Overview

Oral health therapy students graduate with dual qualifications in dental hygiene and dental therapy. There is a strong focus on developing skills to prevent disease and manage oral health conditions with an adult restorative scope of practice.

When you study to be an oral health therapist, you will work closely with professional dental practitioners and learn to perform a range of preventive and minor restorative tasks, educate the community on self-care oral health practices, and provide evidence-based oral health therapy methods for treating patients of all ages.

Majors

Areas of study

Oral health promotion, periodontics, tooth conservation.

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

Oral health therapist, dental hygienist, dental therapist in private and public sector dental practice in Australia and New Zealand.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer99.199.95
Median rank to receive an offer97.1599.28
Lowest rank to receive an offer93.196.1

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the University of Sydney website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.


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