School of Dentistry

Overview

The Department of Dentistry trains future dental surgeons, Professors hospital practitioners.
In 1965, pursuant to Decree No. 65-804, all teaching and research departments of the UFR Odontologie and the Department of Dentistry at the Montpellier University Hospital merged to form the Center for Dental Care, Teaching, and Research.
The UFR Odontologie provides both initial and continuing education for all dental professionals.

Director: Jean-Cédric Durand
Administrative Director: Karim Mekhneche

Some figures

• 586 students
• 66 Professors , including:
  • 9 university professors and hospital practitioners
  • 26 university lecturers and hospital practitioners
  • 25 university hospital assistants
  • 15 instructors
  • 19 hospital residents
  • 3 PRAG
  • 1 university lecturer
• 2 associate assistants
• 20 IATS staff members

Training

The Department of Dentistry makes the expertise and skills of its faculty, as well as its facilities, available to students and practitioners through the following degree programs:

• Diploma in General Education in Ethics
• Advanced Diploma in Dental Sciences
• Certificate in Clinical and Therapeutic Synthesis
• Doctor of Dental Surgery
• Postgraduate Certificates (Biomaterials – Surgical Dentistry – Periodontology – Prosthodontics – Oral Biology)
• University Degrees (Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry – Clinical Implantology – Advanced Pediatric Dentistry and Sedation – Hyaluronic Acid Injections – Forensic Dentistry – Assessment of Bodily Injury Applied to Dentistry – Multidisciplinary Implantology Clinic – Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing)
• University Certificates of Advanced Clinical Training (Oral Implantology – Oral Surgery – Periodontology – Pediatric Dentistry – Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry – Orthodontics – Occlusodontics)
• Qualification to Supervise Research (HDR)