Institute of Dental Medicine

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The Institute is internationally well-known for education, research, and treatments for patients. Besides its focus on patient satisfaction, clinically oriented research, training of young dentists, and further education of colleagues in private practice play an important role.

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Profile

  • Undergraduate dental curriculum (for 3rd, 4th and 5th year students) with theoretical and practical courses
  • Postgraduate curriculum (3–4 years) leading to specialty and / or MAS degrees
  • Postgraduate refreshing courses in dental radiation protection
  • Continuing Dental Education Master Courses
  • Fundamental, translational and clinical research in most aspects of dentistry
  • Interdisciplinary diagnosis and rehabilitation of oral diseases and defects

External Partners

WHO Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology and Community Dentistry, Milan, Italy; Department of Cariology, Institute of Odontology, Salhgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Operative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry RWTH Aachen, Germany; Department of Odontology, School of Dentistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; University of Texas Health, USA; University of Oslo, Norway; University of São Paulo – FOUSP / FOB, Brazil; Indiana University, USA; Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil; Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany; Hochschule Rhein-Main, Wiesbaden, Germany; Technical University of Dortmund, Germany

Grants

  • Endowed professorship for preventive dentistry and oral epidemiology of the Lutz Zürrer Foundation
  • Research Internships Abroad – São Paulo Research Foundation
  • International Team for Implantology (ITI)
  • German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Foreign Scholars
  • Academy of Osseointegration, Osseointegration Foundation
  • Swiss Society for Reconstructive Dentistry (SSRD)
  • Swiss Dental Association (SSO)
  • Kois Research Center
  • Oral Reconstruction Foundation
  • Buser Implant Foundation