Dental Surgery BDS

Modules in the first year

The early part of the programme lays the foundation for clinical practice. A range of biological science modules provide a systems-based approach to understanding the human body and incorporate a range of different subjects.

• 20 credits - Introduction to Biomedical Science
• 20 credits - Digestive, Renal and Endocrine Systems
• 20 credits - Neuromusculoskeletal System
• 20 credits - Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
• 40 credits - Professionalism and the Foundations of Dental Practice

The second year of the programme builds on the first, with an increased amount of time being spent at the School of Dentistry. Biological science modules focus on the head and oral cavity and other modules enable you to understand the wider context of dentistry and influences of patient behaviour on their oral health.

• 20 credits - Oral Biology
• 20 credits - Craniofacial Biology
• 40 credits - Dental Public Health and Behavioural Science
• 40 credits - Fundamentals of Clinical Dentistry

At the start of the third year you begin treating your own patients under supervision within the dental hospital and start to put into practice the skills and knowledge that you have developed in the early years.

• 30 credits - Simulated Clinical Procedures
• 90 credits - Introduction to Clinical Practice and Speciality Teaching
• 10 credits - Dental Pathology, Immunology and Dental Materials
• 10 credits - Introduction to Human Diseases
• Non-credit bearing - Dental Public Health in Practice (strand)
• Non-credit bearing - Radiography (strand)

You will be introduced to two new speciality teaching areas this year, paediatric dentistry and oral medicine.

• 10 credits - Advanced Simulated Clinical Procedures
• 100 credits - Intermediate Clinical Practice and Speciality Teaching
• 10 credits - Clinical Human Disease
• Non-credit bearing - Oral Pathology (strand)
• Non-credit bearing - Dental Public Health in Practice (strand)
• Non-credit bearing - Radiography (strand)
• Non-credit bearing - Individually tailored module (required component)

In this final year of your BDS programme, whole patient care is the focus of your clinical work and a programme of tutorials and lectures prepares you for practising once you have qualified.

• 130 credits - Advanced Clinical Practice and Specialty Teaching
• 20 credits - Dental Public Health in Practice
• 10 credits - Oral pathology
• 10 credits - Radiography

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.