Dentistry - Dentistry

In 1995, Beirut Arab University (BAU) established its Faculty of Dentistry as the 9th faculty, ensuring that the training and education given to future dentists equips them with the skills needed for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of abnormalities related to teeth and associated oral tissues.

The Faculty of Dentistry is constituted of the following Departments and Divisions:

• Biological & Diagnostic Sciences includes:
• Oral Biology
• Oral Diagnosis & Radiology
• Oral Medicine & Oral Pathology
• Developmental Sciences includes:
• Orthodontics
• Pediatric Dentistry
• Public Health & Behavioural Sciences
• Oral Rehabilitation Sciences includes:
• Dental Biomaterials
• Fixed Prosthodontics
• Removable Prosthodontics
• Oral Surgical Sciences includes:
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• Periodontology
• Implantology
• Restorative Sciences includes:
• Dental Anatomy
• Endodontics
• Operative & Esthetic Dentistry

To be an internationally-recognized leading dental institution with an outstanding impact on oral health through excellence in education, patient-centered care, community-based research and public health services.

The Faculty of Dentistry is committed to provide its students with high quality dental education and advanced training through the integration of contemporary science-based knowledge and innovative technology into the delivery of patient care. In order to achieve the primary goal of improving the oral health of the diverse population, the Faculty will continue to respond effectively to changes in education, health care delivery and research to ensure a supply of committed professional graduates who are able to provide optimum oral health care service.

• To prepare graduates with a strong foundation of evidence-based dental education, comprehensive clinical practice, cultural competency and values that satisfy the needs of the national, regional and international job-market through the continuous reform of curricula.
• To provide and promote the delivery of optimal patient-centered oral healthcare and community service with emphasis on prevention in a variety of settings to fulfill the needs of a diverse population.
• To contribute significantly to the advancement of high quality research.
• To act as a source of life-long learning and provide continual professional development.
• To strengthen academic cooperation and relations at the national and international levels.

• Private dental practice either as a solo practitioner or as a partner in a group.
• Governmental, private and military hospitals as well as other health care institutions may employ dentists. These offer dentists the opportunity to care for more challenging patients in an interdisciplinary setting.
• Working in health centers located in rural and underserved areas fulfilling the basic humanitarian value of dentistry as a science.
• Dental school staff members have the opportunity to practice dentistry, in addition to researching, teaching and mentoring the next generation of dentists.
• Working as representatives in companies for dental equipment and materials.