Degrees in dentistry

About Dentistry Course

The Bachelor of Dentistry or Dental Surgeon operates in diagnostic activities, planning and execution of dental treatments. It works in the promotion, maintenance, prevention and recovery of oral health.

Interact with other health professionals serving children, adults and seniors, at different levels of complexity. Conducts research in the search for solution to quirky problems related to oral health and their relationships. In its activity manages the work, material resources, in a manner consistent with public health policies. Engaged in the promotion, prevention, recovery and rehabilitation of the individual and the community, striving for ethical principles and safety.

Today professional

Among the many job options, the egress of Dentistry course can assist patients in private practice in companies or associations. Other possibilities are following academic career, investing in research in the field or teaching in higher education; work in public (basic health units, schools, kindergartens) in Health Departments, ministries and hospitals in general, or even a career as a dentist Armed Forces. You can also specialize in one of the 19 specialties recognized by the Federal Council of Dentistry (CFO). Such as:

• Surgery and Traumatology Oral and Maxillofacial;
• Dentistry;
• Temporal-Mandibular Dysfunction and Orofacial Pain-;
• Endodontics;
• Stomatology;
• Imaging Dento-Maxillofacial;
• Implantology;
• Forensic Dentistry;
• Dental Labor;
• Dentistry for Patients with Special Needs;
• Geriatric Dentistry;
• Pediatric dentistry;
• Orthodontics;
• Functional Orthopedics;
• Oral Pathology;
• Periodontics;
• Prosthesis Oral and Maxillofacial;
• Dental prosthesis;
• Public Health.

The labor market for dentists is constantly growing. Proof of this is the fact that the Dental Surgeon has stood positions in service management. The growing concern of the general population to health and quality of life has promoted one of this professional demand growth in the market.

DURATION: 8 semesters

REGIME : Semi-annual

SHIFT : Night