Dentistry in German (Zahnmedizin)

Dentistry in German (Zahnmedizin)

Instruction is conducted in small groups (20-22 students per group) and classes are held in the departments, institutes and clinics of the Campus close to the historical city centre.

The curriculum of the five-year program (10 semesters) is designed to unify the basic and clinical sciences, as it is believed that scientific and professional development cannot be sharply separated but should proceed concurrently throughout the program. In the basic module of the first two years, the students are taught basic sciences – medical and dental courses – which constitute the foundation of clinical dentistry. In the pre-clinical module, students become more familiar with the intensive clinical study of each of the various disciplines of dentistry that they continue within the clinical module with more emphasis on the assessment and management of patients. Furthermore, in this final module students participate in elective programs, clinical conferences and hospital-based placements. After the successful completion of the program, students are awarded the title Doctor of Dentistry.

Basic and pre-clinical module

• foundation subjects (physics, chemistry, biochemistry cell biology)
• morphology
• molecular biology
• pathology (general and oral pathology)
• general and oral pathophysiology
• general and oral microbiology
• functional biology
• behavioural studies (psychology, sociology, ethics)

Pre-clinical module

• introduction into clinical studies (internal medicine, surgery, dental pre-clinics)
• diagnostics
• public health (economics)
  pharmacology (pharmacotherapy, toxicology)

Core curriculum

• complex knowledge of diseases and therapies (medical genetics, internal medicine, surgery, dermatology, ophtalmology, ENT, diseases of oral mucosa, paediatrics, obstetrics, gynaecology, etc.)
• optional subjects

Dental clinical module

• preventive dentistry
• oral diagnostics
• maintenance dentistry
• oral surgery
• restorative dentistry (implants)
• paediatric dentistry
• orthodontics
• optional subjects

Degree : D.M.D