According to the regulations for a medical license, the course of study in Dentistry should prepare the future dentist for his or her profession by providing practical training on a solid scientific foundation. Practical and theoretical training thus both play a major role in the degree program. The field of dentistry focuses on the diagnosis and therapy of tooth, mouth, and jaw diseases. Practical work on patients includes the preservation of teeth, dental surgery, prosthetic measures, and the regulation of tooth and jaw anomalies. Another important task is prophylaxis, i.e., education concerning the causes of tooth diseases (preventive dentistry). The program includes a ten-semester course of study in dentistry, including a preclinical and a clinical phase of at least five semesters each. The standard period of study, including the final examination, is ten semesters and six months. Students must take the following examinations in the course of the program: - intermediate natural science examination, - intermediate dentistry examination, - final dentistry examination. The preclinical phase of the course of study ends with the intermediate dentistry examination, the “Physikum,” but also includes an additional examination at the end of the second study semester: the intermediate natural science examination or “Vorphysikum.” After completing the examinations of the preclinical phase, the student proceeds to the clinical phase, which terminates with the State Examination, i.e., the final dentistry examination. The many required courses leading up to the examinations are very time-consuming. Most of these courses build upon the content of the previous course and thus leave students little room for freedom in organizing their course of study. After completing the program, graduates must take two years of practical training to qualify for a license as a dentist for patients with statutory health insurance. This phase of work as a dental assistant may be completed either at a private dental practice or at a university dental clinic. It is then possible to receive qualification as an orthodontist or an oral surgeon in a total of four additional years of training.

• Zulassungs- und Immatrikulationsordnung (ZImmO)
• Auswahlsatzung Zahnmedizin Staatsexamen
• Auswahlsatzung für höhere Fachsemester
• Auswahlsatzung für ausländische Staatsangehörige und Staatenlose
  
  
• Studienordnung Zahnmedizin Staatsexamen
• Studienordnung Zahnmedizin Staatsexamen
  (Bei Studienbeginn vor dem 1. Oktober 2021)
• Studienordnung Zahnheilkunde Staatsexamen
  (Nur bei Studienbeginn im vorklinischen Studienabschnitt vor dem 1. Oktober 2014 und bei entsprechender schriftlicher Erklärung bis zum 31. Januar 2015; Abschluss des vorklinischen Studienabschnitts bis spätestens 30. September 2017. Nur bei Absolvierung der zahnärztlichen Vorprüfung vor dem 1. Oktober 2014 und bei entsprechender schriftlicher Erklärung; Abschluss des klinischen Studienabschnitts bis spätestens 30. September 2017.)

• Satzung über ergänzende Regelungen zum Zulassungs- und Prüfungsrecht

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