Melbourne Dentistry

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences is an extremely diverse faculty made up of 52 different schools, departments and centres with a proud history and a promising future.

Faculty is internationally recognised for its leadership in teaching and training, health research, policy and practice and is considered to be one of the best places to study medicine and the health sciences in Australia.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. 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 711 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. In 1989 the Faculty of Dentistry merged with the Faculty of Medicine (established 1876) to create a new Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry comprising a School of Medicine and a School of Dental Science respectively. To reflect additional responsibilities, the faculty expanded in 1991 to become the present Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Bachelor of Oral Health

The Bachelor of Oral Health (BOH) commenced in 2005, replacing the 2 year Diploma in Oral Health Therapy. It is a three year, full-time fixed course with a combined vocational outcome of hygiene and therapy. For more information click here

Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)

The Doctor of Dental Surgery is Australia's only masters-level qualification for training general dental practitioners. With its first intake in 2011, the Doctor of Dental Surgery creates a new benchmark in 21st century education.

The degree leads to registration as a general dental practitioner with the Dental Practice Board in Australia and New Zealand, and creates a pathway to enter the MPhil, PhD or Doctor of Clinical Dentistry.With state-of-the-art technologies, the Doctor of Dental Surgery uses new infrastructure, including a 100 seat pre-clinical laboratory and the new Melbourne University Dental Clinic, for advanced clinical teaching. Highly qualified academics with qualifications and research experience from leading universities around the world deliver the course using lectures, pre-clinical practical classes and clinical patient treatments in all specialties of dentistry, case-based and online learning.The curriculum is based on up-to-date scientific evidence in oral health, imparting advanced philosophies, skills and knowledge related to all areas of clinical dental practice and research. For more information click here

This university also offers below programs

• Postgraduate Coursework Programs
• Honours Programs
• MPhil & PhD

Bachelor of Oral Health

if you are passionate about health and bioscience, highly motivated to succeed, have a thirst for life-long learning and excel academically, then the University of Melbourne is for you.

I’m completing a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) and I’m in my second year. Fresh out of Year 12 I did a Bachelor of Biomedicine medicine here at the University of Melbourne, which is a broad health science course.The University of Melbourne has an excellent reputation across Australia, and that includes the Melbourne Dental School. I’ve lived in Melbourne my whole life so it was also convenient.