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Career field
On graduating from a Dental Degree, you will be able to participate professionally in the following settings:
- Private office
- Public and private health institutions
- Research in oral health
Is this right for you?
If you are passionate about dental and oral health, and are good with people, then you are on the right path with a Medical and Surgical Dentist career.
The Medical and Surgical Dentist program aims to train professionals who have a broad and solid knowledge of the health sciences, with skills and abilities to diagnose, prevent and treat oral diseases and conditions with an interdisciplinary approach, through the use of innovative techniques and procedures, in order to help preserve the integral well-being of the human being.
Competences
- Promote oral health in individuals and the community, through innovative strategies for the prevention of oral problems.
- Apply evidence-based medical knowledge of oral health and dentistry to comprehensive dental-patient care, diagnosis and management.
- Perform dental treatments and oral rehabilitation for healthy patients with special needs, through a patient-centered care model.
Entry profile
Tecnológico de Monterrey is looking for a new generation of students that have finished their high school studies and are talented, enthusiastic individuals, who are committed to the development of their environment and the wellbeing of society; people who have the potential to study an undergraduate program and become leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit, humanistic sense and competitive on an international stage.
Entry requirements: High school or equivalent.
The three stages of the model
Choose your path
Exploration
- You will open your competency file and add to it throughout your degree program.
- You will learn the foundations of the area of Business.
- You will participate in fundamental and exploration challenges from the area of Business, interacting with peers from different degree programs.
- You will study general education courses, selecting them from a collection.
- You will participate in a challenge that integrates all the competencies to be developed in this phase.
Focus
- You will acquire the core competencies of your degree, in other words, those that distinguish it.
- You will participate in more focused challenges to reinforce what you have learned and broaden your basic knowledge.
- You will have the elements to decide whether to deepen your knowledge or diversify and, subsequently, build your specialization plan.
- The Tec Weeks, challenges and overall university experiences will enrich your file.
Specialization
- You have decided whether to diversify or delve further into your degree, by choosing a concentration, a modality, an internship stay, to mention just a few of your options. The Tec Semester is a flexible-time space to get started.
- You will develop the competencies related to your specialization, increasingly connected to your passions, interests and plans.
- If you decided to opt for a concentration, on graduating you will obtain a professional concentration certificate issued by the Office of the Registrar at your campus.
How can you specialize?
Concentrations
Specialize in one of the different concentrations available at the campus of your choice, according to the profile you would like to develop.
Internships
Internships allow you to participate in the development of specific projects with companies, organizations, or research groups, in a context of total immersion related to a specialty field. They can be carried out locally, nationally or internationally.
International experiences
Experience life outside Mexico to broaden your horizons and delve into the topics of your interest.
Courses or blocks
Choose the education units that best adapt to your objectives, enabling you to specialize in your specific interests.
Concentrations
Disciplinary
Delve into your field of study
There are no disciplinary concentrations for this degree
Transversal
Delve into other fields of study
- Conscious Business
- Entrepreneurial Families, Sustainability and Transcendence
- Financial Vision for Decision-Making
*These concentraciones are not the definitive offer and their availability varies by campus.
