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Dental Basic Sciences

Nucleus University School of Dentistry, Aruba (NUSOD)

Curriculum Overview

Nucleus University School of Dentistry, Aruba offers a comprehensive 10-semester program for earning a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree. The 10-semester program is taught in English and takes you through Basic Sciences and Dental Clinical Practice, to your graduation with your Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree.

Our safe, friendly campus offers you a positive learning environment and a close supportive community with one-on-one tutoring, mentoring, opportunities for peer led learning, student clubs and activities.

State of the Art Dental practice clinics at our campus provides the students with hands on approach to learning from some of best dental faculty members in North America. Many of our visiting Dental faculty professors are world renowned in their respective specialty.

Graduating from our prestigious Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) program would make you eligible to complete your NDEB exams in Canada or be eligible to enroll in third and fourth year of DDS program in Canada or US as advance placement student.

Dental Basic Sciences Curriculum:

FIRST SEMESTER (16 weeks)

  • Foundation of Normal Life Process I
  • Dental Anatomy & Occlusion
  • Biological Basis of Oral Health & Diseases
  • Foundation of Pathological Life Processes I
  • Introduction to Clinical Dentistry
  • Comprehensive Care

SECOND SEMESTER (16 weeks)

  • Foundation of Normal Life Processes II
  • Foundation of Pathological Life Processes II
  • Oral Pathology
  • Biomaterial Science
  • Dental Public Health & Biostatics
  • Introduction to Clinical Dentistry II

THIRD SEMESTER (16 weeks)

  • Communication Skills
  • Foundation of Normal Life Process III
  • Dental Ethics and Professionalism
  • Dental Public Health II
  • Foundation of Pathological Life Processes III
  • Introduction to Clinical Dentistry III

FOURTH SEMESTER (16 weeks)

  • Foundation of Normal Life Process IV
  • Foundation of Pathological Life Processes IV
  • Behavioral Science
  • Dental Anaesthesia
  • Oral Radiology
  • Introduction to Clinical Dentistry IV

FIFTH SEMESTER (16 weeks)

  • Oral Diagnosis & Oral Medicine
  • Restorative Dentistry I
  • Preventive Dentistry and Clinical Nutrition
  • Pediatric Dentistry I
  • Prosthodontics I
  • Introduction to Dental Practice Management
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) & Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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