• Professional excellence and integrity in living, learning and practicing with the highest ethical and clinical standards,
• Commitment to advance dentistry through the integration of education, research, and collaboration.
• Respect for each other’s rights, opinions, and beliefs in a diverse, culturally-sensitive and supportive environment.
• A culture of open communication that fosters a sense of community.

• Graduates will have the ability to recognize the scientific principles needed for the provision of high standard oral health care.
• Graduates will have the ability to recognize and follow the rules & regulations that govern the dental profession.
• Graduates will have the ability to practice evidence-based dentistry in the provision of high standard oral health care.
• Graduates will be able to work collaboratively with clinicians, parents and other medical specialties advocating for the health of the patient.
• Graduates will have the ability to practice dentistry with high professional attitude and work ethics.
• Graduates will be able and interested in conducting dental research.

By the end of this program students will be able to:

1. Discuss an in-depth knowledge of the art and science of dentistry and normal human structure and function.
2. Apply the basic principles of conservative dental treatment.
3. Identify and interpret the implications of systemic medical conditions to the management of oral health.
4. Diagnose systemic medical conditions that present with oral symptoms and initiate appropriate management.
5. Identify complex situations and appropriately manage such situations in liaison with specialist health practitioners.
6. Apply strategies for oral disease prevention, health maintenance and health promotion for individuals and the community.
7. Implement comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs.
8. Apply the legal, ethical and professional responsibilities required of a practicing dentist.
9. Design an appropriate treatment planning for patients with multiple dental\oral problems.
10. Execute research projects based on a thorough knowledge of literature, data collection and analysis.
11. Explain the oral health needs of communities and engage in community service.

An increasing number of dental schools and graduates makes it hard to analyze the market and demand for dental services in the future. On another hand, this will/should create healthy competition among dental schools. Increasing demand of specialist in this field and also respect of community makes it one of the highly demanded professionals in the region.

As fresh graduates, the dentist has several options to follow in the region. The most chosen one is volunteering training in the governmental hospitals since it is mandatory by the regulations of Kurdistan Dental Association, afterward, they can establish their own practice or become associated with another practice. The dentist can also apply to the central government for assignment in the governmental hospitals. More and more students recently choosing to follow post graduates decree due to demand in the region.