Doctor of Dental Medicine (90860)

The University of Western Australia

About

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation.

In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020.

Contact Future Students for more information.This course consists of a total of 26 units over four years comprising the integration of the following modules:

DMD core modules, which include fundamental dental sciences and fundamental medical sciences;

and DMD clinical practice modules, which include clinical dental sciences organised in four domains ranging from patient care to preventive and conservative dentistry to restorative dentistry to child and adolescent dental health.

Structure

KEY TO AVAILABILITY OF UNITS:
N/A = not available in 2020; NS = non-standard teaching period

All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2021 or 2022.

Students who commenced in 2017 or before are advised to refer to the 2017 Handbook.

Students who fail units in the second year of the course in 2018 and are deemed to have made unsatisfactory progress, may be required to take the remediation unit in 2019.

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
N/A DENT4123 Integrated Dental Sciences Remediation Unit (24 points) Prerequisites: Failure to pass (all eight of DENT4101 to DENT4108) or (both of DENT4121 and DENT4122). 30 hours per week

Take all units (48 points):

Year 1

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
NS DENT4121 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 1 (24 points) 30 hours per week
NS DENT4122 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 2 (24 points) Prerequisites: DENT4121 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 1 30 hours per week

Take all units (48 points):

Year 2

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
NS DENT4211 Developmental and behavioural sciences 1 Prerequisites: DENT4221 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 1, DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1, DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2 and DENT4233 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 3 Co-requisites: DENT4234 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 4 DENT4235 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 5 DENT4236 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 6 Lecture slot 1 hour Clinic slot 3 hours Practical slot 3 hours
NS DENT4221 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 3 Prerequisites: Enrolment in Doctor of Dental Medicine 90860 and either DENT4122 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 2 or (IMED3003 Body systems and disease III and IMED3004 Body Systems and Disease IV) Co-requisites: DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1, DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2 and DENT4233 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 3
NS DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1 Prerequisites: Enrolment in Doctor of Dental Medicine 90860 and either DENT4122 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 2 or (IMED3003 Body systems and disease III and IMED3004 Body Systems and Disease IV) Co-requisites: DENT4221 Diagnostic and surgical sciences, DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2, and DENT4233 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 3 Lecture slot 1 hr Clinic Slot 3 hr Practical slot 3 hr
NS DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2 Prerequisites: Enrolment in Doctor of Dental Medicine 90860 and either DENT4122 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 2 or (IMED3003 Body systems and disease III and IMED3004 Body Systems and Disease IV) Co-requisites: DENT4221 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 3, DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1, and DENT4233 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 3 Teaching Day 8 hr Lecture slot 1 hr Clinic slot 3 hr Practical slot 3 hr
NS DENT4233 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 3 Prerequisites: Enrolment in Doctor of Dental Medicine 90860 and either DENT4122 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 2 or (IMED3003 Body systems and disease III and IMED3004 Body Systems and Disease IV) Co-requisites: DENT4221 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 3, DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1 and DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2 Lecture slot 1 hr Clinic slot 3 hr Practical slot 3 hr
NS DENT4234 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 4 Prerequisites: DENT4221 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 1, DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1, DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2 and DENT4233 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 3 Co-requisites: DENT4211 Developmental and behavioural sciences 1, DENT4235 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 5 and DENT4236 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 6 Lecture 1 hr Clinic 3 hr Practical 3 hr
NS DENT4235 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 5 Prerequisites: DENT4221 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 1, DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1, DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2 and DENT4233 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 3 Co-requisites: DENT4211 Developmental and behavioural sciences 1 and DENT4234 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 4 and DENT4236 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 6 Lecture slot 1 hr Clinic slot 3 hr Practical slot 3 hr
NS DENT4236 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 6 Prerequisites: DENT4221 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 1, DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1, DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2 and DENT4233 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 3 Co-requisites: DENT4211 Developmental and behavioural sciences 1 and DENT4234 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 4 and DENT4235 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 5 Lecture slot 1 hr Clinic slot 3 hr Practical slot 3 hr

Take all units (48 points):

