Programme
Dentistry
Award
Doctor of Dental Medicine
University
Pavol Josef Savarik University
Duration:
6 years
General information
The Dentistry programme at UPJS is run over six academic years. Each academic year is divided into two semesters with a substantial winter and summer break. This programme is taught exclusively in English, and leads to a Doctor of Dentistry degree.
Course Content
Year I
Medical Biophysics for Dental Medicine, Oral Biology, General and Oral Anatomy, General and Oral Histology and Embryology, Propedeutics of Dental Medicine 2, Medical Terminology, Elective subjects
Year II
General and Oral Anatomy, Biochemistry and Oral Biochemistry, General and Oral Physiology, Propedeutics of Dental Medicine, Dental Materials and Technologies, General and Oral Microbiology, Immunology
Year III
General and Oral Microbiology, General and Oral Pathology, General and Oral Pathophysiology, Pharmacology Preventive Dentistry, Topographic Anatomy, Dental Radiology, Psychology and Medical Communication, Surgery – Propedeutics, Preclinical Dentistry, Conservative Dentistry, Prosthetic Dentistry, Elective subjects
Year IV
Pharmacology, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Paediatrics, Infective Medicine, Forensic Medicine and Medicine Law, Conservative Dentistry, Prosthetic Dentistry, Dentoalveolar Surgery, Psychiatry, Dermatovenerology, Otorhinolaryngology, Thesis, Elective Subjects
Year V
Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Conservative Dentistry, Prosthetic Dentistry, Maxillofacial Surgery, Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Paediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, Preventive Dentistry, Thesis
Year VI
Conservative Dentistry, Prosthetic Dentistry, Maxillofacial Surgery, Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Paediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, Thesis
Career prospects
After you graduate, you may register to practise as a dentist in Ireland or the UK
Entry requirements
NUI Matriculation requirements: six passes at Leaving Certificate [inc two at C or above] PLUS University Entrance Examination in Biology & Physics
