Dental Surgery BDS Honours
UCAS Code: A206 (5 Years)

Once you have qualified there are a number of different careers open to you. Everybody needs to undergo a period of vocational training whatever branch of dentistry they initially take up.

Dentistry is a fairly flexible career and selecting one particular branch does not mean that you cannot venture into others later on in your career. Advice, to help you make the appropriate choice, is available from your tutor as well as other members of staff.

General Practice

In General Dental Practice you will join an established practice and work with a trainer who will guide you in those early months. In addition, some schemes operated in different parts of the country give you the opportunity to spend part of that vocational period in a dental hospital attachment.

Further training is given in day release courses during this time, covering important aspects such as practice management, advanced clinical skills and team-building.

Publicly Funded Services

The Community Dental Service runs as a complementary service to the general dental services. Dental Officers working in this publicly funded service provide dental care for those people either unwilling or unable to obtain care elsewhere, for example, disabled people, or for people in their own homes.

In addition, this service provides a screening programme in schools as well as dental health education and promotion to different groups.

There are also career opportunities available in the defence services and as an industrial dental surgeon.

Universities – Teaching Students

Careers in university dental schools also allow you to specialise in a particular aspect of dentistry, combining research with teaching and the treatment of patients.

Hospitals – Specialist Care

In the Hospital Dental Service you will work in different departments under the guidance of consultants and will, at the end of a two-year period of professional training, be eligible to gain additional qualifications that set you on the career pathway to become a specialist in your chosen subject.

During this time you will have the chance to undertake small research or audit projects if you so wish and to write up your research for publication in a scientific journal.

Newcastle University consistently has one of the best records for graduate employment in the UK

We provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students through an initiative called ncl+ which enables you to develop personal, employability and enterprise skills and to give you the edge in the employment market after you graduate.

To find out more about how the University's award-winning Careers Service can help you make the most of your time in Newcastle and prepare you for life after graduation, go to: www.ncl.ac.uk/careers

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