About Dental Therapy and Dental Hygiene, BSc - at Cardiff University

Fully funded places available

A full NHS bursary, including tuition fees and non-repayable bursary for living costs, is available for BSc Dental Therapy and Hygiene students and DipHE Dental Hygiene students.

Top 3

The only Dental School in Wales and Top 3 for dentistry in the UK (The Complete University Guide 2020).

Firm choice

As part of our offer to you, if you choose us as your firm university choice we promise to save your place for the following year's entry if you miss your offer grades to allow you to resit your exams.

Real-life clinical skills

You will spend time in local outreach facilities in year two and three gaining real-life clinical skills.

2.2million simulation suite

The refurnished 2.2 million simulation suite in the Dental School is state-of-the-art and your learning experience gained there will prepare you perfectly for delivery of dental care to patients in the modern clinics. The recently refurbished dental library is also in our building along with laboratory-based research facilities.

Studying at the only dental hospital in Wales you will have the opportunity to serve and manage a diverse group of patients with a wide range of dental disease.

Dental hygienists and therapists work closely with other members of the dental team. A dental hygienist can carry out treatments such as scaling and polishing, oral health promotion and preventative fissure sealants for both adults and children, therapists, in addition are able to carry out a variety of restorative treatments (fillings) on patients. They may also extract deciduous (baby) teeth, undertake pulpotomies (nerve treatments) and place preformed crowns on badly decayed children's teeth.

Our programme is a three-year course and is validated by the General Dental Council (GDC). We offer an exciting blend of taught and practical teaching. The modular programme makes integrated use of lecture-style teaching, interactive seminars, clinical simulation and clinical practice.

You will be taught by a dedicated team of dental, therapy and hygiene staff with further interactions under the supervision and support from consultants and primary care supervisors. Many are internationally renowned in their areas of expertise, as reflected in the School's recent performance in the Research Excellence Framework, ranking first in the UK in its Unit of Assessment.

We have State-of-the-art dental clinics that are available throughout our School which facilitate chair-side teaching in a professional and caring environment. You will also benefit from a

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