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The Dental Surgeon career develops a profound mastership of Stomatology and professional medical skills in the students in order for them to provide integral and comprehensive medical care to their patients.
In addition, it offers innovative Odontological Medicine, such as Genomic Medicine or topics of cellular tissue culture for new therapy development.
Objective
Shape professionals with suitable knowledge, skills, attitudes, and abilities who are skilled in serving society by fulfilling its sanitation needs, both in the stages of preventative measures and in the stages of diagnosis and treatment, in an ethical and efficient manner. The oral and dental health professionals must appreciate the need for their professional development and their ongoing formation throughout their lives. They must be capable of efficiently using progress in science and technology, and understanding the central role of patients in therapeutic decision-making.
Help students to acquire the necessary clinical knowledge and competence so that, upon graduation, they will be able to carry out a general odontological practice in an independent manner. They must also be able to recognize their limitations and know how to look for advice or refer the patient to other professionals whenever a situation exceeds their field of competency.
Promote the acquisition of professional knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behavior that will facilitate an effective and adequate interaction with patients, colleagues, and other health care professionals.
Promote research as curricular support, which allows the development of consistent critical thought, and enables students to permanently question themselves both about their daily work and about the most transcendental breakthroughs in science.
Enrollment Profile
The students who enroll in this career must be disciplined, responsible, perseverant, and have a respect for the human being, as well as a predisposition toward service and humanism.
Graduation Profile
Upon completion of their undergraduate degree, the students will have acquired the following knowledge and skills:
Knowledge of:
- How to identify the symptoms of an illness, based on an orderly, methodical, and comprehensive clinical analysis.
- How to provide an adequate and timely diagnosis and treatment.
- How to apply preventive measures in individual and community cases.
- How to detect the clinical situations of patients who need to be referred to other health professionals in a timely manner, as well as accepting their professional limitations ethically.
- How to promote the critical analysis of science, and the ability for innovation and for scientific promotion.
- How to be up-to-date, both clinically and academically, in a consistent manner, and remain up-to-date on therapeutic advances.
- How to identify the Country's public health needs.
Skills for:
- Being orderly, methodical, accomplished, and respectful of the different clinical and welfare activities.
- Identifying the special health care needs of each patient, as well as their behavioral and socio-cultural components, in order to formulate an accurate diagnosis.
- Solving the health problems of their patients and their community, in accordance with the available resources.
- Stimulating recognition and acceptance regarding the commitment to working with the best interest of the patients, at any given time and according to the health codes in force.
- The application of computer science as a useful tool for reference and administrative support.
- Applying the necessary and timely preventive measures for controlling illnesses.
- Mastering one or more foreign languages.
At UDEM, we prepare you to become a person with a great reflective ability, able to analyze, challenge, learn, and to develop a critical awareness of your environment.
Área de Estudios Generales
Esta área está integrada por cursos comunes y cursos electivos que pretenden:
- Ofrecer conocimientos de cultura general y sensibilidad ante la diversidad cultural y una visión internacional comparada.
- Asegurar comprensión de otras áreas del conocimiento diferentes a la profesión elegida por el estudiante.
- Desarrollar habilidades de liderazgo para identificar, emprender, promover y lograr cambios trascendentes a través del trabajo en equipo y de la innovación, apoyándose su toma de decisiones con juicio crítico.
- Desarrollar habilidades para comunicarse académica y eficazmente en su propia lengua y dominar al menos un segundo idioma.
- Desarrollar capacidades para transferir el conocimiento adquirido, empleando métodos y técnicas de vanguardia.
- Desarrollar las capacidades para integrarse y evaluar los cambios administrándolos con responsabilidad social.
- Desarrollar las capacidades para identificar y aprovechar las mejores oportunidades para continuar la propia formación profesional y humana, utilizando habilidades para reconocer cuándo se necesita información, así como localizarla, evaluarla y usarla efectivamente.
- Inculcar actitudes de servicio para promover la transformación del entorno y la conciencia ecológica.
- Inculcar actitudes de compromiso para desarrollarse integralmente y trascender con relación a sí mismo, a su comunidad y a la humanidad.
