Oral Health Sciences
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A degree in Oral Health Sciences allows you to register as a dental hygienist and dental therapist with the General Dental Council (GDC). You’ll become a skilled professional who is part of the dental team. Dental therapists care for oral health by preventing disease, promoting healthy lifestyles and treating gum disease and dental decay.
You will learn the fundamentals of the sciences that support dentistry and how they apply to clinical situations. You’ll be practising skills in a simulated clinical environment and by the end of the first semester you will be ready to meet your first patients. You will be able to communicate professionally with them, understand their health issues and treat gum disease.
You will also have the opportunity to work on Thiel cadavers. The Thiel method of embalming preserves cadavers with life-like flexibility and tissue quality.
In the annual Discovery Week you get to explore a topic of your own choice. It gives you time away from normal teaching activities to explore a dental topic, in areas of science such as:
- biomedical
- behavioural
- engineering
Our curriculum is integrated with the 4D dentistry curriculum (4D stands for Dentistry at Dundee, Driven by Discovery). This means that for the first two years you will largely learn, practise, and be assessed together with dental students.
This approach to learning is different from traditional lecture based courses.
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Tuition fees for International students will increase by no more than 5% per year for the length of your course.
Tuition fees for Scottish students is €2,100 and for the Rest of UK is €10,700.
UK application deadline: January 31.
Admissions Requirements
High School Diploma with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or minimum B average. Any essential subjects to be achieved with minimum GPA of 3.2 or B average in High School Diploma. AP/ACT/SAT scores can still be considered for entry and will be used on a case by case basis.
The essential subjects are Biology and Chemistry. You'll need to have studied in the last 3 years and have studied an acceptable Biology qualification within the last 5 years.
You need to have a satisfactory disclosure check before starting this course. Details will be sent if you are made an offer.
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Dundee
United Kingdom
- 3 years
- Full Time
- On Campus Learning
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- Bachelors
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