 |
|
|
|
|
|
Home
> Programs
> Dentistry
> Doctor of Dental Surgery DDS
The Department of Dentistry offers a four-year (11-term) program
leading to the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), following
satisfactory completion (after senior matriculation) of at least two
preprofessional years of university education. The preprofessional
years provide the necessary background in inorganic chemistry, organic
chemistry, biology, physics, biochemistry, statistics, the humanities,
and social sciences.
The first and second years of the dental program are combined with the
MD program. The curriculum is taught in blocks and covers areas as
Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Endocrine System, Cardiovascular,
Pulmonary and Renal Systems, Gastroenterology and Nutrition,
Reproductive Medicine and Urology, Musculoskeletal System,
Neurosciences, Oncology. These subjects are augmented by dental courses
offered by the respective divisions. The lectures, laboratories,
seminars, and clinics offered by the Department of Dentistry relate and
integrate these fundamental disciplines with the knowledge, skills,
judgement, and performance required of dental practitioners.
Senior students are assigned to the Dental Clinic and the Department of
Dentistry at the University of Alberta Hospital. An experience in the
Satellite Dental Clinic and the external hospitals is required in the
final year of the program. Thus students are able to relate their field
of health service to the science and art of preventing, treating, and
alleviating disease.
Links
|
|
|
