Faculty of
Dentistry

UP has a modern 19 chair dental hospital with high quality equipment and a full range of materials available for students to use (including implants). The chairs are from the Japanese company Belmont, and we also have the only DENTAL MICROSCOPE of any dental school in Cambodia. Very soon we will also have a state-of the art LASER for soft tissue surgery. And we have plans to invest in a Cone Beam CT scanner in the near future, to add to our panex/lateral cephalometric Xray machine from Italy. We are also well-equipped for implants and rotary endodontics –students can do in their final year. In our SIMULATION LABORATORY we have 30 mannequins from Japan. Students can practice all types of clinical procedures on plastic teeth – prior to treating patients. Our dental laboratory is well equipped with about 30 articulators and 20 micromotors. Later this year UP is planning to set up a working CERAMIC LAB which can make crowns and bridges. It will be run by our 2 experienced dental technicians, both trained at Mahidol University in Thailand. Having such a wide range of modern dental equipment at UP allows our students to provide high quality dental care to patients, and greatly enhances their learning.

Most of UP dental students have the opportunity to participate in international conferences or exchangesOver half the senior students at UP have the chance to participate in an overseas exchange program, or to attend an international conference. The UP Faculty of Dentistry has MOUs with many top overseas dental schools – and this has lead to outbound exchange programs with Thailand (Khon Kaen and Mahidol), Malaysia (UiTM and MAHSA), Indonesia (Universitas Indonesia), USA (University of New England), Australia (James Cook University) and Japan (Hiroshima). We also have an annual program for 3 students to visit Japan sponsored by our partner Denriche Asia. Recently, 5 UP students been to Japan in the Sakura Science Exchange Program and 10 more will go to Taiwan in a Rotary Sponsored Program.. These exchanges and conferences (where students are encouraged to present their research) help to expose students to new knowledge, new cultures, and life-changing experiences, as well as helping to build strong links with universities and fellow-students overseas.

• Use modern teaching methods such as problem-based learning and case-based learning.
• Provide additional teaching in subjects not presently included in the national curriculum, such as English, Communication & Behavioural Sciences, Implantology, Research Methods, and Practice Management.
• Allow students to start treating patients in Year 4, providing extensive clinical experience before graduation.
• Provide opportunities for students to participate in community outreach programs, including schools, prisons, and underserved communities.
• Provide training and opportunities for senior students to place simple implants, perform rotary endodontics, minor surgery, and cosmetic dentistry.
• Conduct competency assessments from Years 4 to 7 for most clinical procedures to ensure students are competent to practice safely upon graduation.

Staff and students publish in international journals each year, with dedicated expert thesis supervision provided across Years 6 and 7.

• Provide expert support for students in years 6 and 7 to complete their thesis
• Staff and students publish papers in international journals each year

Students deliver oral health outreach in schools, prisons, and underserved communities, including annual World Oral Health Day initiatives.

UP dental graduates go on to lead the profession nationally — including a UP lecturer elected President of the Cambodian Dental Association.