Course summary
If you want to work as a dental hygienist and therapist, then this is the degree for you. As a dental hygienist and therapist, you will help patients avoid and manage oral disease by promoting good oral health and providing treatments.
How to apply
You can no longer submit a new application for courses starting in 2024.
If you already have a 2024 application and are in Clearing, you can add this course as a Clearing choice – contact the university or college first to check they have places.
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- A207
- Institution code:
- N21
- Campus name:
- Main Site (Newcastle)
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - Not accepted
A level - ABB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - Not accepted
Access to HE Diploma - D: 30 credits M: 15 credits
Scottish Higher - AABBB
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 34 points
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H1, H1, H2, H2, H3
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal - D3, M2, M2
Medicine and Veterinary Science graduates are accepted. BSc degrees must contain at least the equivalent Biology which would be expected of an A Level applicant with grades B in this subject, and be achieved at 2.1 Honours standard or higher. We do not accept applications from BDS/BChD graduates.
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
We have an overriding duty of care to the public with whom students come into close contact. All students are required to comply with the Department of Health’s guidance on health clearance for healthcare workers. Early clinical contact means that students will be asked to provide proof of their immunisation status by completing an Occupational Health Questionnaire on entry. Immunity against the following is required: polio; tetanus; varicella (chicken pox); diphtheria; measles; mumps; rubella; TB. Newcastle University follow the Dental School Council protocol on blood-borne viruses. Early in the course students will be required to be screened for hepatitis B; hepatitis C and HIV. All aspects of a student’s medical record will be bound by the same duty of confidentiality as for any doctor-patient interaction and informed by the same ethical guidance. Students commencing the programme will be immunised against hepatitis B by our Occupational Health provider, the cost will be covered by the school.
Interview
Candidates who are considered, on the basis of their application form, to be particularly promising are interviewed. Satisfactory references, interview, health screening and criminal records searches are all part of the selection process.
Student Outcomes
The number of student respondents and response rates can be important in interpreting the data – it is important to note your experience may be different from theirs. This data will be based on the subject area rather than the specific course. Read more about this data on the Discover Uni website.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
Newcastle University
King’s Gate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Course contact details
Visit our course pageMain Contact
0191 208 3333