in some dental schools. The domains I–III are covered in cariology courses while domains IV and V are taught in other courses. Domains of UCCC are feasible to be taught at Saudi Arabian dental schools if properly introduced
UAE	No, some universities have it within the department prevention and growth, others under the basic sciences department	Oral epidemiology and biology, dental public health, dental prevention and paediatric dentistry, operative, and restorative dentistry	No exact domains are being taught, but there are many similarities and overlaps in the curriculum	Yes, the five domains of UCCC are taught in our schools, but under different sections and departments: Domains I and II as basic science in the first 2 years of the program; domains III and IV in the restorative and prevention curriculum Domain V is less covered in most undergraduate schools
China	Yes, but usually combined as department of operative dentistry and endodontics	Oral histopathology, oral biology, operative dentistry and endodontics, preventive dentistry, and paediatric dentistry	The courses and teaching methods currently adopted by our school are similar to the UCCC. There are 17 courses related to UCCC which are taught in Sichuan university	Yes, all five domains of the UCCC could be taught in China
Republic of Korea	No separate chairs/departments/professors of cariology	Departments vary but usually preventive dentistry, paediatric dentistry, and conservative dentistry	All domains are taught by my school	Yes, considered to be extremely likely
Lebanon	No specific professors nor department for cariology	Departments of restorative sciences, biological and diagnostic sciences, and developmental sciences	Most of the UCCC has been taught in a spiral curriculum designed to emphasize and revisit clinical themes and competencies of the 5 domains in greater detail	Yes, all 5 domains of the UCCC could be taught
Egypt	No specific professors nor department for cariology	Oral biology, oral pathology, dental public health and community dentistry, paediatric dentistry, restorative dentistry, and endodontics	Domains I–IV are covered to a great extent by different departments in the undergraduate curriculum Domain V is mainly taught in the postgraduate curriculum not for the undergraduates	Yes, domains I–IV are already taught by different departments, domain V needs to be incorporated in the undergraduate curriculum
India	No, as cariology is not specifically recognised by the dental council of India, there are no entitled professors in cariology	Oral medicine − Domain 2 Oral pathology − Domain 1 Pedodontics and preventive dentistry − Domain 1–5 Conservative dentistry − Domain 1–5 Public health dentistry − Domain 2–5	UCCC has yet to gain popularity in India At Ramaiah university of applied sciences, Bangalore, UCCC has been taught as a joint teaching module in 3rd year in 2018 and 2019 with involvement of all 5 departments	Yes, all 5 domains of the UCCC are already taught at faculty of dental sciences, Ramaiah university of applied sciences, Bangalore, India
Russia	No specific entitled professors in cariology. However, at our university there is a department of cariology and endodontics	Varies but mostly departments for preventive dentistry, cariology and endodontics, pedodontics, clinical dentistry, therapeutic dentistry, and preclinics	Our educational curriculum is not based on the UCCC by itself; however, the major part (principles or ideas) is lined up in main and elective parts	Yes, all or at least the majority of the domains of the UCCC could be taught at our dental faculty