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Dental technology
(ordinary degree)
COURSE CODES:
PLACES 2012:
POINTS 2011:
DEGREE AWARDED:
TR803
6
400
B.Dent.Tech
This is a restricted entry course.
Applications must be
submitted by 1 February 2013.
Applicants will receive a questionnaire in March to be
completed and returned.
Entry Requirements:
Leaving Certificate
A pass in English, mathematics and in four other subjects,
one of which must be physics, chemistry, biology,
agricultural science or physics/chemistry.
Of the six subjects presented two must be of a standard
of at least grade C3 on ordinary Leaving Certificate
papers. The remaining four subjects must be presented
to a standard of at least grade D3 on ordinary Leaving
Certificate papers.
Course overview
This three-year course is designed to give you a high level of
understanding and technical skills in all of the basic disciplines
of dental technology. You will get a good background in the
relevant material science and learn how to accurately cast dental
alloys, make porcelain restorations and create high-quality
dental appliances. You will be integrated with undergraduate
Dental science students for some elements of the course to
ensure effective teamwork throughout the dental profession.
Is this the right course for you?
As a dental technologist, you will be working as part of the dental
team fabricating prosthetic dental devices. Therefore, if you have
an interest in oral health, are creatively minded and possess
good manual dexterity skills, you may be suited to this course.
Course content
Based in the Dublin Dental University Hospital at Trinity
College, this course includes lectures and practicals in the
basic sciences, and in all aspects of laboratory techniques
and technology. In the third year, you will be based in a dental
laboratory, both to learn laboratory management and to develop
your technical skills.
First year
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Fixed prosthodontics and occlusion and function (20 ECTS)
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Complete and removable partial denture technology (20 ECTS)
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Orthodontics (10 ECTS)
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Physics and chemistry (10 ECTS)
Second year
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Complete denture technology (10 ECTS)
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Removable partial dentures (10 ECTS)
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Fixed prosthodontics (20 ECTS)
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Orthodontics (10 ECTS)
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Materials science (5 ECTS)
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Business studies (5 ECTS)
Third year
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Complete and removable partial denture technology
(15 ECTS).
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Fixed prosthodontics (20 ECTS)
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Orthodontic technology (15 ECTS)
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Dissertation (15 ECTS)
Assessment
Continuous assessment in the practical aspects of your work is
combined with end-of-year written examinations in years one
and two.
In year three you will undertake production work for patients
and record this experience in a log diary. In addition you will
undertake a literature review and dissertation which will be
examined by external and internal examiners.
Career opportunities
This course allows you to pursue a career as a dental
technologist working in a dental laboratory, become a dental
laboratory owner; teach dental technology; partake in further
studies – dental materials science or research. It would also
assist you in becoming a representative for a dental materials/
equipment company or to move into forensic work.
Further information
(from the main menu select: Education,
Undergraduate programmes)
E-mail:
Tel: + 353 1 612 7256
