On training

Training proceeds in the form of regular, uniform, undivided basic training over a period of 5 years. The first two years include the theoretical module, as foreseen by the credit system. During these two years, the students study core subjects such as anatomy, biochemistry, medical biology, physics, physiology, etc. In addition, unlike the curriculum for medical students, our students complete courses in dentistry material science, instrumentation practice, and a basic course in dentistry (odontology). The two semesters in year 3 are dedicated to completing the preclinical module. Aside from pathophysiology and pathology, basic training in dentistry at this level includes restorative dentistry, prosthetic and oral surgery propaedeutics. A part of the practical assignments consists of skill development and, of course, manual training. For example, the various manoeuvres, postures, use of instruments and handling materials that will be applied later on are mastered on phantom heads in the training laboratory. It goes without saying that the students will definitely have mastered all theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to deal with the patient and do the required steps when the first patient enters the practice.

Practical assignments

While there is a summer practice period for the students after the first year of study, which is dedicated to the theory of general nursing, practice in odontotechnology takes place in the training laboratory at the end of the second year. During the summer practice that follows year 3, the students meet patients who they will already treat by themselves. First they deal with cases related to oral surgery. During the next summer the area is further widened to include the preparation of fillings and dentures. In year 4 and year 5, the students develop their skills going through the clinical module, by carrying on with the treatment of patients which started during the summer practice, and achieve a level of proficiency required by the dentist’s profession. Gradually, the students perform work more and more independently in the course of clinical practice, and further develop their skills and acquire knowledge and experience under continuous professional supervision.

Diploma

We are proud that the Dentistry School of Szeged has been well known for decades for its highly trained graduates who are sought after throughout Hungary and Europe. Equipped with the diploma and the knowledge obtained here, our students will easily find a placement on the first day after the diploma award ceremony in any country of the European Union. Luckily, they can establish existential wealth and prosperity also in Hungary. With the diploma in their hands, our students can pursue further specialized studies in areas like periodontology, orthodontics, conservative dentistry and prosthetic dentistry, children’s dentistry, and oral surgery. These days, a dentist’s diploma grants education offering health and prosperity in both the state sector and private practice.

Master Training in Dentistry

uniform, undivided form of training

Output training requirements:

The objective of master training and the professional competencies to be acquired:

The objective of training is to prepare dentists equipped with the required physician’s perspective and attitude, acquired on the basis of absorbed knowledge and mastered skills, and with the ability to individually pursue a career as a dentist who, while taking part in health care activities, respects human diversity, dignity, people’s rights, and acts and makes decisions bearing these aspects in mind. Such students will undertake to perform individual dentist’s activities in the specialist area corresponding to their proficiency documented by successful specialist examination upon completion of the relevant specialist training program; armed with appropriate theoretical knowledge and practical skills, they qualify for participation in the doctoral training programme.

a) Graduates of the master training programme will be familiar with:

• the fundamental issues of the protection of health of the individual and the society,
• the causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment of frequently occurring harms pertaining to occupational safety
• the tasks related to the prevention, diagnostics, therapy, and rehabilitation of diseases connected to dentistry, the concept and criteria of maintaining healthiness,
• the essence of major advanced dental diagnostic procedures and methods, the information expected to be derived from them, the indications, contraindications, risks, and diagnostic value of examinations, the symptoms of dental and oral diseases, the oral symptoms of frequently occurring common diseases,
• the aethio-pathogenesis of major oral diseases and frequently occurring common diseases displaying oral symptoms, their early diagnostics and opportunities and methods related to their therapy,
• the system of dental oral surgery screening tests, with special view to oncology-related prevention,
• the essence of major advanced dental therapy procedures, their theoretical and practical foundations, the expected outcome and side effects of these therapeutic procedures,
• the materials applied in dentistry, along with their main characteristics, indications and contraindications pertaining to their application,
• the opportunities and methods related to oral rehabilitation,
• the aethio-pathogenesis of prominent harms to public health and their elimination,
• the principle of dental infection control, the need for, and opportunities of, its practical application,
• the indications and associated risks of oral surgeries and maxillofacial surgeries,
• the psychological and sociological considerations underlying the diseases occurring in dental practice,
• the system of health insurance and the organization of health service, including the system of dentist’s/dental service and the provisions related to its financing, the ethical and legal issues related to the dentist’s practice,
• the financial aspects of health care.

b) Graduates of the master training programme will be able to:

• take a professional dental history of the person concerned and his environment,
• establish whether the condition of the person being examined meets the requirements of healthiness from a dentist’s perspective, whether there are unhealthy features in his behaviour and life style and how pathological disorders are characterized,
• prepare a professional description of the disorder and maintain documentation,
• make decisions on the need for a dentist’s intervention, referral to a physician, a specialist, or on taking other measures,
• apply the method of stomatological prevention in basic care and health education of the population,
• establish appropriate cooperation with teams,
• supervise dental technicians’ jobs and evaluate ready-made dentures,
• apply and evaluate clinical and instrumental testing methods necessary for the dentist’s job, and draw correct conclusions from the related examinations,
• recognize diseases that require immediate dentist’s intervention,
• perform life-saving procedures as part of medical first aid,
• handle devices and instruments used in dental care, be familiar with their accident prevention and labour safety rules.

c) Personal competences and skills required to exercise professional qualification:

• empathy and willingness to help,
• appropriate skills to communicate (with patients, the team, the society),
• appropriate manual skills,
• positive attitude toward professional further training,
• readiness to cooperate, ability to perform managerial tasks after a period of acquiring sufficient practice,
• creativity,
• good problem solving skills.