Differences between stomatology and prosthodontics

The difference between stomatology and prosthodontics lies in different learning contents, different employment directions and different enrollment requirements.

1, learning content is different.

Stomatology: a highly specialized medical category with three main courses: basic medicine, clinical medicine and stomatology; The students majoring in stomatology have almost the same basic courses as clinical medicine, so they should study some courses of basic medicine and clinical medicine first, and then begin to study the basic and clinical courses of stomatology.

Prosthodontics: based on the knowledge of stomatology, physics, chemistry, materials science, metallurgy, aesthetics and other disciplines, it is a special technology to make dentures, various restorations and orthotics by physiological methods.

2. Different employment directions

Students with a full-time college degree or above majoring in stomatology can obtain a practicing doctor's license and become stomatologists after graduation. Stomatologists have a wide range of employment. You can work in stomatology in a big hospital, you can also run a private clinic, and you can also engage in related facial plastic surgery in a beauty salon.

Students majoring in prosthodontics can only obtain the certificate of prosthodontist and engage in relevant technical work in hospitals (especially stomatological hospitals) or companies or factories that manufacture and develop oral materials, instruments and equipment.

3. Different registration requirements

Stomatology major: Only junior college or above can enroll students, so you need to go to a full-time college to study stomatology.

Prosthodontics major: a full-time medical secondary school registered by the education department and the health department has been established, and all junior high school graduates can enroll.

Conditions of doctor's qualification certificate

The doctor qualification certificate is a certificate obtained through the industry entrance examination. The examination of doctor's qualification certificate is an examination to evaluate whether the applicant for doctor's qualification has the necessary professional knowledge and skills to engage in doctor's work, and can evaluate the ability of applying for doctor's professional knowledge.

1, with a bachelor's degree or above in medical major in colleges and universities, and a one-year internship in medical, preventive and health care institutions under the guidance of doctors.

2. Obtain the qualification certificate of assistant physician, have a medical college degree in colleges and universities, have worked in medical, preventive and health care institutions for two years, have obtained a medical professional degree in secondary specialized schools, and have worked in medical, preventive and health care institutions for five years.

3, study traditional medicine for three years, or after years of practical medical skills do have expertise, determined by the health administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level of traditional medicine professional organizations or medical, preventive and health care institutions qualified and recommended.