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In the first year, students are trained in pre-clinical courses that equip them to work on patients. In the second year, they learn basic clinical skills and patient care at the Oral and Dental Training Hospital. In the third year, they spend most of their time working on patients in the different clinical disciplines within the scope of dental therapy.
second year, they learn basic clinical skills and patient care at the Oral and Dental Training Hospital. In the third year, they spend most of their time working on patients in the different clinical disciplines within the scope of oral hygiene.
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
NSC-Deg with APS of 30, English (HL/
FAL) and LO at level 4, Life Sciences and Mathematics at level 3. Closing date: 30 September 2024. Only first to third choices will be considered.
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
NSC-Deg with APS of 30, English (HL/
FAL) and LO at level 4, Life Sciences and Mathematics at level 3. Closing date: 30 September 2024. Only first to third choices will be considered.
Bachelor of Oral Hygiene
KN-W-BON
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
KN-W-BOT
Occupational Therapy is based on
the belief that the need to engage in occupation is innate and related to survival, health, well-being, and life satisfaction. Occupational therapy is therefore a profession whose focus is to enable a person or a group of persons (community, group or organisation) to access and participate in activities that are meaningful, purposeful, and relevant to their lives, roles and sense of well-being.
The programme in Occupational Therapy aims to provide South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal in particular, with a cadre of skilled Occupational Therapy staff to ensure effective, efficient and accessible Occupational Therapy service delivery in both public and private sectors in diverse social conditions.
The programme aims to train dental professionals as part of the oral health team in order to play preventive, promotive, supportive, curative and rehabilitative roles in the public and private sectors. Students qualifying with the Bachelor of Oral Hygiene degree can work in the public sector as well as in private practice, and can perform all functions within the scope of primary and secondary levels of prevention in dentistry. They perform scaling and polishing, take dental x-rays, administer local anaesthesia, provide health education and promotion, and are able to examine and diagnose common
oral diseases. In the first year, students are trained in preclinical courses that equip them to work on patients. In the
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