Dental Hygiene and Therapy BSc

Modules in the first year

In dental hygiene, clinical practice is a major component of the early part of the programme, preparing you for seeing your first patient in the second term in your first year. Professionalism is introduced in year one and is embedded in all teaching throughout the course.

• 10 credits - Professionalism
• 30 credits - Biomedical Sciences
• 10 credits - Dentistry in Society
• 10 credits - Oral Health Promotion and Education
• 40 credits - Dental Hygiene Clinical Practice
• 20 credits - Introduction to Adult Restorative Dentistry

Building on experience gained in the first year, you will be continuing to manage your own list of patients and gaining confidence and competence in clinical skills.

• 40 credits - Adult Restorative Dentistry Theory and Clinical Practice
• 40 credits - Periodontal Diseases Theory and Clinical Practice
• 10 credits - Applied Pharmacology and Pain and Anxiety Control
• 10 credits - Dental Radiography
• 20 credits - Paediatric Dentistry
• Non-credit bearing - Professionalism Portfolio (Required Element)

In your final year, clinical placements (including outreach) prepare you for life after graduation. Integrated clinical practice combines the dental hygiene and therapy skills into holistic patient care.

• 90 credits - Integrated Clinical Practice
• 30 credits - Research Project
• Non-credit bearing - Professionalism Portfolio (Required Element)

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.