The Goals and Objectives

The dental curriculum has been developed to provide learning opportunities to dental students to acquire fundamental knowledge, develop basic skills, and appreciate principles relevant to oral health care in the context of the community.

BDS graduates shall have opportunities to pursue careers in general practice, the community dental service, hospital practice, university teaching, research institutions, public health services, National Defense Forces and dental hygiene product manufacturing companies.

The Five-year curriculum has been designed to achieve the following goals:

  • To meet the oral health needs of the United Arab Emirates community by a blend of the dental science and craft of medicine with emphasis on maxillofacial disease prevention and oro-dental health promotion.
  • To prepare dental practitioners for evidence based dental practice in the changing health care environment of the 21st century.
  • To acquire the basic medical and dental knowledge and skills that will allow the professional, ethical, and humane practice of dentistry.
  • To demonstrate training in dental education at par with international standards of dental practice.
  • To integrate basic sciences with oral health sciences to enable the students to apply their knowledge to oral health care.
  • To integrate clinical knowledge with clinical skills and to enable the students deliver efficient patient care.
  • To develop a professional and compassionate approach to the analysis and management of health care.
  • To promote acquisition of the skills, attitude and behaviors that facilitates effective and appropriate interaction with patients and colleagues.
  • To produce caring, knowledgeable, competent and skillful oral specialist who recognizes and accepts the obligation to practice in the best interest of the patient at all times.