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Nigerian Polytechnics Offering Dental Therapy 2026


Dental therapists are primary oral health care providers who are educated and trained to provide basic clinical dental treatment and preventive services in a variety of practice settings.

Dental therapists maintain and improve health by providing restorative dental treatment, disease prevention, and oral health promotion programs.

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The following is the list of polytechnics that offer Dental Therapy as a course:

  • Federal School Of Dental Technology And Therapy, Enugu
  • Ogun State College Of Health Technology, Ilese-Ijebu, Ogun State
  • Shehu Idris College Of Health Sciences And Technology, Makarf

Entry Requirements

Subject Combination/UTME Requirements

Those who wish to apply for Dental Therapy are to apply for the following courses as their UTME subject combinations during Jamb registration.

  • Mathematics
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Biology/Health Sciences or Food and Nutrition

O’Level Requirements

The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Dental Therapy include Five O’ level credit passes in the following subjects:

  • English language, 
  • Mathematics, 
  • Biology, 
  • Chemistry 
  • Physics

Conclusions

Dental therapists are important members of the dental team who provide various types of dental treatment to patients either directly or through a dentist’s prescription.

Working as a therapist in a dental practice allows you to be independent without having to take on the full responsibility of running a practice.

We believe this article will be useful to any students considering a career in Dental Therapy. Your academic success is still in RealMina’s best interests.

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