Clinical Dentistry (Special Needs Dentistry)
Unit of study table
| This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 26 August 2026. View details of the changes below. |
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Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (Special Needs Dentistry) |
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| (a) In order to fulfil the requirements for specialist registration in Special Needs Dentistry, students complete 144 credit points in the sequence indicated by Years 1-3 below a specialist in this field, all units of study must be taken in the following sequence. All units of study are compulsory unless otherwise noted. |
| (b) Enrolment is full-time |
| (c) All units of study are compulsory unless otherwise noted. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Doctor of Clinical Dentistry(Special Needs Dentistry) | ||
Year 1 Semester 1 | ||
| DENT6041 Special Needs Dentistry I | 18 | |
| DENT6000 Research Methods in Dentistry | 6 | |
Year 1 Semester 2 | ||
| DENT6042 Special Needs Dentistry II | 18 | |
| DENT6010 Dental Research Studies 1 | 6 | A Knowledge in all aspects of general dentistry P DENT6000 |
Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (Special Needs Dentistry) | ||
Year 2 Semester 1 | ||
| DENT6043 Special Needs Dentistry III | 18 | P DENT6042 |
| DENT6011 Dental Research Studies 2 | 6 | A Knowledge in all aspects of general dentistry P (DENT6000 and DENT6010) or PUBH5010 |
Year 2 Semester 2 | ||
| DENT6044 Special Needs Dentistry IV | 18 | P DENT6043 |
| DENT6012 Dental Research Studies 3 | 6 | A Knowledge in all aspects of general dentistry P DENT6011 |
Year 3 Semester 1 | ||
| DENT6045 Special Needs Dentistry V | 18 | |
| DENT6013 Dental Research Studies 4 | 6 | A Knowledge in all aspects of general dentistry P DENT6011 and DENT6012 |
Year 3 Semester 2 | ||
| DENT6046 Special Needs Dentistry VI | 18 | |
| DENT6014 Dental Research Studies 5 | 6 | A Knowledge in all aspects of general dentistry P DENT6011 and DENT6012 and DENT6013 |
Post-publication amendments
| Date | Original publication | Post-publication amendment |
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| 26/08/2026 | Prerequisites (P) for DENT6045 published as: "P DENT6044?" | Prerequisites (P) for DENT6045 removed: |
| 26/08/2026 | Prerequisites (P) for DENT6046 published as: "P DENT6045" | Prerequisites (P) for DENT6046 removed: |