introduction to faculty of dentistry UKM

The Faculty of Dentistry UKM was started in 1996 as the second dentistry faculty in the country. It is located in the Kuala Lumpur Campus, next to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. The Faculty offers the Bachelor of Dentistry programme with students graduating with the degree of Doctor of Dentistry. The faculty is equipped with modern facilities for learning, teaching as well as for dental treatment services. UKM provides residential colleges in the vicinity of the faculty for undergraduates as well as transportation for the students to move around campus.

Objectives of Programme

» To create dentistry graduates able to exercise excellent work culture, are responsible
and able to meet the needs for dental services by society.

» To make the Facultyas the best dental entity for higher learning equipped to bring
about new knowledge through research while being able to continuously increase
competency in learning and teaching to meet the country’s needs.

» To make dental treatment in UKM as the best in the region, by providing the highest
quality training scheme for its lecturers who are imbued with positive values while also
equipping the faculty with the latest in dental treatment technology.

List of Departments

» Mouth and Maxilofacial Surgery
» Periodonthology
» Clinical Mouth Biology
» General Dental Health
» Orthodontics
» Mouth Pathology and Mouth Medicine
» Operative Dentistry
» Prosthodontics

Study Programmes

The programme entails a five year period of study and is divided into two phases. The Fundamental Dentistry Phase is introduced in year one and two focused on basic medical and dentistry subjects as well as their significance in clinical applications. The students are given an early exposure into clinical dentistry with the oral Health Course. They will also take up Operative Dental Simulation Course to learn how to handle caries using various techniques and dental materials by using a phantom head. In year three, four and five students will go through the Clinical Dental Phase where they will apply the knowledge acquired in medical and dental fields into managing patients with dental needs. The students have to complete a series of demonstrations for dental treatment procedures before they are allowed to treat patients under the supervision of clinical experts. Teaching and learning are performed through lectures, tutorials, case studies and interactive sessions at the polyclinic during treatment sessions with the patients.