Oral health therapists are at the forefront of dental disease prevention and the promotion of oral health. As an integral part of the dental team, they provide preventive dental services, examine and diagnose dental decay and periodontal disease, collaborate with dentists and specialists on more complex problems and work with community partners to educate and promote oral health. The Bachelor of Oral Health is a full-time, five day a-week course taught over three years. You will gain the required knowledge, clinical skills and experience to deliver dental hygiene and therapeutic treatment services, and oral health education and promotion, to patients and communities throughout Australia and New Zealand. From the first week of the course, students spend time in the simulation clinic, becoming familiar with the anatomy of the oral cavity, the instruments and patient positioning. In second semester, they get the opportunity to look into one another's mouths and, by the second year, students are treating patients in public dental health clinics. During your three years, you will enjoy opportunities offered by study across varied sites including Camperdown Campus, Sydney Dental Hospital and Westmead Centre for Oral Health. The Bachelor of Oral Health is fully accredited by the Australian Dental Council. Our graduates are eligible for registration with the Dental Board of Australia and are licensed with the Environmental Protection Authority to use diagnostic radiation. Careers & future study Graduate opportunities Graduates of the Bachelor of Oral Health degree are valued members of the oral health team which include specialists, dentists, dental therapists, dental hygienists, prosthetists, technicians and dental assistants. Graduates from this course will be able to practice as dental therapists, dental hygienists or oral health educators in the public sector or in private practice throughout Australia and New Zealand. They may provide dental care in a variety of settings both metropolitan and rural/remote including community health centres, public hospitals, and community and aboriginal medical services. Further study The Bachelor of Oral Health offers undergraduate entry and satisfactory completion of award requirements provides for admission, but does not guarantee admission to, the Doctor of Dental Medicine degree. Postgraduate study in various disciplines including orthodontics, oral medicine and oral pathology, paedeatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics, special care dentistry, conscious sedation and pain control and oral implants offered by the Faculty of Dentistry is open to graduates of the Bachelor of Oral Health. Outstanding graduates may be eligible for admission to a higher degree by research. Course is also available in Sydney Dental Hospital.