Completing the Bachelor of Oral Health at CQUniversity enables you to apply to the Dental Board of Australia for registration as an Oral Health Therapist.

Designed to equip you with a broad skill set, the course ensures you graduate work-ready. You will develop skills to effectively perform preventive and operative dentistry for patients and provide specialist dental practices. In addition, your education and training will provide you with underpinning industry knowledge so you can educate and promote oral health in small group and community settings.

The course has a strong focus on work-integrated learning in pre-clinical and clinical settings such as our purpose-fit oral health laboratory and dental clinic at CQUniversity Rockhampton. This allows you to gain valuable practical experience whilst also increasing your employability. Oral health can be a diverse and rewarding career. During your studies, you will benefit from learning alongside students in other health courses in facilities such as CQUniversity's Allied Health Clinic. To apply for general registration as a dental practitioner, please visit the Dental Board of Australia website.

Career Opportunities

Upon completion of the Bachelor of Oral Health you will be eligible to apply for registration to work in general and specialist dental practices within Australia as an Oral Health Therapist. You will be able to perform preventive and operative dentistry for patients across the lifespan. You will also be equipped to educate and promote oral health in small group and community settings.

Course Structure

• Core Units

  20

• Electives

  None

• Major Units

  None

• Minor Units

  None

COURSE STRUCTURE
You are required to complete 20 core units.

UNIT INFORMATION
For information on the units, you could study as part of this course, visit the Handbook and select the "Course Structure" tab.

CREDIT TRANSFER INFORMATION
If you have already completed study relevant to the course you have enrolled in, you may be eligible for credit transfer.

Internships and Placements

Introduction to Oral Health Therapy - ORAL11001

Work-based learning takes place in the oral health simulation laboratory (up to 3 hours per week) and oral health clinics on campus 6 x 3 hour sessions per term.

Introduction to Oral Disease - ORAL11003

Work-based learning takes place in the oral health simulation laboratory and/or the oral health clinics on campus for up to 2 x 3 hour sessions per term.

Introduction to Oral Health Practice - ORAL11006

Work-based learning takes place in the oral health simulation laboratory for 2 x 3 hour sessions, per week, per term and the oral health clinic on campus for up to 36 hours per term.

Oral Health Pre Clinical Practice 1 - ORAL12002

Work-based learning takes place in the oral health simulation laboratory on campus for 2 x 3 hour sessions per week per term.

Oral Health Clinical Practice 1 - ORAL12003

Work-based learning takes place in the oral health clinics on campus 2 x 3-hour sessions per week per term.

Advanced Oral Health Practice - ORAL12004

Work-based learning takes place in the oral health simulation laboratory and oral health clinics on campus over 5 days per term.

Paediatric Dentistry for the Oral Health Therapist - ORAL12005

Work-based learning takes place in the oral health simulation laboratory on campus for 2 x 3 hour sessions per week per term.

Oral Health Clinical Practice 2 - ORAL12006

Work-based learning takes place in the oral health clinics on campus 4 x 3-hour sessions per week per term.

Oral Health Clinical Placement 1 - ORAL13001

Work-based learning takes place in a variety of settings 4-5 days per week per term. This includes general dental practices, specialist dental practices, school dental clinics, oral health clinics on campus and residential care facilities. These clinical placements may be in Central Queensland, in other areas of Queensland and in other states and territories of Australia.

Oral Health Clinical Placement 2 - ORAL13002

Work-based learning takes place in a variety of settings 4-5 days per week per the term. This includes general dental practices, specialist dental practices, school dental clinics, oral health clinics on campus and residential care facilities. These clinical placements may be in Central Queensland, in other areas of Queensland and in other states and territories of Australia.

You are required to undertake a minimum of 1000 hours of clinical placement. The Bachelor of Oral Health course involves extensive training in a clinical environment, initially using simulator technologies before progressing to full-time clinical placements in an oral health environment. Students should be prepared in their final year of study to spend four days per week in full-time clinical placements as part of the course requirements.