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Dentistry (Staatsexamen) at Hannover Medical School

Hannover Medical School, Germany

Programme overview

Dentistry at Hannover Medical School is taught under the 2021 Approbationsordnung für Zahnärzte (ZApprO), with more medical content, stronger links to human medicine and an emphasis on scientific competence. Study begins in the winter semester only.

Faculty: Hannover Medical School  |  Department: https://www.mhh.de/zahnmedizinstudium/fuer-studieninteressierte  |  Duration: 10 semesters (three stages: pre-clinical, preparatory clinical, clinical)  |  Study mode: full-time; Staatsexamen; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester only  |  Location: Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany

What you will study

The pre-clinical stage (semesters 1-4) covers biology, physics/physiology, chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology, anatomy, career exploration and medical terminology, plus first dental propaedeutic practicals. The preparatory clinical stage (semesters 5-6) covers phantom courses in conservative dentistry and prosthetics and orthodontic propaedeutics.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Medical terminology exercise is compulsory; Latin certificates are no longer recognised.

Intake: Winter semester only

Duration: 10 semesters (three stages: pre-clinical, preparatory clinical, clinical)

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