Dentistry
School of Dentistry website
Dean: Professor Johann de Vries
Postgraduate Enquiries: Dr Janet Fuss
Phone: 61 8 8303 4052
Fax: 61 8 8303 3444
Email: janet.fuss@adelaide.edu.au
Enrolment enquiries: Adelaide Graduate Centre
Phone: 61 8 8303 5882
Email: graduate.centre@adelaide.edu.au
| Research Awards |
| Academic program |
Duration |
Annual fee
domestic |
Annual fee
international 2009 1 |
Start date |
Mode of study |
Prerequisite qualifications |
(Professional)
Doctor of:
Clinical Dentistry +
Endodontics
Forensic Odontology
General Dental Practice
Oral & Maxillo-Facial Surgery#
Oral Pathology
Orthodontics
Paediatric Dentistry
Periodontics
Prosthodontics
Special Needs Dentistry |
3 years |
RTS* |
$41,000 |
Feb / July |
Internal, full / part time |
Honours IIA degree or equiv. (e.g. successful completion of
primary examination of the Royal College of Dental
Surgeons) plus at least two years of general practice. |
| Master of Science in Dentistry |
up to 2 years |
RTS* |
$28,000 |
Feb / July |
Internal, full / part time |
Honours degree or equiv.
and BDS or equiv. |
| Doctor of Philosophy in Dentistry |
up to 4 years |
RTS* |
$28,000 |
Feb / July |
Internal, full / part time |
Honours IIA degree or equiv. |
# other requirements for registration in Australia include completion of a
medical degree & the secondary examination of the Royal Australasian College
of Dental Surgeons.
+ combined research & clinical academic program which now leads to specialist
registration.
* Research Training Scheme (RTS) - Currently all commencing "local" higher degree by research students at the University of Adelaide are awarded a Research Training Scheme (RTS) place. The RTS place
entitles the student to a maximum period of four years
of tuition fee exempt candidature to undertake
a PhD program or two years of tuition fee
exempt candidature to undertake a Masters
program. This means there is no HECS debt
at the end of the program.
"local" includes Australian
citizens or permanent residents and New Zealand citizens.
International
1 The quoted fee is a base fee that will be subject to an annual increase of up to 3% (5% from 2009 and later) for each of the subsequent years in the program for the duration published on this site. Students completing the program beyond the maximum published period will be subject to a new base fee.
About the School
For more than 80 years the School of Dentistry has been involved in scientific and clinical research. The research interests of the School are broad and the major research groupings are as follows:
- Australian Research Centre for Population Oral health
- Colgate Australian Clinical Dental Research Centre
- Craniofacial biology
- Education
- Forensic Odontology Unit
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Oral disease
- Orthodontics
- Social and preventive dentistry
Research Interests
- Biology of oral diseases with particular reference to their aetiology, pathogenesis
and prevention
- Cranio-facial morphology, growth and function
- Dental education
- Dental materials
- Dental health services research
- Oral epidemiology with particular reference to high risk groups
- Structure and physiology of oral tissues
- Clinical research including trials and evaluation of outcomes
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