Facts & figures
Global leaders in dentistry
- #33 in the world 2018 QS Subject Rankings
Faculties and schools_
The University of Sydney School of Dentistry
Australia's first dental school
For more than 100 years, we have provided education and training in dentistry and oral health, creating exceptional graduates, conducting research with a real world impact and offering continuing education.
About Sydney Dental School
Our school is based around integrated research, teaching and clinical practice. We have connections not only with Sydney Dental Hospital, Nepean Hospital and the Westmead Centre for Oral Health, but also with other other local health district dental hospitals in remote, regional and rural NSW such as Ballina, Broken Hill, Dubbo, Orange and Armidale.
Teaching in functioning dental hospitals allows students the opportunity to meet patients, learn from diverse real world oral health issues, interact with dental and medical professionals, and develop an understanding of current healthcare issues.
Our simulation clinics based at Sydney Dental Hospital and the Westmead Centre for Oral Health also help students develop their confidence and skills to perform new procedures in a safe environment.
Teaching and research facilities
Our community
As part of the wider Faculty of Medicine and Health community, our school community is engaged, socially conscious, and always seeking new ways to learn by sharing best practice. This helps us continue to offer education of the highest calibre and conduct leading research, which translates to real world impact.
Through our professional associations, our teachers, researchers, students and alumni are part of an inspiring, welcoming community of dental professionals with access to resources, real world advice and a large professional support network throughout their career. Our professional associations include:
Our disciplines
Our teaching, clinical activities and research are structured into six disciplines, which consist of cognate subject areas:
This includes the subject areas:
- biomaterials
- oral life sciences.
This includes the subject area:
- oral health.
This includes the subject areas:
- conscious sedation and pain control
- dento-maxillofacial radiology
- exodontia and oral surgery
- oral pathology
- oral medicine
- special needs dentistry.
This includes the subject areas:
- orthodontics
- paediatric dentistry.
This includes the subject areas:
- behavioural sciences and professional practice (including ethics and law)
- population oral health.
This includes the subject areas:
- endodonticsÂ
- periodontics
- prosthodontics and oral rehabilitation (including fixed and removable prosthodontics)
- tooth conservation (including cariology).
Our people
Professor Heiko Spallek
Head of School and Dean
Emma Dupal
School Manager
Associate Professor Ky-Anh Nguyen
Deputy Head of School, Academic Lead (Research)
Dr Delyse Leadbetter
Academic Lead (Learning and Teaching)
Tracey McClure
Manager, Education and Research Support
Sydney Dental School
Phone
- +61 1800 SYD UNI (1800 793 864) - in Australia
- +61 2 8627 1444 - outside Australia
- +61 2 8890 7178 (Westmead Centre for Oral Health)
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