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Dental Therapy & Hygiene BSc
UCAS code: A900
Key information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
BBB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Three years
Application status:
Closed
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2025
Dental therapists and hygienists work to promote oral health and restore tooth function. From oral disease prevention strategies to direct restorations, you'll experience the intellectual challenges of diagnostics and the technical challenges of treatment in this demanding and hugely rewarding field of healthcare. Our Dental Therapy & Hygiene BSc combines the very latest thinking in dental education with a range of clinical experience required for the future dental therapist. You will be taught by internationally renowned staff and exposed to a rich breadth of skills and knowledge in a diverse clinical environment. The course is designed to integrate with the undergraduate BDS programme, offering students the opportunity of co-training. The benefits of inter-professional education complements the GDC's expectations in education of the future dental team.
Key benefits
- Dentistry at King’s is ranked 1st in the UK and 4th in the world (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025)
- Opportunity to learn and train alongside BDS students as well as other health care professionals
- Exposure to diverse patient populations, enabling rich practical experience
- Evidence-based and research-led degree course with a high level of clinical experience in all areas
- State-of-the-art simulated, clinical and technical facilities
- Partnership with world-famous Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ Hospitals
“The variety of clinical experience opportunities and engaging teaching have prepared me as a future practitioner, developing both my hands-on skills and patient care.”
Employability
The BSc (Hons) Dental Therapy & Hygiene programme embeds employability throughout teaching, learning and assessment which is critical to developing graduates that are ready to enter the healthcare workforce.
Graduates have a breadth of career opportunities, from the more explicit, such as clinical service or academia, for example, in research and education in higher education institutions; through to the less well trodden. These might include working in public health for government organisations, e.g., Public Health England and local authorities; regulation and quality assurance, e.g. working for the General Dental Council; or the third sector, e.g. the Oral Health Foundation; as well as private enterprise.
Employability
The BSc (Hons) Dental Therapy & Hygiene programme embeds employability throughout teaching, learning and assessment which is critical to developing graduates that are ready to enter the healthcare workforce.
Graduates have a breadth of career opportunities, from the more explicit, such as clinical service or academia, for example, in research and education in higher education institutions; through to the less well trodden. These might include working in public health for government organisations, e.g., Public Health England and local authorities; regulation and quality assurance, e.g. working for the General Dental Council; or the third sector, e.g. the Oral Health Foundation; as well as private enterprise.
Key information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
BBB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Three years
Application status:
Closed
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2025
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