Melbourne Dental School

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The Melbourne Dental School is one of the graduate schools of the University of Melbourne. In addition to the 4-year graduate dental program the Doctor of Dental Surgery, the school offers specialty training programs combined with the Doctor of Clinical Dentistry degree, advanced training programs, and research degrees including M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs. According to the QS World Rankings, it is the highest ranking dental school in Australia and often ranks among the top 25 in the world. [1]

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Professor Alastair J Sloan has been head of the Melbourne Dental School since January 2020. [2]

History

In 1884, a group of dentists formed the Odontological Society of Victoria with the aims of the regulation and education of dentists in the state of Victoria. Mr. John Illife (1847–1914), a member and later president of the Odontological Society of Victoria, was the driving force in negotiations for the regulation of dentistry in Victoria and the establishment of a hospital and college in Melbourne.

Thanks largely to his efforts, the Melbourne Dental Hospital opened its doors in 1890 and was followed in 1897 by the Australian College of Dentistry, devoted solely to the education of dentists. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

In 1904, a Faculty of Dental Science was established and the College was affiliated with the University of Melbourne. In 1963, the Faculty and the hospital moved from 193 Spring Street to the new Royal Dental Hospital at 720 Swanston Street, Carlton.

In 1989, the Faculty of Dentistry merged with the Faculty of Medicine (established 1876) to create a new Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry consisting of a School of Medicine and a School of Dental Science. To reflect additional responsibilities, the faculty expanded in 1991 to become the present Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Programs

Graduate programs

The Faculty of Dentistry offers formal graduate programs leading to a Doctor of Clinical Dentistry degree (DClinDent) in the following areas:

The Faculty also offers graduate programs in Forensic Odontology and Restorative dentistry.

Melbourne Model changes

Research

The Melbourne Dental School has a strong tradition in dental research and an established international reputation in several research areas. Research in the school is an integral component of staff and student activities underpinning both the undergraduate and graduate curricula.

The major research activities of the school are conducted by four research groups. This research covers a vast area of scientific research from basic science to clinical studies and involves a range of scientific disciplines.

The school published 46 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals in 2003 and attracted over $8 million in external grants from government agencies (National Health and Medical Research Council and Medical Research Council, Australian Research Council etc.) and industry.

Research within the school has led to several products, including Recaldent, a unique product which helps prevent and reverse dental decay.

The Melbourne Dental School is one of five participants in the Victorian Centre for Oral Health Science, established in 2003 with an infrastructure grant (major equipment grant) from the Victorian State Government.

The Melbourne Dental School was a core party in the Cooperative Research Centre for Oral Health Science (CRC-OHS) from 2004 - 2010. The success of the CRC resulted in an extension being granted, with the Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre (Oral Health CRC) commencing in January 2010.

In 2009, an Oral Health Therapists Graduate Study was conducted at the Melbourne Dental School. This study was jointly funded by both the Dental Hygienists Association Australia and the Victorian Dental Oral Health Therapists Association. Ethical approval was granted for this study with all findings to be made public in October 2009 on "Research Day."

The Melbourne Dental School is a participant in the Bio21 Institute with research encompassing a wide variety of sub-disciplines, including structural chemistry, bacterial biofilms and peptide vaccine technology

Accreditation

Notable alumni

The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum

The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum contains over 2,500 objects, photographs, documents and catalogues relating to the history of dentistry and dental education in Victoria. Objects in the collection date from the early 18th century and provide insights into the changes and developments within the dental profession and its striving to improve the standard of dental education, dental health and dental care within Victoria.

The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum is located on the ground floor, 720 Swanston Street Melbourne, in the same building occupied by The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Top Universities. "QS World Rankings Dentistry".
  2. ↑ "Welcome Professor Alastair Sloan".
  3. ↑ Records of the Dental Hospital Melbourne, The University of Melbourne, 1989, retrieved 19 March 2019
  4. ↑ "FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1890". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 13, 797. Victoria, Australia. 12 September 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 19 March 2019– via National Library of Australia. , ...The Melbourne Dental Hospital, in Lonsdale-street, will be opened at half-past 12 today, by Sir James MacBain...
  5. ↑ "MISCELLANEOUS". Evening News . No. 7271. New South Wales, Australia. 13 September 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 19 March 2019– via National Library of Australia. , ...The Melbourne Dental Hospital, the latest addition to the medical charities of the city, was opened on Friday by Sir James MacBain...
  6. ↑ "LOCAL NEWS". The Age . No. 13, 175. Victoria, Australia. 24 May 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 19 March 2019– via National Library of Australia., ...the committee of the Melbourne Dental Hospital was held on Friday evening ; the president, Sir. John Iliffe, in the chair. It was decided, with a view to affording increased facilities for dental students, to proceed at once to complete the organisation of the Australian College of Dentistry...
  7. ↑ "A COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY". The Age . No. 13, 191. Victoria, Australia. 11 June 1897. p. 7. Retrieved 19 March 2019– via National Library of Australia., ...it was proposed to affiliate the Melbourne Dental Hospital with a college of dentistry, to be known as the Australian College of Dentistry and Melbourne Dental Hospital...
  8. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY". The Age . No. 13, 209. Victoria, Australia. 2 July 1897. p. 7. Retrieved 19 March 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ Highest international honour for orthodontics pioneer, University News & Events, 1 June 2007, University of Adelaide, retrieved 1 Feb 2009.

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