Cursos Comunes
(9 cursos comunes, 54 créditos)
| NOMBRE | CRÉDITOS |
| Escenarios, Tendencias y Dilemas Globales | 6 |
| Comunicación Efectiva Oral y Escrita | 6 |
| Estadística y su Interpretación | 6 |
| Estudios Mexicanos: Sociedad y Cultura | 6 |
| Estudios Mexicanos: Economía y Política | 6 |
| Competencias Globales | 6 |
| Pensamiento Social de la Iglesia | 6 |
| Formación Intensiva para el Éxito en el TOEFL | 6 |
| Evaluación Crítica de Bases de Información | 6 |
Área de Estudios Profesionales (252 créditos)
| NOMBRE | CRÉDITOS |
| Anatomía I | 6 |
| Embriología | 6 |
| Química Biológica | 6 |
| Biología Celular y Molecular | 6 |
| Histología | 6 |
| Laboratorio de Histología | 3 |
| Anatomía y Laboratorio de Anatomía Dental | 3 |
| Psicología General | 6 |
| Ciencia de los Materiales Dentales | 6 |
| Estomatología Preventiva I | 6 |
| Fisiología I | 6 |
| Laboratorio de Fisiología I | 3 |
| Estomatología Preventiva II | 6 |
| Microbiología y Parasitología | 6 |
| Anestesiología Estomatológica | 6 |
| Propedéutica Clínica | 10 |
| Propedéutica Estomatológica | 8 |
| Oclusión I | 6 |
| Operatoria Dental | 4 |
| Preclínica Estomatológica | 5 |
| Patología | 6 |
| Radiología e Imagenología | 6 |
| Farmacología y Toxicología | 6 |
| Prótesis Parcial Fija y Removible I | 6 |
| Patología Estomatológica | 6 |
| Prótesis Parcial Fija y Removible II | 5 |
| Nutrición | 6 |
| Oclusión II | 4 |
| Fotografía Clínica | 3 |
| Cirugía Estomatológica I | 6 |
| Endodoncia Estomatológica I | 6 |
| Odontología Forense | 3 |
| Cirugía Estomatológica II | 5 |
| Odontología Infantil I | 6 |
| Prostodoncia Total | 8 |
| Periodoncia I | 6 |
| Ortodoncia Básica | 6 |
| Seminario de Casos Clínicos | 6 |
| Rotación Hospitalaria I | 6 |
| Odontología Infantil II | 6 |
| Urgencias Médicas Estomatológicas | 6 |
| Fisiología II | 6 |
| Redacción Inglés (Entornos Profesionales) | 6 |
| Cirugía I | 6 |
| Cirugía II | 6 |
| Endodoncia Estomatológica II | 5 |
| Cirugía III | 6 |
Cursos de Concentración Profesional (18 créditos)
| NOMBRE | CRÉDITOS |
| Ortodoncia I | 6 |
| Ortodoncia II | 6 |
| Ortodoncia III | 6 |
| Endoperiodontología I | 6 |
| Endoperiodontología II | 6 |
| Endoperiodontología III | 6 |
Cursos de Concentración en Otra Área Profesional
Tienen el propósito de ampliar la visión profesional y científica de los estudiantes, fortalecer su formación académica y facilitar competitivamente su inserción en el medio laboral. Se deberán cursar 12 créditos o más, según la carrera que se estudia; estas materias, combinadas entre sí, desarrollan una competencia profesional específica. Ver catálogo de áreas menores.
Cursos de Práctica y Evaluación Final (30 créditos)
| NOMBRE | CRÉDITOS |
| Rotación Hospitalaria II | 6 |
| Periodoncia II | 6 |
| Implantología | 6 |
| Estomatología para pacientes con capacidades diferentes | 11 |
| Administración y el Ejercicio Profesional | 6 |
The Dental Surgeons (MCD) are formed with an approach towards professional competency, enabling them to perform in any scenario of Stomatological Medicine, and to be aware of the breakthroughs in their profession.
An MCD's field of work includes the clinical care of their patients, either in private practice or in public or private institutions, in both urban and rural scenarios, with scientific clinical support.
The graduates will be able to establish their own practice or work centers, with the possibility of managing them as companies. They will also be able to perform in academic and educational fields, in research centers, and as associates in companies commercializing products related to their area of study.
Héctor Ramón
Martínez Menchaca
MCD Academic Program Director
Building 5, office 5107
T. (81) 8215-1541
01 800-801-UDEM, ext. 1541
