Bachelor of Dental Surgery with Integrated Foundation Year

The Bachelor of Dental Surgery with integrated Foundation Year course is designed for applicants who wish to study dentistry but who are not currently appropriately qualified for entry to year one of the BDS undergraduate programme. The course equips you with the scientific knowledge and study skills needed to become a confident, critically self-aware, independent learner ready for the challenges of Higher Education and University life.

• This dentistry programme is mapped against the General Dental Council’s guidance ‘Preparing for Practice’

• Treat patients through partnership with local NHS providers.

• Engage directly with participants and service users in a unique and meaningful way.

• Benefit from the state of the art facilities provided by established Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise (PDSE), a Community Interest Company (CIC).

• Become familiar with a variety of clinical situations.

• Prepare for a future career path through solving clinical problems.

• Become competent at diagnosing disease and planning preventive care.

• Choose your own areas of interest to study further.

• Early clinical contact with a strong patient focus.

• Gain the core dental knowledge and communication skills you need to practise as a competent and caring dentist.

• Strong partnerships within the University.

• Students will work across the Dental Education Facilities in Plymouth, Truro and Exeter.

The Bachelor of Dental Surgery with integrated Foundation Year 0 (BDSF) programme is designed for applicants who wish to study Dentistry but who are not currently appropriately qualified for entry to year one of the BDS undergraduate programme. The BDSF programme equips you with the scientific knowledge and study skills needed to become a confident, critically self-aware, independent learner ready for the challenges of Higher Education and University life.

You will be taught at the city centre campus where you will have the opportunity to meet your peers and academics, and where, from your very first day, you are part of the Faculty of Health. You will study alongside Dental Therapy & Hygiene, Diagnostic Radiography, Biomedical Sciences, and Medical students, preparing you for a collaborative, inter-disciplinary approach to learning and practice. Modules aim to develop an understanding of the science relating to a range of topic areas relevant to the study of Dentistry, and you can take advantage of academic support and guidance provided by a personal tutor. Meeting the requirements at the end of the Foundation Pathway enables you to progress onto stage one of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programme, where you will learn and practice clinical and academic skills as part of the dental team.

Years 1–5 will follow BDS Dental Surgery.