After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

• Provide professional preventive, diagnostic, prosthetics, therapeutic, medical opinion, and monitoring activities, as he/she has the required knowledge about:
• a) Constitution, physiology, and behaviour of healthy and ill individuals and the influence of the natural and social environment on human health, as far as these apply to dentistry.
• b) Structure and function of teeth, mouth, jaws, and surrounding tissues in healthy and ill people and their relationship to the overall health and wellbeing of the patient.
• c) Clinical areas and methods that provide a comprehensive overview of anomalies, lesions, and diseases of teeth, mouth, jaws, and surrounding tissues and preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures.
• d) Appropriate clinical practice thanks to supervised practical training.

Graduates of the five-year Dentistry study programme have the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills to practice dentistry as autonomous professionals, start training to earn professional qualifications in the individual dentistry specializations, start training in orthodontics, or work at university dentistry clinics, including as post-graduate research fellows.

The Dentistry programme is designed so as to allow students to earn the qualifications for working in state and private health institutions in accordance with section 26 of Act no. 95/2004 Coll. by completing the programme.

1. The study requirements of the programme are described in the study schedule, which complies with the Masaryk University Study and Examination Regulations (successful completion of all years of the study, i.e. successful completion of all subjects required by the study plan for years 1–5).

2. To complete the Dentistry study programme, students have to earn 300 credits by passing the exams, colloquiums, and advanced Master's state examinations or by fulfilling the requirements to earn non-graded credits, as applicable, within the time period given by the maximum possible length of study.

Besides required courses, student can also choose from elective courses, lectures, and clinical internships. Information about electives can be found in the study schedule for individual years. Moreover, students can register for any courses taught at other Masaryk University faculties that allow registration of students of this programme as elective courses.

The study programme places a greater emphasis on dentistry courses, both theoretical and practical, culminating in a 7-week internship in the 10th semester where students provide comprehensive patient care. During the course of the studies, students also complete four summer trainings (210 hours) to become familiar with the operation of dental care facilities, special materials, technologies, and procedures used in everyday practice.

The five-year full-time study programme includes the following theoretical and practical courses:

a) Basic courses: Medical Chemistry; Medical Biophysics; Medical Biology.

b) Courses in medical biology and general medicine: Anatomy; Histology and Embryology; Physiology; Medical Biochemistry; Pathological Anatomy; Pathological Physiology; Pharmacology; Microbiology; Hygiene; Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology; Radiology; Rehabilitation; Surgery; Internal Medicine, Paediatrics; Otorhinolaryngology; Dermatovenereology; Psychiatry; Neurology; Anaesthesiology.

c) Specialized dentistry courses: Preclinical Dentistry; Materials and Technologies in Dentistry; Gnathology; Oral Histology and Embryology in Dentistry; Prosthodontics in Dentistry; Restorative Dentistry; Preventive Dentistry; Anaesthesia and Sedation in Dentistry; Oral Surgery; Oral Pathology; Clinical Training in Dentistry; Paediatric Dentistry; Orthodontics; Periodontics; Oral Medicine; Oral Radiology – Dental Imaging Methods; Deontological Ethics; Management in Dentistry; Clinical Training in Dentistry.

Content of the advanced Master’s state examinations:

1. Restorative Dentistry; Paediatric Dentistry; Periodontics.

2. Prosthodontics in Dentistry; Orthodontics.

3. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

After completion of the Master's studies, it is possible to continue further studies in any Doctoral degree programme (after satisfying the admission requirements). At the Faculty of Science students can apply for admission to a Doctoral degree in Dentistry.