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Guidance for Dentistry

  • 05-08-2015 02:56PM
    #1
    Manutd_4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭


    I have been looking at this career route for quite a while now and it appeals greatly to me. I am going into fifth year and will be looking to keep on top of my work and grades and will be pushing for high points.
    This is obviously a career and course that is in great demand and I would like some guidance or advice if I were to go down this route.

    I will of course try my best to get Dentistry in Ireland but if that doesn't work out, where in Europe ideally is my best opportunity to get in? My friend recently did his UKCAT and wants to go to the UK. As far as I know, entry requirements there are pretty damn hard. Please give me even the smallest bit of advice you might have.

    Also if you have any advice on the field itself please do let me know. Which branch/field within Dentistry is the most popular and most successful. I would like to do Orthodontics but am still open to other routes.


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  • #2
    Arthur B
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭Arthur B


    We've just had discussion on Poland's Bydgoszcz that seems more and more popular for medicine and their Medical Poland, but I think they also do Dentistry.


  • #3
    Arthur B
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭Arthur B


    We've just discussed Bydgoszcz in Poland for Medicine, but I think the Irish agent Medical Poland does Dentistry too. You'd need to get in touch with them.


  • #4
    Arthur B
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭Arthur B


    I'm quite sure they also help with other medical disciplines.


  • #5
    Manutd_4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Manutd_4life


    Yes I've just read some of the threads talking about this. I hear there is no HPAT type test needed for entry. But is the course/college a reputable one and if you come away after 6 years with a degree from there will it be a commendable achievement and degree?


  • #6
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,434 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I wouldn't worry about the standard of Polish education. Poland was doing degrees long before Ireland even had a university.

    I would expect there to be an exam to be recognised in Ireland, but that is the same for a great number of degrees from other countries. It would be the same if yout trained in the US, for example.

    See: https://www.medicalcouncil.ie/Registration/Infomation-for-doctors-coming-to-Ireland/


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