Program Overview

Undergraduate Programs

The undergraduate programs offer predoctoral and dental hygiene students training in clinical settings equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and technology. Future oral health experts gain expertise to provide professional services in various areas, including:

• Oral diagnosis
• Oral medicine
• Oral and maxillofacial radiology
• Geriatric dentistry
• Infection control

The training experience is presented in several formats, including:

• Class lectures
• Reading assignments
• Self-directed study
• Pre-clinical and clinic sessions

Undergraduate Courses

The undergraduate courses are structured over four years, with the following courses offered each year:

First Year

• DDSS 1100: Periodontology
• DDSS 1110: Radiology 1

Second Year

• DDSS 2100: Periodontology 2
• DDSS 2110: Radiology 2
• DDSS 2122: Oral Pathology
• DDSS 2130: Pain and Anxiety Control 1

Third Year

• DDSS 3102: Periodontology 3
• DDSS 3112: Oral Diagnosis and Radiology 1
• DDSS 3120: Pain and Anxiety Control 2
• DDSS 3132: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1
• DDSS 3142: Medicine
• DDSS 3152: Temporomandibular Disorders and Orafacial Pain

Fourth Year

• DDSS 4122: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2
• DDSS 4150: Hospital Dentistry