Dental Science (Honours)

University of Queensland

About

This program educates the next generation of dental professionals at the Oral Health Centre, a $138 million state-of-the-art tertiary oral health facility in Australia.

With a focus on smaller cohorts and dedicated and specialist teachers, you will not only learn the science and acquire the technical skills to care for patients and prevent, diagnose, treat oral diseases & abnormalities, but also master the technical skills and knowledge needed to provide quality oral healthcare and make a genuine difference to the lives of others.

This program ensures graduates will be workforce ready.

You will commence learning in a simulated environment from your first semester and develop knowledge which provide the clinical and biomedical foundations relevant to dentistry.

You will gain in depth theoretical knowledge and complete approximately 1,900 hours of practical placements in a variety of clinical settings with the possibility of a clinical placement in Government and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Service clinics throughout Queensland or interstate.

Structure

This program provides you with the knowledge, skills and attitudes you require to become a competent practitioner of dentistry. These include the application of scientific principles to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases and abnormalities. The first two years of the program deliver knowledge in the basic sciences which provide the clinical and biomedical foundations relevant to dentistry. Clinical work commences in third year and this experience is broadened in fourth year. Each student is assigned patients and is then responsible for the dental care of these patients. Clinical work in areas such as general practice dentistry, orthodontics, paediatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics and prosthodontics is undertaken at the Oral Health Centre. Students also gain experience in the areas of oral medicine and oral and maxillofacial surgery in Brisbane teaching hospitals. The final year of study provides clinical experience which may be undertaken in Government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community health service clinics.

Courses

See the course list for courses that can be studied as part of the Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours).

Click on the course code to view the Course Profile, for further information including advice of courses with shared teaching activities.

Placement courses

You will undertake supervised clinical practice in a range of clinical settings including the new Oral Health Centre (OHC) as well as government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service clinics. During your placements, you will have the opportunity to apply your theoretical knowledge acquired through coursework to practice and develop your clinical skills in real life setting. You will commence pre-clinical (simulated) placements from semester one of the program and will move into clinics treating patients from year two. Clinical placements may be outside of the Brisbane metropolitan area where you will be required to fund your travel, accommodation and daily living expenses. This program has pre-placement requirements which must be met prior to commencement of the program or a placement course. Further details can be found on the Placement Ready website.

Honours

Honours will be awarded to all graduates of this program.

Study options

Graduates will have the opportunity to progress to the following programs:

  • Doctor of Clinical Dentistry

Entry requirements

To complete the Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours)

To fulfil the requirements of the Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours), a student must complete the requisite number of courses chosen from the course list in accordance with the Program Rules.

For more information on program requirements, please contact the Faculty.

Students should be aware of the University of Queensland policies and rules which govern the conduct of UQ programs. These may be found on the UQ policies and rules page on the my.UQ website.

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