University of Copenhagen School of Dentistry

School of Dentistry
Blegdamsvej #3B
Kobenhavn DK 2200
453-532-6700
odontology.ku.dk

The Department of Odontology (School of Dentistry) is located in the Panum complex and is part of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen.

The department coordinates the study programme in dental surgery and conducts research at a high international level within the field of dentistry and related fields.

Approximately 450 students are enrolled in the study programmes and 100 new students are admitted each year. The department also offers postgraduate education for PhD students and dentists (postgraduate programme in orthodontics).

The department comprises several scientific areas organised in two main research and education sections and a clinical section with approximately 225 dental units.

The Department of Odontology (School of Dentistry) is located in the Panum complex and is a part of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen.

The department provides knowledge and expertise from many different areas of the field of dentistry as well as corresponding and associated fields.

The provides a solid foundation for the education and research which are the core tasks of the department.

The department houses a large clinical section (appr. 200 units) and several research laboratories providing optimal facilities for clinical training and supporting research activities.

Approximately 450 students are enrolled in the dental study programmes (appr. 290 women) and 100 new students are admitted each year. In addition the departments offers a postgraduate programme in orthodontics as well as PhD programmes and continuing education for dentists and dental staff.

Dentists in Denmark work mainly with prevention, health promotion and treatment of children and adults in private or community clinics.

The study programme for the degree in dentistry includes a Bachelor's programme (Bachelor of Science in Dental Surgery) and a Master's programme (Master of Science in Dental Surgery). Completion of both programmes leads to the profession as practising dentist.

The education includes clinical and theoretical courses that provide the students with the necessary skills for practicing dentistry. Students are taught by the researchers at the department and clinical instructors. The theoretical courses include lectures or group sessions and the clinical courses include treatment of patients under the supervision of clinical instructors.

The dental education programme was established as an independent subject in Denmark in 1888. From 1941 to the end of 1990 the School of Dentistry was an institution of higher education with its own rector and senate.

In the late 1970s an integration of the health education programmes was discussed and a decade later the University established the Faculty of Health Sciences, which included the Central Department of Odontology comprising two scientific and one clinical section.

In the 1990s a revision of the dental education programme resulted in 60% joint courses with the medical programme, full implementation from 1992.

The Department of Odontology received its current designation with the introduction of the new university law in 1993.

The first school of dentistry was located in a residential flat in central Copenhagen (Nygade) in the early 1890s. The school moved its location twice, first in 1894 to Stormgade where the facilities were shared with the Teachers College and a school museum, and in 1928 to Trommesalen. In 1941 the school moved to newly constructed facilties in the eastern part of Copenhagen (Jagtvej).

During the years 1983-86 the school moved yet again to the recently erected Panum Institute in the northern part of central Copenhagen, - a part of the University's Nørre Campus.

The Panum Institute is currently under reconstruction in order to provide better facilities for educations and research in health and medical sciences. Construction of new addition The Maersk Tower began in 2012 and was officially initiated in January 2017.

Map of University of Copenhagen School of Dentistry School of Dentistry, Blegdamsvej #3B, Kobenhavn DK 2200

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