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Programs of Study
114.3
DDS Advanced Placement Program
114.3 DDS Advanced Placement Program
General Information
The Department of Dentistry offers an advanced placement DDS degree to a selected number of students who already possess a dental degree from a dental program recognized by the World Health Organization. After successful entry into the program, these students will enter the third year of the program and will be fully integrated with the third year students. The purpose of the program is to enable these students to write the National Dental Examining Board examinations for certification to practice dentistry in Canada.
Curriculum for Advanced Placement Students
Prior to entry into the program, students will be required to successfully complete the preclinical assessment course DDS 829. This course will assess the students' ability to perform clinical procedures for the treatment of patients. Successful completion of this course will permit students to enter the first year of the Advanced Placement Program and then be assigned patients to treat in the University's Department of Dentistry clinics under the supervision of the clinical faculty.
The curriculum for second-year Advanced Placement students will follow the fourth year DDS curriculum which will include assignments to the Satellite Dental Clinic in northern Alberta and external hospitals. Thus students are able to relate their field of health service to the science and art of preventing, treating, and alleviating disease.
Course Requirements
Year 1
DDS 541 |
| 15-0-0 |
DDS 545 |
| 39 weeks |
DDS 547 |
| 15-0-0 |
DDS 549 |
| 25-0-45 |
DDS 555 |
| 15-0-0 |
1Year 2
DDS 565 |
| 30 weeks |
