The main goal of the new Undergraduate Program in Dentistry (in english language) is to graduate Doctors capable of competence, clinical expertise and ethics in providing oral care to patients . The students will take courses on basic sciences, such as oral physiology and pathology, medical topics related to dentistry, and all dental topics (e.g. restorative dentistry, endodontics, periodontology, oral surgery, implantology, prosthodontics, orthodontics, gnathology). Each topic will be addressed in lectures and practicals, in order to increase the theoretical knowledge and develop the professional skills of the students.
The undergraduate program is based on the recommendation of ADEE (Association of Dental European Education) and of the Italian Minister of Education. In their last year, all the students must work on patients daily, using also the innovative means of digital dentistry and new dental materials.
Limited enrolment
Duration 6 years, 360 credits
Classe LM/46 Dentistry
The Researchers of the Dental School of the University of Siena on top of the Expertscape Ranking
The Researchers of the Dental School of the University of Siena on top of the Expertscape Ranking for scientific publications in international dental journals: this achievement was certified by the American web site that provides a ranking system for all the biomedical areas, evaluating not only Institutions, but also Researchers. In this ranking, that takes into account only the publications in the journal that is worldwide considered as the most prestigious in Dentistry, the Journal of Dental Research,
The undergraduate course in Dentistry is the first implemented in Italy in english language, in agreement with ADEE (Association of Dental European Education), the European institution that gathers all the most well-known/renowned Schools of Dentistry.
The main goal of the new course is to graduate excellent dentists, by complementing the learning of well established concepts of the traditional study course with the achievement of all the knowledge and skills requested by the highest international standards, making good use of the newly available technologies and of the digital devices, that render us advanced in basic and clinical research, as well as in professional training.
