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4-Year DDS Program

PREPARING STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS IN A CHANGING WORLD

Introduction


Our four-year DDS program includes two years of Basic Sciences followed by two years of Dental Clinical Practice which will be completed in Aruba. Our curriculum has undergone rigorous selection process to be equivalent to US/Canadian Dental School programs

Dental Basic Sciences Curriculum:


FIRST SEMESTER (16 weeks)


  • Foundation of Normal Life Process I
  • Dental Anatomy & Occlusion
  • Biological Basis of Oral Health & Diseases
  • Foundation of Pathological Life Processes I
  • Introduction to Clinical Dentistry
  • Comprehensive Care

SECOND SEMESTER (16 weeks)


  • Foundation of Normal Life Processes II
  • Foundation of Pathological Life Processes II
  • Oral Pathology
  • Biomaterial Science
  • Dental Public Health & Biostatics
  • Introduction to Clinical Dentistry II

THIRD SEMESTER (16 weeks)


  • Communication Skills
  • Foundation of Normal Life Process III
  • Dental Ethics and Professionalism
  • Dental Public Health II
  • Foundation of Pathological Life Processes III
  • Introduction to Clinical Dentistry III

FOURTH SEMESTER (16 weeks)


  • Foundation of Normal Life Process IV
  • Foundation of Pathological Life Processes IV
  • Behavioral Science
  • Dental Anaesthesia
  • Oral Radiology
  • Introduction to Clinical Dentistry IV

FIFTH SEMESTER (16 weeks)


  • Oral Diagnosis & Oral Medicine
  • Restorative Dentistry I
  • Preventive Dentistry and Clinical Nutrition
  • Pediatric Dentistry I
  • Prosthodontics I
  • Introduction to Dental Practice Management
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) & Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Dental Clinical Practice

PREPARING STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS IN A CHANGING WORLD

Introduction


Nucleus University School of Dentistry maintains a very high standard in students receiving their dental clinical practice skills. Our state-of-the-art dental practice clinics along with world renowned professors teaching the necessary dental skills to our dental students make our DDS program one of the best in Caribbean. Our professors are very keen and detailed about how the students approach the complete dental patient care therefore producing outstanding DDS graduates from our program.

Dental Clinical Practice Curriculum:


SIXTH SEMESTER (16 weeks)


  • Oral Medicine and Pathology
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Endodontics
  • Orthodontics
  • Preventive Dentistry
  • Dental Practice Administration

SEVENTH SEMESTER (16 weeks)


  • Case Based Learning I
  • Oral Diagnosis & Oral Medicine
  • Dental Pharmacology
  • Dental Public Health III
  • Restorative Dentistry II
  • Prosthodontics II

EIGHTH SEMESTER (16 weeks)


  • Case Based Learning II
  • Introduction to total treatment planning
  • Comprehensive Care Program
  • Periodontics
  • Hospital Dentistry
  • Dental Outreach Community Service
  • Dental Outreach Global Service

NINTH SEMESTER (16 weeks)


  • Cased Based Learning III
  • Practice Administration
  • Orofacial Pain: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Management
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
  • Oral Oncology & Surgery
  • Clinical Operative Dentistry

TENTH SEMESTER (16 weeks)


  • Case Based Learning IV
  • Clinical Oral Surgery
  • Implant Dentistry
  • NDEB Exam Preparation (CANADA)
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