If you are a patient who is eligible for treatment at any Queensland Health Community Dental Clinic, then you are eligible to apply to become a patient at the University of Queensland School of Dentistry. Other patients are also welcome to apply, but fees may apply, particularly for specialist treatment.
Patient entry is based on an assessment clinic.
Regrettably, we cannot treat all patients who apply, and we cannot always provide every aspect of treatment for each patient that we accept, and so we examine all patients that apply for entry to assess their needs and to discuss with them which of those needs we can treat. Patients that we cannot treat will be directed to the appropriate Community dental clinics or to appropriate private care. If you are accepted for treatment, then once that treatment has been completed, or the end of the teaching year passes, you will be required to attend the assessment clinic for re-acceptance before further treatment is provided. Some limited specialist services may be available from time to time, and information about these is available from the assessment clinic Treatment is normally provided by undergraduate or postgraduate students working under supervision of staff. Apart from this, dental treatment provided by undergraduate students is free of charge, except when expensive materials such as precious metals or extensive laboratory work is required.