Dentistry

About the Department

The profile of a student who graduated from dentistry is established on ORDEN CIN/2136/2008, from 03/06, by which the requirements for the verification of official university titles for dentistry are established.

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, diagnosis, 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 toward health issues (Biomedical and Social Sciences)
• Scientific inclination, interest in the investigation, and biomedical studies
• Capacity to search and analyze information
• Reading comprehension
• A facility in interpersonal communication (oral and written)
• Personal initiative and entrepreneurial mindset
• Positive attitude toward 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 situations, 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.

Internship

The university also offers the International Dentistry Research Professorship with excellent national and international clinicians and researchers, leaders in the field.

Career Opportunities

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

Why UCAM?

One of the features that differentiate Dentistry at UCAM from others is some of the innovative subjects in the Curriculum, like Dentistry and Dietetics, Dentistry and Sports, or Planning and Management of a Dental Clinic, as these subjects can open new career paths for our students. Besides that, you will have the guidance of teachers closely involved, as well as fully-equipped facilities

UCAM offers a quality academic program, focused on your future professional success from day one. Our Bachelor’s Degree in Dentistry offers contact with the real profession, as there will be a lot of clinical internships.