Bachelor of Dental Surgery
Undergraduate
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| Kulliyyah of Dentistry
was first established in 2006, which award Bachelor of Dental Surgery
degree. It is a five-year programme with a good and comprehensive
curriculum integrated with an Islamic values. Our first intake of
student was in July 2007 and graduated in August 2012. We have produced
good dental undergraduates who have an excellence knowledge and
reputable skills with a high standard of professional ethics which are
in line with IIUM vision, i.e. to restore the roles of Muslims in
education, knowledge creation and acquisition as well as to contribute
to the improvement of quality of life for all mankind. |
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Program Outcome |
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Career Opportunities |
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| The bachelor of dental surgery degree
prepares students for work in: i) Ministry of Health; ii) Ministry of Defense; iii) Ministry of Higher Education; iv) Private Practice; v) Researcher; vi) Spokesperson for oral care company; and vii) Businessman – supplier, own dental clinic chain, contractor, etc. |
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Program Structure |
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| Bachelor of Dental Surgery, IIUM is a five-year
programme. Students are taught in a block system and there are four
blocks in a year. In order to graduate, students’ need to complete both
the university required courses and Kulliyyah core courses. For
Kulliyyah core courses, they are divided into two phases; Phase 1 and
Phase 2. Phase 1 focuses on the pre-clinical training. It consists of Basic Medical and Dental Sciences courses which will be taught in Year 1 and Year 2 of studies. The courses are Anatomy, Physiology, Oral Biology and Biochemistry for Year 1 and Pharmacology, Pathology, Immunology & Microbiology, Dental Material for Year 2. All of these courses will be assessed in the Professional I Examination for Year 1 and Professional II Examination for Year 2. There are also dental courses that will be taught in Year 1 and/or Year 2 which are Dental Public Health, Conservative Dentistry and Prosthetic Dentistry; and these courses will continue until Year 5. Phase 2 is a clinical phase which will be taught in Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 where the students will start treating patient. There are certain clinical requirements that the students need to fulfil before they are eligible to sit for Professional III and IV Examination. All dental core courses will start in Year 3; Paediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, Periodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. General Medicine and General Surgery courses will also be taught in Year 3 and they will be assessed in Professional III Examination at the end of Year 3. In Year 4, apart from dental core courses, the students will be introduced to research and there will be research findings presentation in Year 5 during Dental Student Scientific Conference. The research findings report also need to be submitted. In Year 5, the Integrated Dental Practice courses will be introduced to students so that they are ready to treat the public. All dental core courses will be assessed in Professional IV Examination at the end of Year 5. UNIVERSITY REQUIRED COURSES NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE 1 MPU 3122 TAMADUN ISLAM DAN TAMADUN ASIA (TITAS) 2 MPU 3112 HUBUNGAN ETNIK OR 3 UNGS 2060 MALAY VIRTUES, HERITAGE AND MALAYSIAN SOCIETY 4 i. LM 1030 BAHASA MELAYU I & II UNTUK PELAJAR ANTARABANGSA ii. LM 1031 5 i. LM 1040 BAHASA MELAYU I & II UNTUK PELAJAR ANTARABANGSA (NUSANTARA) ii. LM 1041 AND 6 UNGS 2011 CREATIVE THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING 7 CCHB 1011 / CCHS 1011 USRAH 1 (BUDI) PACKAGE 8 CCHB 1012 / CCHS 1012 USRAH 2 (BUDI) PACKAGE 9 CCLM 2051 LEADERSHIP PACKAGE 1 10 CCFM 2052 LEADERSHIP PACKAGE 2 11 SKILLS PACKAGE 1 12 SKILLS PACKAGE 2 13 LE 4000 ENGLISH ACADEMIC WRITING 14 TQ 1001 TILAWAH AL-QURAN I 15 TQ 2001 TILAWAH AL-QURAN II 16 LQ 1008 QURANIC LANGUAGE I 17 LQ 2008 QURANIC LANGUAGE II 18 UNGS 2080 ETHICS AND FIQH OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES 19 UNGS 2090 THE ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW, KNOWLEDGE AND CIVILIZATION 20 CCCD 1621 USRAH 3 (BUDI) 21 CCCD 1622 USRAH 4 (BUDI) 22 LM 2026 BAHASA MELAYU UNTUK KERJAYA KULLIYYAH'S CORE COURSES NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE PHASE I YEAR 1 9 DENA 1101 ANATOMY & EMBRYOLOGY 10 DENA 1102 PHYSIOLOGY 11 DENA 1103 BIOCHEMISTRY 12 DENA 1115 ORAL BIOLOGY 13 DENA 1432 DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH YEAR 2 14 DENA 2210 PATHOLOGY 15 DENA 2211 MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY 16 DENA 2212 PHARMACOLOGY 17 DENA 2204 DENTAL MATERIALS SCIENCE 18 DENA 2213 CONSERVATIVE DENTISTRY 19 DENA 2214 PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY 20 DENA 2432 DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH PHASE II YEAR 3 21 DENA 3413 CONSERVATIVE DENTISTRY 22 DENA 3414 PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY 23 DENA 3423 PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY 24 DENA 3424 ORTHODONTICS 25 DENA 3426 PERIODONTICS 26 DENA 3331 ORAL PATHOLOGY 27 DENA 3427 ORAL SURGERY 28 DENA 3417 ORAL RADIOLOGY 29 DENA 3328 GENERAL MEDICINE 30 DENA 3329 GENERAL SURGERY 31 DENA 3432 DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH YEAR 4 32 DENA 4413 CONSERVATIVE DENTISTRY 33 DENA 4414 PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY 34 DENA 4423 PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY 35 DENA 4424 ORTHODONTICS 36 DENA 4426 PERIODONTICS 37 DENA 4428 ORAL MEDICINE 38 DENA 4417 ORAL RADIOLOGY 39 DENA 4427 ORAL SURGERY 40 DENA 4432 DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH 41 DENA 4038 RESEARCH PROJECT YEAR 5 42 DENA 5434 INTEGRATED DENTAL PRACTICE 43 DENA 5413 CONSERVATIVE DENTISTRY 44 DENA 5414 PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY 45 DENA 5423 PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY 46 DENA 5424 ORTHODONTICS 47 DENA 5426 PERIODONTICS 48 DENA 5427 ORAL SURGERY (ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY) 49 DENA 5432 DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH 50 DENA 5428 ORAL MEDICINE 51 DENA 5435 FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY 52 DENA 5038 RESEARCH PROJECT |
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Duration of Study |
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| The course takes 5 years of full-time study to complete. |
Student Affair
