The School of Oral Health Sciences strives towards excellence in the teaching of the science and art of Dentistry, excellence in providing for the oral health needs of the community, as well as excellence in community oriented research..
To keep pace with the requirements of modern tertiary education, the School of Dentistry follows a curriculum that is problem-based, student-oriented and directed at the community, with vertical and horizontal integration of subjects..
Course description
Our Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course will prepare you for a dentistry career through a combination of clinical study and basic and advanced dental sciences..
The degree in dentistry requires five years of full-time study, followed by one year of compulsory community service.
Students get first-hand exposure to clinical dentistry from the second semester of the first year of study..
The degree in dentistry requires five years of full-time study, followed by one year of compulsory community service.
Students get first-hand exposure to clinical dentistry from the second semester of the first year of study..
However, already during the second semester of the second year students get first-hand exposure to clinical dentistry
An important result of this adaptation is that the course has a duration of five years and that dentists therefore can be made available to the practice and the community earlier than in the past
Principles of tooth preparation and impression-making
Shade selectionFinishing and cementation of fixed restorations
Clinical aspects of manufacturing of single crowns and fixed prostheses
An introduction to lasers and implants
The information published here is subject to change and may be amended after the publication of this information
The first year of study will be followed for the first time in 2014, the second year in 2015, the third year in 2016, the fourth year in 2017 and the fifth year in 2018
The total credits and regulations for the degree programme in this publication are applicable to the new curriculum being phased in
