Dental Technology

This specialisation trains highly qualified dental therapists capable of delivering holistic, high-quality dental care in clinics at local, national and international level. It targets young men and women with the vocation and readiness not only to earn a living but, above all, to save lives.

To train highly qualified dental therapists capable of providing holistic, high-quality dental care in local, national and international clinical settings.

• Be responsible and reflective
• Possess strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate confidence and self-assurance
• Apply critical thinking and questioning skills
• Develop professional ethics and standards
• Be proactive and take initiative
• Think critically
• Uphold professional moral standards
• Possess organisational skills
• Compromise and listen
• Enhance productivity through time management
• Dental surgical procedures
• Dental appliance fabrication and instrumentation
• Patient dental care
• Administration of local anaesthesia in dentistry
• Denture fabrication
• Oral hygiene
• Taking the patient's medical history
• Management of dental emergencies in hospital (foreign body aspiration, syncope, etc.)
• Assisting the dental surgeon with major dental procedures (e.g. immobilisation of a fractured mandible)
• Taking intra-oral radiographs
• Fabricating complete and partial dentures
• Instrument handling and operation of auxiliary equipment
• Ordering replacement instruments, supplies and equipment