The NUS Faculty of Dentistry (FOD) began as a Department of Dentistry within the King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1929. It was the first dental school to be established in a British colony in the East. It achieved full Faculty status in 1966 and continues as the only dental school in Singapore.
The Faculty is led by the Dean and a team of academic and administrative staff. The Faculty comprises 6 Disciplines that support fulfil the Faculty’s strive for excellence in areas of clinical care, research and education.
- Discipline of Prosthodontics, Operative Dentistry and Endodontics
- Discipline of Periodontics
- Discipline of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry
- Discipline of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Discipline of Oral Sciences
- Primary Dental Care & Population Health
The Faculty has an annual intake of 60 undergraduates. It works closely with departments in the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and other teaching hospitals and institutions across Singapore in healthcare delivery and education. It also partners departments in other faculties of the University, public institutions and private enterprises in multi-disciplinary research activities.