Oral Health Sciences (joint degree)

The OHS programme aims to deliver experienced dentists who are well equipped to collaborate with other differentiated dentists and general practitioners and to take on a leading role in top clinical dental care. The dentists are trained in interdisciplinary treatments and will acquire knowledge of their own differentiation as well as others'.

At ACTA you can become a differentiated dentist in one of the following graduation profiles:

- Endodontology

- Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction

- Paediatric Dentistry

- Periodontology

- Prosthodontics and Oral Implantology

Each graduation profile meets the international standards of the relevant international professional bodies and reaps the benefits of the interprofessional cooperation opportunities within the OHS programme. After graduation, graduates can become academic and clinical teachers, PhD students/researchers or a mix of these professions

The following four components are offered throughout the entire programme:

1) In the joint courses the focus is on the interprofessional exchange of dentists’ experiences and current literature to stay informed within all fields of dentistry;

2) In the research track the research skills are further developed culminating in a thesis;

3) In the profile specific theoretical courses in-depth knowledge of seminars, specialist literature and debates is gained;

4) In the profile specific clinics dentists acquire the necessary clinical competences of their graduation profile.

At graduation, the OHS dentists meet the relevant criteria of the General Educational Framework for Oral Health Care 2020 at level 5, i.e. experienced dentist, and the European criteria of their graduation profile. All graduates obtain an internationally recognised MSc degree.