Year 3

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
NS DENT5312 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 2 Prerequisites: DENT4221 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 3; DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1; DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2; DENT4233 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 3; DENT4211 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 1; DENT4234 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 4; DENT4235 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 5; and DENT4236 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 6 Co-requisites: DENT5322 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 4; DENT5337 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 7; and DENT5338 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 8 lectures:1 hour; clinics: 3 hours; practicals: 3 hours
NS DENT5313 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 3 Prerequisites: DENT5312 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 2; DENT5322 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 4; DENT5337 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 7; and DENT5338 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 8 Co-requisites: DENT5323 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 5; DENT5341 Comprehensive Clinical Care 1; and DENT5342 Comprehensive Clinical Care 2 lectures: 1 hour; clinics: 3 hours; practicals: 3 hours
NS DENT5322 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 4 Prerequisites: DENT4221 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences; DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1; DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2; DENT4233 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 3; DENT4211 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 1 DENT4234 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 4 DENT4235 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 5 and DENT4236 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 6 Co-requisites: DENT5312 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 2; DENT5337 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 7; and DENT5338 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 8 lectures: 1 hour; clinics: 3 hours; practicals: 3 hours
NS DENT5323 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 5 Prerequisites: DENT5312 Developmental and behavioural sciences 2, DENT5322 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 2, DENT5337 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 7 and DENT5338 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 8 Co-requisites: DENT5313 Developmental and behavioural sciences 3, DENT5341 Comprehensive Clinical Care 1 and DENT5342 Comprehensive Clinical Care 2 Lecture slot 1 hour Clinic clot 3 hours Practical slot 3 hours
NS DENT5337 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 7 Prerequisites: DENT4221 Diagnostic and Surgical sciences; DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1; DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2; DENT4233 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 3; DENT4211 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 1; DENT4234 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 4; DENT4235 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 5; and DENT4236 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 6 Co-requisites: DENT5312 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 2; DENT5322 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 4; and DENT5338 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 8 lectures: 1 hour; clinics: 3 hours; practicals: 3 hours
NS DENT5338 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 8 Prerequisites: DENT4211 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 1; DENT4231 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 1; DENT4232 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 2; DENT4233 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 3; DENT4211 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 1; DENT4234 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 4; DENT4235 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 5; and DENT4236 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 6 Co-requisites: DENT5312 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 2; DENT5322 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 4 and DENT5337 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 7 lectures: 1 hour; clinics: 3 hours; practicals: 3 hours
NS DENT5341 Comprehensive Clinical Care 1 Prerequisites: DENT5312 Developmental and behavioural sciences 2, DENT5322 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 2, DENT5337 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 7 and DENT5338 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 8 Co-requisites: DENT5313 Developmental and behavioural sciences 3, DENT5323 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 5 and DENT5342 Comprehensive Clinical Care 2 Lecture Slot 1 hour Clinic Slot 3 hours Practical slot 3 hours
NS DENT5342 Comprehensive Clinical Care 2 Prerequisites: DENT5312 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 2; DENT5322 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 2; DENT5337 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 7 and DENT5338 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 8 Co-requisites: DENT5313 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 3; DENT5323 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 5 and DENT5341 Comprehensive Clinical Care 1 lectures: 1 hour; clinics: 3 hours; practicals: 3 hours

Take all units (48 points):

