As a dental hygienist and therapist, you will help patients avoid and manage oral disease by promoting good oral health and providing treatments. You will work independently on patients, in close liaison with a dental surgeon. For example: evaluating the dental and medical history of patients and planning their care extracting primary teeth and restoration of teeth taking impressions and radiographs This degree begins with a foundation in biomedical sciences, providing a basis for clinical work as the course progresses. Topics include: physiology craniofacial anatomy pathology of oral disease

For entry to most undergraduate courses, you must have completed your Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC or IB), qualifications that are of a suitable academic level : A/AS levels (including International A levels),Scottish Qualifications,International Baccalaureate,Irish Leaving,Certificate,Access Qualifications,BTEC qualifications,Cambridge Pre-U and provide certificates of your SC results, HSC results and leaving certificate.