University of the Western Cape, Tygerberg, Cape Town

The Deaprtment of Community Oral Health provides undergraduate as well as postgraduate programmes which enable students to make a diagnosis of a population’s oral health problems, establish the causes and effects of the problems and plan effective interventions through interdisciplinary co-operation and organised efforts of society.

The discipline is concerned with promoting the health of a population, and, therefore, focuses action at community level as opposed to an individual.

Department of Conservative Dentistry

• The Department of Conservative Dentistry predominantly focuses on the diagnosis and integrated management of diseases and defects of the teeth, which includes restoring of form, function and aesthetics.

Department of Craniofacial Biology (including Forensics + Genetics)

• Welcome to Craniofacial Biology (Including Forensics & Genetics)

Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Pathology

• Welcome to Maxillofacial & Oral Pathology

Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery and Anaesthesiology and Sedation

• The cluster, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, and Anaesthesiology and Sedation consists of the two departments namely “Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery” as well as ”Anaesthesiology and Sedation”.

• The cluster offers postgraduate programmes that vary from clinical postgraduate diplomas, a clinical specialist master’s programme, research masters and PhD studies.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology

• At the Department of Dental Radiology, we provide excellence and care of each patient and student entering our doors.  

• We dedicate ourselves to the highest standard of oral health care and commit ourselves to the betterment of the community for the benefit of all society.

Department of Oral Hygiene

• The Department of Oral Hygiene is primarily responsible for development and delivery of the Degree in Oral Health (BOH).

Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology

• The scope of expertise of the specialist in Oral Medicine and Periodontics includes the diagnosis and management of diseases, disorders and anomalies that affect the oral and periodontal tissues, as well as the oral and peri-oral manifestations of systemic diseases according to evidence based practices.

Department of Orthodontics

• The discipline of orthodontics focuses on the growth and development of the craniofacial complex and dental occlusion, as well as the treatment of abnormalities related to these structures.  Although the word orthodontics is derived from the Greek “orthos” being “straight” and “odontos” being “tooth”, the scope of orthodontics and orthodontic treatment is much wider than only the dentition.

Department of Paediatric Dentistry

• Paediatric Dentistry encompasses all the different disciplines of dentistry for the child patient. The department caters to the needs of all children (including medically compromised and special needs children) under the age of 12 years.

• The scope of Paediatric Dentistry involves the practice of oral and dental health care for infants, children and adolescents, through appropriate preventive, educational and treatment services, which includes treatment under general anaesthesia and sedation.

Department of Prosthetic Dentistry

• The Department of Prosthetic Dentistry core business is teaching removable prosthodontics, research, and clinical services. Teaching and learning removable prosthodontic courses in the undergraduate and postgraduate programs revolve around the rehabilitation of partially and completely edentulous patients. This involves the art and science of designing, planning, constructing and fitting removable artificial appliances or prosthesis in patients’ mouths to replace missing teeth.

WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Health

• The WHO collaborating centres are institutions such as research institutes, parts of universities or academies, which the Director-General designates to carry out activities in support of the Organization’s programmes. Currently, there are over 800 WHO collaborating centres in 90 member states working with WHO on areas such as nursing, occupational health, communicable diseases, nutrition, mental health, chronic diseases and health technologies.

Application Procedure

Applications for the 2024 academic year are now open

• Applications close on 30 September 2021 (except MPsych which closes on 14 May 2021, and Bachelor of Dentistry and Oral Health, BA Honours Biokinetics, BSc Honours Biokinetics as well as School of Government postgraduate degrees which closes on 31 August 2021)
• There is NO application fee
• All applications must be completed online and required supporting documents submitted by the closing dates above. Applications will only be considered complete once all required documents have been submitted (no emailed documents will be accepted).
• Competition for space is great and applicants are reminded to apply to more than one tertiary institution. 

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Contact Details For University of Cape Town Dentistry School

Physical Address

University of the Western Cape
Robert Sobukwe Road
Bellville 7535
Republic of South Africa

Postal Address

University of the Western Cape
Private Bag X17
Bellville 7535
Republic of South Africa