University of California San Francisco
DDS Curriculum for Advanced Standing Learners: Courses by Level and Quarter
Our DDS curriculum is designed to evolve through continuous quality improvement, ensuring it meets the needs of our learners and the profession. Learners holding a dental degree from a foreign institution may enter through the International Dentist Pathway (IDP), a three-year advanced standing program that exempts them from Year 1 courses.
*Courses without listed units span multiple quarters, with grades awarded in the final quarter.
Quarter
Course #
Course Title
Units
Year Three, Summer
PCC 104A
Management & Treatment of Periodontal Diseases I
1
Year Three, Summer
PCC 106A
Clinical Oral Medicine Rotation
*
Year Three, Summer
PCC 107A
Clinical Endodontics I
0.5
Year Three, Summer
PCC 108A
Clinical Removable Prosthodontics I
0.5
Year Three, Summer
PCC 109A
Clinical Oral Surgery Rotation I
*
Year Three, Summer
PCC 131
Foundations in General Dentistry I
4.5
Year Three, Summer
PCC 139
Comprehensive Adult General Dentistry I
5.5
Year Three, Fall
PCC 102A
Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics and Implants I
1
Year Three, Fall
PCC 103
Clinical Orthodontic Rotation
1.0
Year Three, Fall
PCC 104A
Management & Treatment of Periodontal Diseases I
1