Doctor of dental surgery through Bachelor of sceince

[Harley2262]

might sound stupid but can i do doctor of dental surgery through bachelor of science. just curious.
thanks.

[nubs]

yes, just make sure you complete the prerequisite subjects, which are the same as the ones required for the MD

[Harley2262]

cheers man. will it really matter if i dont do Chemistry in VCE? (going into year 11 now) and im still trying to make my mind up about either engineering, dentistry or law

[nubs]

Can't see how it could make a difference to your chances of getting into law and certain types of engineering.

Could affect your chances of getting into dentistry 'cause you'll need the GAMSAT, and from what I hear chemistry makes up a lot of section 3, and it's pretty high level chem too

You could always take fundamental chemistry at uni, and then move on to the higher level stuff and ultimately be on the same level as all other chem students by the start of the 2nd year's first semester

Self learning for the GAMSAT is also an option, but that might be pretty hard for the chem portion cause it goes into great depth from what I hear

You'll also need to complete first year Chemistry at uni if you want to get into the DDS (but it may only be Melbourne uni that requires you to complete certain subjects if you want to do the DDS - at least that's how it is for the MD anyway- every other uni may only require you to do an undergrad degree of any kind without the need to satisfy prerequisite subjects)

I guess you could always just go for undergrad dentistry. Pretty sure La Trobe only cares about your ATAR when offering positions to their dentistry course - it doesn't even consider the UMAT

[dc302]

Don't undergrad dent courses need chemistry in VCE anyway?

[nubs]

ahh, yes you do for La Trobe at least, I have no idea about any other ones

I thought the La Trobe dentistry course only required Biology or Chemistry, but yeah you need both for that, my mistake

[Harley2262]

what is on the UMAT anyway?

[LOLs99]

If u can do bachelor of science,then doctor of dental surgery. So what's the point doing UMAT ? Or I might be askIng wrongly

[Edmund]

cheers man. will it really matter if i dont do Chemistry in VCE? (going into year 11 now) and im still trying to make my mind up about either engineering, dentistry or law

You will need to complete three prerequisites if you decide to do DDS through BSc - second year anatomy, physiology and biochemistry. First year chemistry (1 and 2) is required as prerequisites for physiology and biochemistry