The Dental Medicine program at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, provides the essential education for all who wish to pursue the responsible and humane profession of a dentist. The program combines modern theoretical knowledge with extensive practical training, enabling students to develop clinical skills, critical thinking and an ethical approach to patient care.
The program places particular emphasis on holistic patient care, interdisciplinary collaboration and the use of evidence-based dental medicine.
Students are involved in clinical work from the early stages of their studies, which gives them direct contact with patients and an understanding of the real working environment.
During their studies, they develop core clinical skills — recognizing the course of a disease, performing physical examinations and interpreting results. They are trained to perform basic technical procedures and to communicate effectively with patients. The program promotes high standards of medical practice and ethics and strengthens personal and professional development.
The program provides in-depth theoretical and methodological knowledge and the ability to apply it in practice. Graduates are qualified to solve professional challenges using scientific methods and develop skills in professional communication, teamwork, critical thinking, responsibility and independent decision-making.
Practical training in a dentist’s working environment is an integral part of the program. The emphasis is on analytical thinking, communication skills and ethical commitment to the profession, medical ethics and deontology.
The completed program provides the professional knowledge required for all activities involving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of anomalies and diseases of the teeth, oral cavity, jaws and associated tissues. The program provides knowledge of preclinical subjects (e.g. anatomy, biochemistry, physiology) and clinical subjects (e.g. fixed and removable prosthodontics, orthodontics, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry). Graduates build on their professional competencies through regular continuing education, participation in professional meetings, and postgraduate and specialist training as one of the options for further professional development.
Understands the development and fundamental principles of medicine
Integrates knowledge from medicine, dental medicine and other biomedical sciences and applies it in holistic and individualized patient care.
The Faculty of Medicine provides a high-quality learning environment supported by professionally and pedagogically qualified staff and modern infrastructure.
The University of Maribor regularly ranks among top 4% of universities worldwide, which contributes to the international recognition of graduates and opens up opportunities for further education and professional development at home and abroad.
Across all study programs, students acquire comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of health, disease, prevention and modern approaches to individual patient care. They develop the ability to link theoretical knowledge with practical work, to think critically and to collaborate in interdisciplinary teams. In doing so, they acquire the competencies for ethical, responsible and evidence-based professional practice.
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Medicine | 3 | Winter |
| Elective Course 1. | 3 | Winter |
| Cell Biology | 6 | Winter |
| Chemistry | 3 | Winter |
| Introduction to Dental Medicine | 3 | Winter |
| Fundamentals of Biophysics | 4 | Winter |
| Research in Medicine with Biostatistics | 4 | Summer |
| Elective Course 2. | 3 | Summer |
| Biochemistry | 6 | Summer |
| Communication in Dental Medicine | 3 | Summer |
| Molecular Biology with Genetics | 5 | Summer |
| Anatomy with Histology and Embryology | 16 | Year-long |
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Slovene Terminology | 3 | Winter |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Biophysics and Medical Physics | 3 | Winter |
| Medicine and Sport | 3 | Winter |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Anatomy | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Biochemistry | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Molecular Biology | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Medical Genetics and Genomics | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Histology and Embryology | 3 | Summer |
| Fundamentals of Law and Economics in Healthcare | 3 | Summer |
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Elective Course 3. | 3 | Winter |
| Microbiology, Immunology and Oral Microbiology | 7 | Winter |
| Elective Course 4. | 3 | Summer |
| Elective Course 5. | 3 | Summer |
| Public Health and Professional Collaboration | 5 | Summer |
| Pharmacology with Toxicology | 6 | Summer |
| General Pathology | 4 | Summer |
| Physiology | 20 | Year-long |
| Dental Morphology (Anatomy and Physiology of the Oral Cavity) | 9 | Year-long |
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Nutrition | 3 | Winter |
| Fundamentals of Medical Technology | 3 | Winter |
| Modern Biomedical Informatics | 3 | Winter |
| Biophysical Aspects of Controlling Biofilm Formation on Dental Surfaces | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Pharmacology and Toxicology | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Physiology | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Microbiology and Immunology | 3 | Summer |
