Dental Technology Foundation Degree

Dental Technology: Foundation Degree Course Option 1 Course Code B3-019

Start Date September 2010
Centre Clapham
Length of Course College based programme: 3 years
Course Mode Full time - 3 days per week in College and 2 days per week work placement

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Status Open

Course Option

2 Course Code B3-019

Start Date 7 September 2009
Centre Clapham
Length of Course 4 years
Course Mode Part time - 1 day and evening per week in college and 4 days a week as a trainess in a laboratory

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International Please ask
Status Open

Higher Education
Course length options :
College-based programme: 3 years - 3 days per week in college and 2 days per week work placement in a dental technology laboratory.

Industrial-based programme: 4 years - 1 day and evening per week in college and 4 days per week as a trainee in a dental laboratory.
About the course:
The Foundation Degree in Dental Technology conforms to the General Dental Council†s curriculum requirement for registration as a Dental Care Professional (DCP). It is validated by De Montfort University , Leicester. The course develops skills across a wide range of dental technology in both academic and vocational areas by recognising the value of real work-based training and learning gained in the dental laboratory.

Course content :
Year 1 : (College-based and industrial based programmes)
Study Skills for Dental Care Professionals
Investigating Dentistry
Introductory Dental Anatomy
Selection and use of Dental Materials
Dental Laboratory Practice
Work Based Skills

Years 2 & 3 : (College-based programme) and Years 2, 3 & 4 : (Industrial-based programme)
Oral biomedical science
Professional practice
Dental biomaterial science
Integrated studies
Dental technology techniques
Fixed prosthodontics
Removable prosthodontics
Removable orthodontics

After this course :
Registration with the General Dental Council as a Dental Technologist. Employment in commercial dental laboratories or in the NHS hospital service.

Entry requirements
How to apply :
For September 2009 entry, applicants should apply directly to Lambeth College for the year 1 programmes and for the industrial-based programmes (year 1 or year 2). Applications for direct entry to the year 2 college-based programme should be made to De Montford University via UCAS.

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Entry Requirement
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Entry to year 1 programmes:
GCSE grades A* -E in English, Maths, a Science and one other subject. Applicants must successfully complete pre-course diagnostic assessments in literacy, numeracy and manipulative skills, demonstrate a high level of competence in oral and written English, and demonstrate a commitment to complete 250 hours of work-based learning during the year. A criminal records declaration is also required at enrolment and a CRB check will be completed post-enrolment.
Direct entry to year 2 programmes:
Applicants should have either BTEC National Award in Dental Technology, or one pass at GCE â€-A†level and four GCSE passes at Grade C or above, or should have successfully completed year 1 of the Foundation Degree in Dental Technology. All applicants must demonstrate a high level of competence in oral and written English at entry. Applicants for the college-based programme must demonstrate a clear commitment to complete all of the required hours of work-based learning during their programme. A criminal records declaration is also required at enrolment and a CRB check will be completed post-enrolment. Applicants entering with A-level qualifications will be required to follow a 3-week programme of lab-based practical work and successfully complete a practical assessment before enrolment. Applicants for the industrial-based programme must be employed in an industrial dental laboratory as a Dental Technician Trainee prior to enrolment. All applicants starting the Foundation Degree programmes must be able to meet the requirements of the General Dental Council for National Registration as a Dental Technologist.