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The University of Western Australia (UWA)

  • 22% international / 78% domestic

Integrated Dental Sciences

  • Non-Award

This extended major leads into the Doctor of Dental Medicine. It covers the pre-clinical biomedical and dental sciences. This extended major is only available to students who are offered an Assured Pathway to the Doctor of Dental Medicine.

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award
Course Code
MJD-DENTS
Study Mode
In person

About this course

This involves detailed study of the head and neck sciences along with dental and oral anatomy and physiology. Students will begin to develop their technical operating skills by working in a dental simulation laboratory to learn and practice various dental procedures. The emphasis in 2nd Semester turns to more dental-specific subjects to provide the foundation for clinical dental practice in subsequent years of the Doctor of Dental Medicine course. These subjects include pharmacology, general medicine and its relationship to dental practice, cariology, preventive dentistry, periodontics, operative dentistry, dental occlusion, ergonomics in dental practice, and dental public health.

Entry requirements

Admission requirements

The University of Western Australia welcomes applications from international and domestic school-leavers. If you're interested in studying this major, find out the admission details below.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
English competency

English is the language of instruction and assessment at UWA and you will need to meet the English language requirements of the University to be eligible for a place.

Minimum overall IELTS score of 6.5, with no band less than 6.0.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
English competency

Study locations

Perth

Career pathways

Careers and further study

This course opens up a world of future study pathways and career opportunities.

Career Pathways
This extended major will lead to the Doctor of Dental medicine degree. Graduates of the DMD degree will be eligible for registration as a Dentist with the Dental Board of Australia. They can then work as a dentist in government or hospital clinics, private dental practices, Defence Force dental clinics, or university-based dental clinics.
Career Pathways This extended major will lead to the Doctor of Dental medicine degree. Graduates of the DMD degree will be eligible for registration as a Dentist with the Dental Board of Australia. They can then work as a dentist in government or hospital clinics, private dental practices, Defence Force dental clinics, or university-based dental clinics.
Further Study
This is an extended major so there is no opportunity to undertake another major at the same time in Level 3 of the degree.
Further Study This is an extended major so there is no opportunity to undertake another major at the same time in Level 3 of the degree.

Course structure

Note that DENT units in year 3 are taught over much longer semesters, commencing in mid January and early July.
Students without WACE or ATAR Chemistry are required to complete CHEM1003 in their first year.
Students without Mathematics Applications ATAR or equivalent or higher are required to complete MATH1720 in their first year.

Level 1
Students without WACE or ATAR Chemistry are required to complete CHEM1003 in their first year.
Students without Mathematics Methods ATAR or equivalent, or higher, are required to complete MATH1720 in thier first year Custom - Chemistry

Students without ATAR or WACE chemistry, are required to complete CHEM1003 in their first year.

Custom - Mathematics

Students without Mathematics Applications ATAR or equivalent or higher, are required to complete MATH1720 in their first year.

Core - Year 1

Take all units (24 points):


Level 2

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