General education course
Area exploration courses
Introductory block (CHALLENGE)
Area exploration block (CHALLENGE)
Exploration topic (CHALLENGE)
Track integrating block (CHALLENGE)
Disciplinary course
Disciplinary block (CHALLENGE)
Integrating disciplinary block (CHALLENGE)
TEC Semester
Multidisciplinary professional elective (CHALLENGE)
Final integrating block (CHALLENGE)
| Quinto Semestral |
| Elective Course Ethics and Citizenship |
| Adhesion Protocol |
| Anesthetic Procedures in Dentistry |
| Surgical Basics in Dentistry |
| Operative Dentistry |
| Dental Pharmacology |
| Diagnosis in Dentistry |
| Primer Trimestral |
| Dentistry Clinic I |
| Legal and Administrative Processes in Dentistry |
| Forensic Dentistry |
| Bioetics |
| Multidisciplinary Healthcare |
| Quality Healthcare and Patient Safety |
| Segundo Trimestral |
| Clinical Elective I |
| Clinical Elective II |
| Clinical Elective III |
| Professional Elective I |
| Professional Elective II |
| Professional Elective III |
| Tercer Trimestral |
| Dentistry Clinic II |
| Evidence-based Dentistry |
| Dental Information Analysis |
| Cuarto Trimestral |
| Dentistry Clinic III |
| Advanced Dentistry Seminar |
| Clinical Research in Dentistry |
Quarterly
fiber_manual_recordDentistry Clinic I
fiber_manual_recordLegal and Administrative Processes in Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordForensic Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordBioetics
fiber_manual_recordMultidisciplinary Healthcare
fiber_manual_recordQuality Healthcare and Patient Safety
fiber_manual_recordClinical Elective I
fiber_manual_recordClinical Elective II
fiber_manual_recordClinical Elective III
fiber_manual_recordProfessional Elective I
fiber_manual_recordProfessional Elective II
fiber_manual_recordProfessional Elective III
fiber_manual_recordDentistry Clinic II
fiber_manual_recordEvidence-based Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordDental Information Analysis
fiber_manual_recordDentistry Clinic III
fiber_manual_recordAdvanced Dentistry Seminar
fiber_manual_recordClinical Research in Dentistry
Semester
fiber_manual_recordElective Course Mathematics and Science
fiber_manual_recordMusculoskeletal System
fiber_manual_recordBasics of Good Health
fiber_manual_recordDigestive System
fiber_manual_recordMetabolism and Energy
fiber_manual_recordOxygen Supply and Consumption
fiber_manual_recordCellular and Molecular Mechanisms
fiber_manual_recordEnergy Management
fiber_manual_recordHuman Genetics
fiber_manual_recordEndocrine System
fiber_manual_recordElective Course Humanities and Fine Arts
fiber_manual_recordLife Cycle: Fertilization and Pregnancy
fiber_manual_recordLife Cycle: Childhood and Adolescence
fiber_manual_recordLife Cycle: Adulthood
fiber_manual_recordEmbryology
fiber_manual_recordHuman Reproduction
fiber_manual_recordGrowth and Development
fiber_manual_recordEmotional and Behavioral Development
fiber_manual_recordRenal Morphophysiology
fiber_manual_recordNervous System
fiber_manual_recordElective Course Social and Behavioral Sciences
fiber_manual_recordHealthy Environments for the Elderly
fiber_manual_recordInnovation in Public Health
fiber_manual_recordManagement and Innovation in Health
fiber_manual_recordResearch Methods
fiber_manual_recordHuman Microbiota
fiber_manual_recordPublic Health and Biostatistics
fiber_manual_recordBlood and Hematopoiesis
fiber_manual_recordIntroduction to Clinical Practice
fiber_manual_recordExploration Topic
fiber_manual_recordElective Course Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
fiber_manual_recordMastication Physiology
fiber_manual_recordPathophysiology of Dental Caries and Periodontal Structures
fiber_manual_recordPropaedeutics Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordDental Morphology
fiber_manual_recordOral Histology and Embryology
fiber_manual_recordClinical and Histological Foundations of Oral Pathology
fiber_manual_recordElective Course Ethics and Citizenship
fiber_manual_recordAdhesion Protocol
fiber_manual_recordAnesthetic Procedures in Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordSurgical Basics in Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordOperative Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordDental Pharmacology
fiber_manual_recordDiagnosis in Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordEndodontic and Restorative Therapy
fiber_manual_recordTooth Preservation Treatments
fiber_manual_recordPulp Therapy
fiber_manual_recordRestorative Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordOral and Maxillofacial Pathology
fiber_manual_recordPeriodontics
fiber_manual_recordIntroduction to Exodontics
fiber_manual_recordOral Microbiology
fiber_manual_recordMultidisciplinary Model of Health Care
fiber_manual_recordSurgery and Prosthetic Treatments in Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordProsthetic Options in Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordProsthetic Rehabilitation of Dental Patients
fiber_manual_recordOral Surgery
fiber_manual_recordFixed Partial Denture Prosthesis
fiber_manual_recordMaxillofacial Surgery
fiber_manual_recordRemovable Partial Denture Prosthesis
fiber_manual_recordMedicine in Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordOdontogenic Infections
fiber_manual_recordAesthetic Procedures in Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordDental Care through the Life Cycle
fiber_manual_recordOrthodontics and Orthopedics
fiber_manual_recordOral Surgical Implantology
fiber_manual_recordDental Aesthetics
fiber_manual_recordProsthetic Implantology
fiber_manual_recordPediatric Dentistry
fiber_manual_recordAdvanced Implantology
fiber_manual_recordMalocclusion Orthodontic Treatment
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