The Faculty of Dental Medicine awards the D.M.D. (Doctor Medicinae Dentariae) degree to students who have completed all requirements. Graduates of the faculty are licensed by the Ministry of Health to practice dentistry in Israel and may specialize in the different fields of Dental Medicine. The main emphasis of the studies in the first of three pre-clinical years is in fundamentals of natural sciences, medicine and dental medicine. Practically all the studies that year are of pre-medical nature. The courses this year are taught by the Faculties of Natural Sciences, Medicine and Dental Medicine.