List of dental schools in Australia and New Zealand
Encyclopedia
This List of dental schools in Australia and New Zealand includes major academic institutions in Australia
and New Zealand
that award advanced professional degrees in the field of dentistry
. It does not include schools of medicine
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
that award advanced professional degrees in the field of dentistry
Dentistry
Dentistry is the branch of medicine that is involved in the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is widely considered...
. It does not include schools of medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
.
New South Wales
- Sydney Faculty of DentistrySydney Faculty of DentistryThe Faculty of Dentistry is a constituent body of the University of Sydney, Australia. It is an Australian graduate-entry dental school based at two locations: Westmead Centre for Oral health which is a part of Westmead hospital, and Sydney Dental Hospital which is situated between Chalmers...
- Graduate Entry - Charles Sturt University School of Dentistry (2009) - Domestic only
Victoria
- University of Melbourne School of Dentistry - Graduate Entry
- La Trobe University School of Dentistry and Oral Health - Domestic only
Queensland
- University of Queensland Faculty of Dentistry
- James Cook University School of DentistryJames Cook University School of Medicine and Dentistry-History:Originally opened as the School of Medicine in February 2000, this was Australia's first new medical school in 25 years and the only medical school in northern Australia. It was the first of a wave of new medical schools that were accredited under the Howard Government that include the...
- Griffith University School of Dentistry and Oral Health
See also
- Royal Australasian College of Dental SurgeonsRoyal Australasian College of Dental SurgeonsThe Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons or RACDS is a professional college established in 1965 that administers Fellowship Exams for both general and specialist dental practitioners in the Australasian region...
- Australian Dental Association
- Australian Dental Council