Masters Degree Curriculum Structure

MASTERS DEGREE – CURRICULUM STRUCTURE – 2023/2 Version

The Course for the Masters Degree in Dentistry is primarily geared toward the education of teachers and toward an introduction to research. Its didactic structure is set up within a pedagogical concept of independent, tutorial, active, participative, and motivational teaching, in such a way as to develop the student’s strengths concerning the object of study. For the Master’s level, the student will fulfill 35 credits (525 hours) within the Academic Course itself, 16 of which in mandatory disciplines and 19 in elective disciplines.

Masters Degree

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION	DISCIPLINES		COURSE LOAD
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION	DRCA CODE	MANDATORY DISCIPLINES	THEORY	PRACTICE	TOTAL
GENERAL DENTISTRY	ODR821	Advanced Studies in General Dentistry. I	60		60
	ODR822	Advanced Studies in General Dentistry. II	60		60
	ODR823	Advanced Studies in General Dentistry. III	60		60
ENDODONTICS	ODR827	Advanced Studies in Endodontics I	60		60
	ODR828	Advanced Studies in Endodontics II	60		60
	ODR829	Advanced Studies in Endodontics III	60		60
ORAL MEDICINE	CPC821	Advanced Studies in Oral Medicine I	60		60
	CPC822	Advanced Studies in Oral Medicine II	60		60
	CPC823	Advanced Studies in Oral Medicine III	60		60
PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY	SCA802	Advanced Studies in Pediatric Dentistry I	60		60
	SCA803	Advanced Studies in Pediatric Dentistry II	60		60
	SCA804	Advanced Studies in Pediatric Dentistry III	60		60
ORAL PATHOLOGY	CPC824	Advanced Studies in Oral Pathology I	60		60
	CPC825	Advanced Studies in Oral Pathology II	60		60
	CPC826	Advanced Studies in Oral Pathology III	60		60
PERIODONTICS	CPC827	Advanced Studies in Periodontics I	60		60
	CPC828	Advanced Studies in Periodontics II	60		60
	CPC829	Advanced Studies in Periodontics III	60		60
DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH	OSP810	Advanced Studies in Dental Public Health I	60		60
	OSP811	Advanced Studies in Dental Public Health II	60		60
	OSP812	Advanced Studies in Dental Public Health III	60		60
ALL AREAS OF CONCENTRATION	FAE914	Didactics of Higher Education	60		60
AREA OF RELATED FIELDS	DRCA CODE	ELECTIVE DISCIPLINES	THEORY	PRACTICE	TOTAL
	OSP834	Biostatistics and Epidemiology Applied to Dental Research I	90		90
	OSP815	Dental Research Methodology I			30
	FAO802	Teaching Internship I		45	45
	FAO803	Teaching Internship II		45	45
	FAO804	Dental Research Seminars I		45	45
	FAO805	Dental Research Seminars II		45	45
	FAO810	Disparities and Inequities in health: theoretical and methodological aspects	40	20	60
	CPC812	Articulated Pathological Sciences	60		60
	ODR841	Articulated Biological Sciences	45		45
	OSP817	Articulated Social Sciences	30		30
	OTI804	Standardization of Bibliography	30		30
	OSP818	Investment Methods in Dental Public Health	45		45
	CPC836	Investment Methods in Biology	45		45
	CPC837	Clinical and Laboratory Studies in Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology I	15	45	60
	CPC838	Clinical and Laboratory Studies in Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology II	15	45	60
	ODR842	Investment Methods in Clinical Reserch	45		45
	OPO834	Ortodontia de Acompanhamento_ingles	30		30
	SCA807	Dental Research for Children with Special Needs I	8	52	60
	SCA809	Dental Research for Children with Special Needs II	44	16	60
	OSP830	Workshop for preparing scientific articles	30		30
	SCA810	Systematic Review I	15		15
	SCA811	Systematic Review II: Assessment of evidence certainty	15		15
	UNI139	International Approach of Oral Health Epidemiology	15		15