Bachelor of Dental Surgery - Dentistry (A200)

Dentists care for people’s oral health by preventing disease, promoting healthy lifestyles, and when necessary treating diseases of the soft tissues of the mouth as well as the teeth and gums. As a future dentist, students need a caring attitude, good scientific knowledge and understanding, technical skills, and the ability to communicate well.

University of Dundee's curriculum will encourage students to learn in an interactive and creative way in a supportive environment. From the very beginning, students learn the fundamentals of the sciences that underpin dentistry and how they apply to clinical situations. Students will be able to put their new skills into practice in a clinical environment.

By the end of the first semester students will be ready to meet their first patients, communicate professionally with them, understand their health issues, and prepare for starting simple clinical dental procedures in semester two.

There are many innovative features of studying in Dundee, for example, students can work with Thiel cadavers. The Thiel method of embalming preserves cadavers with life-like flexibility and tissue quality. They will be able to take part in research projects through summer internships and participate in the Dental Wiki project.