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Anesthesiology | 3 | Winter |
| General and Dental Radiology | 3 | Winter |
| Dental Materials | 3 | Winter |
| Pathology – Special Pathology | 5 | Winter |
| Removable Prosthodontics 1 | 4 | Winter |
| Clinical Medicine 1 | 9 | Winter |
| Propedeutics in Dental Medicine | 3 | Winter |
| Orofacial Genetics | 3 | Summer |
| Internal Medicine with Propedeutics | 6 | Summer |
| Elective Course 6. | 3 | Summer |
| Fixed Prosthodontics 1 | 4 | Summer |
| Clinical Medicine 2 | 5 | Summer |
| Restorative Dentistry (Preclinical) | 4 | Summer |
| Surgery | 5 | Summer |
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Selected Topics and Advances in Internal Medicine | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Radiology | 3 | Summer |
| Medicine in Emergency Situations | 3 | Summer |
| Interdisciplinary Management of the Dental Patient | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Surgery | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics in Health Psychology for Dental Medicine | 3 | Summer |
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | 3 | Winter |
| Elective Course 7. | 3 | Winter |
| Clinical Physiology of the Stomatognathic System | 6 | Winter |
| Preventive Dental Medicine and Oral Hygiene | 5 | Winter |
| Medical Ethics and Law | 3 | Winter |
| Pediatric Dentistry 1 | 4 | Summer |
| Forensic Medicine and Forensic Dentistry | 3 | Summer |
| Elective Course 8. | 3 | Summer |
| Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics | 4 | Summer |
| Periodontology 1 | 3 | Summer |
| Oral Surgery 1 | 7 | Year-long |
| Removable Prosthodontics 2 | 8 | Year-long |
| Fixed Prosthodontics 2 | 8 | Year-long |
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Selected Topics and Advances in Neurology | 3 | Winter |
| English | 3 | Winter |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Anesthesiology | 3 | Winter |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Dermatovenereology | 3 | Winter |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Pediatrics | 3 | Winter |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Ophthalmology | 3 | Summer |
| Lasers in Medicine | 3 | Summer |
| Pain in Dentistry | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Gynecology and Obstetrics | 3 | Summer |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery | 3 | Summer |
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Orthodontics (Preclinical) | 3 | Winter |
| Elective Course 9. | 3 | Winter |
| Endodontics 1 | 3 | Winter |
| Evidence-Based Medicine – Health Economics, Patient Safety, Quality in Healthcare | 3 | Winter |
| Elective Course 10. | 3 | Summer |
| Rehabilitation in Dental Medicine | 3 | Summer |
| Dentofacial Orthopedics 1 (Orthodontics) | 3 | Summer |
| Pediatric Dentistry 2 | 6 | Year-long |
| Removable Prosthodontics 3 | 7 | Year-long |
| Oral Surgery 2 | 6 | Year-long |
| Periodontology 2 | 6 | Year-long |
| Oral Medicine | 6 | Year-long |
| Fixed Prosthodontics 3 | 8 | Year-long |
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Biomedical Informatics | 3 | Winter |
| English | 3 | Winter |
| Selected Topics and Advances in Public Health | 3 | Winter |
| Orofacial Pain | 3 | Summer |
| Evidence-Based Dental Medicine | 3 | Summer |
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| General Clinical Dentistry | 5 | Winter |
| Implantology | 5 | Winter |
| Oral Medicine with Emergency Care | 5 | Winter |
| Maxillofacial Surgery | 6 | Winter |
| Geriatric Dentistry | 3 | Winter |
| Pediatric Dentistry 3 | 4 | Summer |
| Endodontics 2 | 5 | Summer |
| Fixed Prosthodontics 4 | 5 | Summer |
| Removable Prosthodontics 4 | 4 | Summer |
| Periodontology 3 | 4 | Summer |
| Oral Surgery 3 | 4 | Summer |
| Dentofacial Orthopedics 2 (Orthodontics) | 4 | Summer |
| Title | ECTS | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Use of New Technologies, Ceramics and Polymers in Dental Medicine | 3 | Winter |
| The High-Risk Patient in the Dental Practice | 3 | Winter |
| Orthodontic-Surgical Management of the Orthognathic Patient | 3 | Winter |
| Free Elective Course | 6 | Winter |
| English | 3 | Winter |
| Fundamentals of Medical Technology | 3 | Winter |
| Clinical Work | 6 | Winter |
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“I completed part of my studies on an Erasmus exchange in Split, followed by an Erasmus traineeship in Vienna. Both experiences gave me the chance to explore the cities in depth, meet new people and form friendships that will last a lifetime. On the clinical wards, I saw procedures that are performed less often at home, and a longer placement in ophthalmology confirmed my wish to specialize in the field.
I also tried my hand at research, which further broadened my professional perspective. The exchanges helped me grow both personally and professionally: I became more independent and open-minded, improved my foreign language skills and felt even more confident about my career path.
It is an experience every medical student should have.”
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The best part was meeting students from all over the world. We cooked, studied and explored Graz together. The exchange taught me things I would never have experienced at home. I became more independent, confident and open-minded.
If you are thinking about Erasmus, go for it. It will not always be easy, but it will always be worth it. ”
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