No.1 in Australia

The University is ranked first in Australia and fourth in the world for graduate employability in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020.

Australia's first dental school

The University has been providing education, training and research to oral health and dentistry students for over 100 years.

The Doctor of Dental Medicine will teach you to be a confident, ethical and qualified dentist. You will build skills through practice-based learning, in a four-year dentistry degree developed to meet the changing oral health needs of the community.

The Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) is a graduate-entry course that will allow you to have a rewarding career as a dentist, eligible for registration with the Dental Board of Australia.

Why study dentistry here?

When you study the Doctor of Dental Medicine at the Sydney Dental School, you will:

• Access the latest technology, facilities and teaching laboratories
• Understand how to make treatment decisions that are most appropriate for patients as individuals
• Gain confidence in treating patients through simulation and practice-based experience
• Develop leadership skills to enable contribution to the dental community
• Learn the skills to make informed decisions by critiquing research and evidence
• Be taught by internationally-renowned dental professionals, who are some of the most highly respected academics in Australia and the world, and
• Undergo clinical education at the University of Sydney Camperdown Campus, as well as Westmead Centre for Oral Health and Sydney Dental Hospital.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Graduates of the Doctor of Dental Medicine are eligible for immediate registration with the Dental Board of Australia, allowing you to go straight in to practice. Canadian students can undertake the examination of the National Examining Board of Canada, allowing registration and practice in their home country.

You can then work in:

• Private practice dentistry
• Public service dentistry (eg. in hospitals or schools)
• Defence forces.

You could also then undertake further study at the Sydney Dental School, and specialise in:

• Conscious sedation and pain control
• Oral implants
• Oral medicine and oral pathology
• Orthodontics
• Paediatric dentistry
• Periodontics
• Prosthodontics
• Special care dentistry.

Outstanding graduates may pursue a higher degree by research in the courses of Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Philosophy.