Bachelor in Dentistry

UCAM, the Catholic University of San Antonio of Murcia, and more specifically, the Faculty of Health Sciences, pretends to educate dentists with scientific and humanistic ways to carry out the prevention, diagnostic, and treatment of anomalies and diseases in the teeth, mouth and jaw area. Future dentists do not only need knowledge but scientific interest as well, a great organizational capacity, and empathy inclined towards customer care and service.

They also need to be equipped with:

• Vocation towards health issues (Biomedical and Social Sciences)
• Scientific inclination, interest in the investigation and biomedical studies
• Capacity to search and analyze information
• Reading comprehension
• Facility in interpersonal communication (oral and written)
• Personal initiative and entrepreneurial mindset
• Positive attitude towards teamwork
• Willingness to manage material and human resources
• Motivation to work with advanced technology
• Facility to learn languages, especially English

To students coming from other educational systems and other titulations, if they pass de-age criteria and/or have professional experience, it’s recommended to have knowledge at the secondary education level in subjects like Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Biology.

1st year

• Human Anatomy and Embryology
• Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Public Health
• Biochemistry and Immunology
• Microbiology
• Psychology and Communication
• Histology
• Spanish for Dentistry I
• Humanities
• Biology
• Human Physiology
• Oral Anatomy

2nd year

• Spanish for Dentistry II
• Dental Radiology and Radioprotection
• Ethics and Bioethics
• Legal and Forensic Dentistry
• Pathological Anatomy
• Ergonomics, Dental Materials, and Instrumentation
• Optative I
• Medical-Surgical Pathology I
• Preventive and Community Dentistry
• Introduction to Dentistry, Management, and Dental Practice Planning
• Pharmacology, Anesthesia, and Reanimation

3rd year

• Medical-Surgical Pathology II
• Oral Surgery
• Dental Pathology and Therapy I
• Prosthesis I
• Orthodontics I
• Medical-Surgical Pathology III

4th year

• Oral Medicine
• Dental Pathology and Therapy II
• Orthodontics II
• Prosthodontics II
• Occupational pathology in dentistry
• Periodontics
• Oral Impacts of Systemic Diseases
• Pediatric Dentistry
• Dental Treatment of Patients with Special Needs

5th year

• Adult Clinic I (Practicum I)
• Pediatric Clinic I (Practicum III)
• Gerontology
• Emergencies in Dentistry
• Advanced Periodontics
• Adhesive Aesthetic Dentistry
• Digital Dentistry and New Technologies
• Bachelor's Final Project

Optional

• Dentistry and dietetics
• Dentistry and sports
• Theology

Internship

UCAM offers more than 2.000 practice-internship agreements. The university also offers the International Dentistry Research Professorship with excellent national and international clinicians and researchers, and leaders in the field.

The principal career opportunities for Dentistry graduates are:

• Dental clinics
• Private consults as a worker or by creating a society or a work team with many specialized dentists
• Private health centers with dentistry services
• Public clinics
• Teaching in public or private universities
• Teaching in professional and technical formation centers
• Dentistry services in penitentiary institutions
• Dentistry services in the army
• Researchers in universities, private or public foundations

The university follows an internal process of constant renewal and accreditation to maintain the most limited quality changes in our educational system.

• Position 601+ in THE World University Rankings by Subject: Clinical and Health 2022 - según Times Higher Education
• Bachelor’s Degree included in the top five for its number of international students and students from other autonomous communities - According to the Fundación CyD Ranking
• Bachelor’s Degree ranked first for the global learning experience - According to Ranking U-multirank

The educational objective for the training dentists at our Catholic University does not solely consist in the transfer of theoretical and practical knowledge inherent to the study plan, but also, its objective is to educate upstanding individuals, who integrate themselves into society both creatively and as agents of change. Our Catholic identity and our firm commitment to quality and excellence go hand in hand.

Tomorrow's dentists will be on the cutting edge of technology, using lasers and computer-assisted diagnosis, making the practice of dentistry more challenging and rewarding.