Doctor of Dental Medicine in the Philippines
The Doctor of Dental Medicine is a six-year degree program in the Philippines that will train you in preventing, diagnosing, and treating oral diseases. The first phase of the program — the pre-dentistry — involves two years of taking general education courses and health-related subjects. The next phase — the dentistry proper — on the other hand, involves two years of taking basic medical and dental science-related courses and an additional of two years of clinical training.
Some examples of courses that you may take while enrolled in this program include:
- Basic Statistics with Epidemiology
- Health Ethics
- Genetics
- Human Anatomy and Physiology
- Primary Health Care
- General Anatomy
- Biochemistry
- General Microscopic Anatomy and Embryology
- General Anatomy
- General Physiology with Family Planning
- Nutrition
- Microbiology
- General Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Principles of Medicine
- Oral Anatomy
- Dental History and Orientation
- Computer Fundamentals and Dental Informatics
- Oral Microscopic Anatomy and Embryology
- Dental Materials
- Restorative Dentistry
- Prosthodontics
- Oral Physiology and Occlusion
- Oral Pathology
- Anaesthesiology
- Orthodontics
- Roentgenology
- Oral Surgery
- Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
- Endodontics
- Periodontology
- Oral Surgery
- Practice Management and Entrepreneurship
- Forensic Dentistry
- Dental Jurisprudence and Ethics
- Pediatric Dentistry with Child Psychology
- Restorative Dentistry
- Clinical Dentistry
CAREERS
Qualified graduates of Doctor of Dental Medicine can find employment as any of the following:
- Private Dental practitioners
- Public Health care providers
- Professors
- Dental industry experts, consultants and researchers