Dentistry 2023-2024

Options in English and Swedish

Most courses in the Dentistry programme are offered in Swedish only. For exchange students without very good command of the Swedish language, the Dentistry Programme offers clinical rotations in English. For information on how to apply for exchange studies, see Application.

A clinical rotation requires at least 40 hours of work per week, normally 32 hours of clinical work and eight hours of independent studies. Please note that there is only a limited number of places for clinical rotations and a study place can therefore not be guaranteed.

During the clinical rotation the student will be assigned to a clinical supervisor who will be responsible for ongoing instruction and supervision. Appointed lecturer will be responsible for the clinical area in question and participates together with the clinical supervisor in the initial discussion of the student's educational objectives and in evaluations.

The performance will be graded in accordance with the ECTS grading scale and on the basis of the student´s fulfillment of the learning outcomes stated in the course syllabus.

The following requirements have to be met by students wishing to take part in clinical rotations:

• A very good command of English (equal to a TOEFL score of 550)
• 210 ECTS credits at the home university

Clinical rotations offered during spring semester 2024

• 2EE125 General Dentistry Clinic - Adults, Children and Adolescents, 12 ECTS credits
• 2EE126 General Dentistry Clinic - Adults, Children and Adolescents, 6 ECTS credits

For more information, please visit the Study Programme website. Note that the website is mostly in Swedish.

Application

Application deadlines

1 November 2023 for the spring term (mid-January to the beginning of June)

More information about the programme

Dental students are introduced to the professional life of a dentist in their first year through practical exercises in a dental clinic, visits to dental practices, and contact with later-year students. They meet their first patients in the second year.

At first, patient contact is all about examination, including radiography, diagnostics and oral hygiene instruction. Gradually, treatments become more advanced so that students work with fillings and crowns in their third year and then bridges and dental plates in their fourth.

The theoretical foundation of the course includes chemistry, cell and molecular biology and microbiology, as well as the anatomy and function of bodily organs. The general medical foundation includes pathology, medicine and pharmacology.

Students are also given a grounding in ethics, humanistic medicine, communication, teamwork and patient reception in order to support them in their contact with the public.

Students choose an odontological subject for their degree project at the end of the third year, which they conclude at the end of the fifth with a written and oral presentation.

After graduation

Dentists work in the public (national dental service) or private sector. There is also the opportunity to take a course of specialist training after at least two years of general practice.