With accredited programs* and a comprehensive range of degrees there is no better place than Griffith to start your career as an oral health professional.
Groundbreaking degrees
Australia's first degree in Dental Technology was developed at Griffith University. The first new dental (dentistry) degree in almost 60 years has also been designed and delivered by Griffith.
Qualified oral health professionals are involved in every step of the development and delivery of the programs, bringing you an up-to-date curriculum relevant to todays needs.
Our oral health degrees are known for their innovation and practical relevance. The curriculum incorporates the latest technologies and techniques. Our programs are designed to encourage comprehensive patient care by a committed team of oral health professionals. The structure of the programs promotes communication between dentistry, oral health therapy and dental technology students.
Practical experience is gained in a variety of settings from the first year of study. You gain real-world experience working alongside qualified oral health professionals in the Universities modern dental clinic and commercial laboratory. Community placements, from state schools, rural and remote to indigenous and aged care, allow you to apply learned skills.
Hands-on experience
Gain extensive practical experience as you work under and alongside qualified oral health professionals in the Universities modern dental clinic and commercial laboratory. From your first year of study you will have the opportunity to undertake placements, from state schools, rural and remote to indigenous and aged care, allowing you to apply learned skills and develop valuable contacts.
You can make a difference to the health of individuals and the community. Working in an oral health team with your fellow students (dental, oral health therapy and dental technology students), you will have the opportunity to undertake a research project that identifies an oral health issue and solutions to the issue. Previous students projects have taken them to far North Queensland and Vanuatu where their research and identified solutions are improving the oral health of these communities.
Cutting-edge facilities
The University has constructed a new state-of-the-art Centre for Medicine and Oral Health adjacent to the Gold Cost Hospital at Southport, as well as new buildings at its Gold Coast campus to accommodate the growth in programs in health and clinical science. These new buildings house Medicine, Oral Health and Dentistry, Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Nursing, Pharmacy and Medical Science.
Classes in the Oral Health programs are held at both the main Gold Coast campus in Parklands, and at the Centre for Medicine and Oral Health facility at Southport.
The new Centre for Medicine and Oral Health facility, co-located with the Griffith School of Medicine, provides students and staff with world-class clinical, laboratory, and associated teaching and research facilities. Features of the Centre for Medicine and Oral Health include:
- 54 chair dental clinic including special purpose dental facilities
- clinic support (radiography, recovery, sterilisation)
- dental laboratory including commercial premises, casting, ceramics, plaster and polishing and finishing rooms
- clinical skills laboratories
- high-level information technology throughout enabling the generation and storage of computerised records and dental images
- research facilities and library
- state-of-the-art anatomy and pathology facilities
- lecture theatres and teaching laboratories
- tutorial and seminar rooms
- common room, student amenities and administration
Expert teachers
The School of Dentistry and Oral Health's staff are renowned not only as teachers but also as world experts in their field.
* Bachelor of Oral Health in Dental Science, Bachelor of Oral Health in Dental Technology, Graduate Diploma of Dentistry, and the Master of Dental Technology (Prosthetics) are all professionally accredited programs. The Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (Periodontics) has new program accreditation.