Dentistry Dental studies take five years (10 semesters). The five year program at Debrecen has been carefully structured and designed to ensure a high standard of knowledge, skills and responsibility of dental surgeons. During the 1st year a thorough understanding of the basic medical sciences such as Biophysics, Biochemistry and Genetics is gained and in the second year the program broadens to encompass Anatomy, Histology, Physiology and Behavioral Sciences in topics which are relevant to the practice of Dentistry. Even in the first and second years, special dental subjects (Odontology, Preventive Dentistry, Dental Materials and Technics) are taught. 1st and 2nd year Subjects Credit hours Biophysics 105 Medical Chemistry 151 Medical Psychology 20 Odontology 30 Hungarian Language 120 First Aid and Reanimation 21 Oral Anatomy 85 Genetics 90 Molecular Biology 71 Cell Biology 75 Preventive Dentistry 30 Anatomy, Histology, Embryology 140 Biochemistry 176 Physiology 189 Dental Materials 30 Neurobiology 128 Introduction to the fixed Prosthodontics 30 In the third year, disciplines exploring the theoretical foundations of diseases, such as Pathology, Pathophysiology and Microbiology are taught with aspects related to Oral Sciences. In the same year Propedeutics of Clinical Dentistry introduces various dental procedures and techniques involved in the clinical treatment of patients by laboratory demonstrations and in the phantom head room. 3rd year Subjects Credit hours Pathology 172 Clinical Physiology 38 Immunology 48 Clinical Biochemistry 33 Microbiology 60 Surgery 45 Propedeutics and Technology of Fixed Prosthodontics 75 Oral Biology 30 Cariology Propedeutics 45 Medical Hungarian Language 60 Basic Surgical Techniques 18 Medical Psychology 45 Bioethics 15 Propedeutics and Technology of Total and Partial Removable Dentures 75 Endodontics Propedeutics 60 Oral Radiology 41 Oral Surgery Propedeutics 45 In the 4th year, students begin to treat patients in the Clinical Practice Unit and other special clinical departments. They are introduced to all clinical dental fields (Restorative Dentistry, Prosthetic Dentistry, Periodontology, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Paedodontics and Orthodontics). During the 4th and 5th years students take responsibility for treating their own patients in small-group practice classes under the close supervision of staff members. Parallel to the dental courses, other clinical medical sciences are also included within the curriculum. 4th, 5th year Subjects Credit hours Pharmacology 90 Internal Medicine 90 Preventive Medicine 60 Dermatology 15 Otolaryngology 15 Pediatric Dentistry 135 Periodontology 93 Prosthetic Dentistry 120 Oral Surgery 198 Restaurative Dentistry Cariology 45 Traumatology 10 Oxyology 44 Restaurative Dentistry Endodontics 45 Orthodontics 60 Pediatrics 30 Neurology 20 Psychiatry 10 Forensic Medicine 30 Ophthalmology 15 Gynecology 15 Praxis Management 12 Endodontics 90 Cariology 84 Oral Medicine 30 Prosthetics Dentistry 174 By the end of the 5th year dental students are required to submit and defend a thesis and take a final examination. Students having passed all examinations and having successfully defended their theses are granted a D.M.D. degree.