Dental Hygiene and Therapy
UCAS Code: B750
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Standard offer: ABB including Biology. We will accept certain Dental Nursing or Dental Technician Level 3 professional qualifications plus BB in two A-levels including Biology. Please contact the University for full details. Contextual offer: BBC including B in Biology For more information about contextual offers, visit: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/entry-requirements-qualifications/contextual-offers/
Access to HE Diploma
Access to HE Diploma in Biology combined with Chemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Bioscience, Life Science, Medicine or Science. The 45 graded Level 3 credits must include: at least 30 credits at Distinction and 15 at Merit or above; and at least 15 credits at Distinction from Biology units. Mature students are welcome to contact [email protected] to check the suitability of their Access course.
Requirements are as for A-levels, where Grade A* is D2, A is D3, B is M2, and C is M3
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Standard numeracy requirement (4 or C in GCSE Mathematics or equivalent) and Standard literacy requirement (4 or C in GCSE English or equivalent) Further information about GCSE requirements and profile levels: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/entry-requirements-qualifications/gcse/
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
32 points overall with 16 at Higher Level, including 5 at Higher Level in Biology Contextual offer: 29 with 14 at Higher Level, including 5 at Higher Level in Biology For more information about contextual offers visit: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/entry-requirements-qualifications/contextual-offers/for more information about contextual offers.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DDM plus B in A-level Biology
Scottish Advanced Higher
Scottish Advanced Higher: AB including Biology
Scottish Higher
Scottish Higher: AAABB
Requirements are as for A-levels where you can substitute the same non-subject specific grade for the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Level Core grade
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About this course
Bristol Dental Hospital has a long-established history of training programmes in both dental hygiene and dental therapy. The BSc Dental Hygiene and Therapy provides an exciting opportunity to study alongside undergraduate students on the BDS Dentistry course.
This three year degree comprises integrated and compulsory units of academic teaching, clinical skills and practice and dissertation.
Year one provides essential preclinical teaching and training, as well as an introduction to personal and professional development and patient contact on the Periodontal Clinic.
In year two you will commence preclinical training in restorative techniques for adult patients together with the dental undergraduate students. in your final term, you will begin restorative treatment of adult patients at the Dental Hospital.
In your final year you will begin preclinical training in paediatric dentistry alongside continued clinical development, treating adult restorative and periodontal patients. You will be placed predominantly in community-based teaching clinics treating a wide range of patients with a variety of needs, working towards a holistic approach of patient management.
You will complete an individual research project in an area of dentistry relevant to your role as a hygienist/therapist as well as completing your final modules in order to gain the BSc in Dental Hygiene and Therapy.
Launched in 2019, this course has been accepted provisionally for accreditation by the General Dental Council. It is undergoing the normal process for full approval.
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If you want a stable, well-paid career, then dentistry is an excellent choice. Starting salaries rival those for medicine, almost all graduates get jobs in dentistry on leaving their course and there are roles all around the country. It is a pretty select course, with only a little over a thousand graduates a year, but for that group, the rewards can be excellent.
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