Year 4

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
N/A DENT5414 Developmental and behavioural sciences 4 Prerequisites: DENT5312 Developmental and behavioural sciences 2, DENT5322 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 2, DENT5337 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 7, DENT5338 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 8, DENT5313 Developmental and behavioural sciences 3, DENT5323 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 3, DENT5341 Comprehensive clinical care 1 and DENT5342 Comprehensive clinical care 2 Co-requisites: DENT5443 Comprehensive Clinical Care 3, DENT5444 Comprehensive Clinical Care 4 and DENT5445 Comprehensive Clinical Care 5 Lecture slot 1 hour Clinic slot 3 hours Practical slot 3 hours
N/A DENT5415 Development and behavioural sciences 5 Prerequisites: DENT5414 Developmental and behavioural sciences 4, DENT5443 Comprehensive Clinical Care 3, DENT5444 Comprehensive Clinical Care 4 and DENT5445 Comprehensive Clinical Care 5 Co-requisites: DENT5446 Comprehensive Clinical Care 6, DENT5447 Comprehensive Clinical Care 7 and DENT5448 Comprehensive Clinical Care 8 Lecture slot 1 hor Clinic slot 3 hours Practical slot 3 hours
N/A DENT5443 Comprehensive Clinical Care 3 Prerequisites: DENT5312 Development and Behavioural Sciences 2; DENT5322 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 2; DENT5337 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 7; DENT5338 Restorative and Rehabilitative Sciences 8; DENT5313 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 3; DENT5323 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 3; DENT5341 Comprehensive Clinical Care 1 and DENT5342 Comprehensive Clinical Care 2 Co-requisites: DENT5414 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 4; DENT5444 Comprehensive Clinical Care 4 and DENT5445 Comprehensive Clinical Care 5 teaching day: 8 hours; lectures: 1 hour; clinics: 3 hours; practicals: 3 hours
N/A DENT5444 Comprehensive Clinical Care 4 Prerequisites: DENT5312 Developmental and Behavioural sciences 2; DENT5322 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 2; DENT5337 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 7; DENT5338 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 8; DENT5313 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 3; DENT5323 Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences 3; DENT5341 Comprehensive Clinical Care 1; and DENT5342 Comprehensive Clinical Care 2 Co-requisites: DENT5414 Developmental and Behavioural Sciences 4; DENT5443 Comprehensive Clinical Care 3; and DENT5445 Comprehensive Clinical Care 5 lectures: 1 hour; clinics: 3 hours; practicals: 3 hours
N/A DENT5445 Comprehensive Clinical Care 5 Prerequisites: DENT5312 Developmental and behavioural sciences 2 , DENT5322 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 2, DENT5337 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 7, DENT5338 Restorative and rehabilitative sciences 8 , DENT5313 Developmental and behavioural sciences 3, DENT5323 Diagnostic and surgical sciences 3, DENT5341 Comprehensive clinical care 1 and DENT5342 Comprehensive clinical care 2 Co-requisites: DENT5414 Developmental and behavioural sciences 4, DENT5443 Comprehensive Clinical Care 3 and DENT5444 Comprehensive Clinical Care 4 Teaching day 8 hours Lecture slot 1 hour Clinic slot 3 hours Practical slot 3 hours
N/A DENT5446 Comprehensive Clinical Care 6 Prerequisites: DENT5414 Developmental and behavioural sciences 4, DENT5443 Comprehensive Clinical Care 3, DENT5444 Comprehensive Clinical Care 4 and DENT5445 Comprehensive Clinical Care 5 Co-requisites: DENT5415 Development and behavioural sciences 5, DENT5447 Comprehensive Clinical Care 7 and DENT5448 Comprehensive Clinical Care 8 Lecture slot 1 hour Clinic slot 3 hours Practical slot 3 hours
N/A DENT5447 Comprehensive Clinical Care 7 Prerequisites: DENT5414 Developmental and behavioural sciences 4, DENT5443 Comprehensive Clinical Care 3, DENT5444 Comprehensive Clinical Care 4 and DENT5445 Comprehensive Clinical Care 5 Co-requisites: DENT5415 Development and behavioural sciences 5, DENT5446 Comprehensive Clinical Care 6 and DENT5448 Comprehensive Clinical Care 8 Lecture slot 1 hour Clinic slot 3 hours Practical slot 3 hours
N/A DENT5448 Comprehensive Clinical Care 8 Prerequisites: DENT5414 Developmental and behavioural sciences 4, DENT5443 Comprehensive Clinical Care 3, DENT5444 Comprehensive Clinical Care 4 and DENT5445 Comprehensive Clinical Care 5 Co-requisites: DENT5415 Development and behavioural sciences 5, DENT5446 Comprehensive Clinical Care 6 and DENT5447 Comprehensive Clinical Care 7 Teaching day 8 hours Lecture slot 1 hour Clinic slot 3 hours Practical slot 3 hours

See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.

Entry requirements

4.(1) To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—

(1) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and

(2) the equivalent of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.5; and

(3) (a) a Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) overall score of at least 50 and no section score less than 50 for domestic applicants;

or

(b) a Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score of 123/123/123/123 for international applicants;

or

(c) a Dental Aptitude Test (DAT);

or

(d) a place in a Direct Pathway into this course.

Institution