School of Dentistry

Overview

The School of Dentistry trains future dental surgeons, dental Professors , and hospital-based practitioners.
In 1965, pursuant to Decree No. 65-804, all teaching and research departments of the Department of Dentistry and the Dentistry Department of the Montpellier University Hospital (CHU) were consolidated to form the Center for Dental Care, Teaching, and Research.
The Faculty of Dentistry provides both initial and continuing education for all dental professionals.

Director: Jean-Cédric Durand
Administrative Director: Karim Mekhneche

Some figures

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

Training Courses

The Department of Dentistry makes the expertise and know-how of its faculty, as well as its facilities, available to students and practitioners as part of the following degree programs:

• Diploma in General Education in Ethics
• Advanced Training Certificate in Dental Sciences
• Certificate in Clinical and Therapeutic Synthesis
• Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree
• 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 in Clinical Specialization (Oral Implantology – Oral Surgery – Periodontology – Pediatric Dentistry – Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry – Orthodontics – Occlusodontics)
• Qualification to Supervise Research (HDR)