Dentistry

Introduction

The Egas Moniz Higher Institute of Health Science (IUEM) Integrated Master’s Degree in Dentistry is currently one of the most renowned master’s in Portugal in this field. It is pioneering due to the introduction of the integrated practice in the last semester of the master’s and having maintained a strong clinical/practice component following the adaptation to the Bologna process. This offers our students a practical experience and an overall clinical vision of the patient, as opposed to the partial and mono-disciplinary vision that is often found in teaching Dentistry elsewhere.

The aim of the Integrated Master’s Degree in Dentistry is to develop the scientific and technical capabilities required to prevent and treat mouth diseases, and rehabilitation. A Dentist who graduates from IUEM undergoes training of a general scope which, thanks to the mostly practical profile of the teaching, especially in the last years of the degree, is qualified to practice his or her professional with skill and professionalism.

IUEM boasts a tradition in academic excellence in training professionals that began about 30 years ago. We are the school in Portugal with the greatest number of qualified dentists on the market (according to the 2013 statistics from the Dentists’ Association). We have successfully evolved since the start of the Licentiate’s Degree in Dentistry in 1987, always with the aim of meeting the new challenges that the professionals in this filed must face, and the new advances in technology, equipment and materials. 

A key factor in our Master’s Degree’s success has been the capacity for us to adapt to change and develop new teaching. Proof of this is the high employability of our Master’s graduates who, according to the latest statistics shown on the media is the best in Portugal in the field of Dentistry and is among the 10 courses/higher education institutions with the highest employability rate in Portugal and zero graduates enrolled in Employment centres.

What makes us unique

• The high practical component of the course, with more than 1,000 hours of clinical practice with patients and about 233 clinical acts per student.
• Existence of its own clinic, the Egas Moniz Dental Clinic, where, from the 4th year of the course you will carry out an important part of your learning and training, you will have Integrated Clinic in the last semester of the Master and you will use the most recent and innovative materials and techniques in Dentistry
• A young and qualified teaching body motivated to assist you.
• The high employability of our graduates / acceptance in the job market due to the solid basic training and the strong component of clinical practice with patients.
• Large, modern and well equipped laboratories where you will make use of the most advanced technologies, equipment and dental materials.
• You will participate in monthly clinical meetings with teachers and researchers to present clinical cases and discuss innovative approaches and application of the latest techniques and dental materials.
• The existence of the Egas Moniz Interdisciplinary Research Centre  (CiiEM), which will open the door for you to undertake scientific research projects in highly diversified areas, within dynamic and interactive research teams.
• The possibility of having exchange programmes with foreign universities, namely through the Erasmus programme.
• Taking part in several conferences, congresses and seminars that will keep you up to date with the most recent trends in several areas.
• A top-quality University Residence on campus, with numerous amenities on offer, such as a swimming pool, which ensures your well-being and safety, as if you were in your own home.
• An excellent academic environment, that is stimulating and active and includes teachers, researchers, professionals and students alike! You will attend parties, concerts, academic nights out and other initiatives organised by the Egas Moniz Student Associations, “Tunas” Groups and choir. You will also be able to practice several sports, whether at the gym or the playing field we have on offer for you.
• Our campus’s privileged location in Almada council, 15 minutes away from Lisbon and Costa de Caparica, with excellent means of access (over-ground metro, train and bus).

Career prospects and others

When you complete the degree you will be able to:

• Enroll in the Dentists' Association;
  
• Dedicate/specialize in Orthodontics, Oral Surgery, Pediatric Dentistry or Periodontology;
• To practice Dentistry as a liberal profession;
• Work in private hospitals and health centers;
• Work in the dental and pharmaceutical materials industry;
• Work in research and university teaching;
• Continue your studies, for e.g. through the accomplishment of the several post-graduations that we have in different areas of specialty of Dentistry

More information

• 📞 (+351) 212 946 751/52,
• 🖨 (+351) 212 946 733
• 🖥 secretaria@egasmoniz.edu.pt