A dental school (school of dental surgery, school of dentistry, dental faculty) is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches dental medicine and surgery to prospective dentists. Upon successful completion after 6 years, the graduate receives a degree in Dentistry, Dental Surgery which, depending on the school, graduates might be awarded a BDS or BCh.D which means bachelor’s degree in Dentistry & Dental surgery.
In Nigeria, Dental surgery assistants/ dental surgery technicians, dental therapists and dental technologists who are also members of dental auxiliary are trained here
The first generation dental schools in Nigeria are situated in the southern part of the country LAGOS, IBADAN, IFE, BENIN
LAGOS- The first dental school in Nigeria is the School of Dentistry, College of Medicine University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos established in 1964. It is the oldest Dental School in Nigeria, West Africa and it is believed to be the first Dental school to be established in Sub-Saharan Africa by Black Africans. Read more about the school here
IBADAN– The University of Ibadan was established in 1975 with the aim of producing highly skilled dental surgeons comparable to those in the developed countries. Read more about the school here
ILE-IFE – Established in 1975, the Obafemi Awolowo University Dental School is the third oldest dental school which has produced dental surgeons for over four decades attending to oral health needs of the country. Read more about the school here
BENIN– University of Benin Dental school was the only one in the south-southern part of the country for many years until recently. Read more about the school here
They trained a lot of great dental surgeons in about 40 years and the teaching hospitals attached to these schools rendered fantastic dental care for Nigerians for years.
MAIDUGURI- In order to further spread the tentacles of the great profession to the northern part of the country, There was establishment of new dental school at the University of Maiduguri– Read more about the school here
ENUGU– The dental school of University of Nigeria is located at Enugu. In 1983, the Federal School of Dental Technology and Therapy (FSDTT) was established in Trans -Ekulu, Enugu state and the school has produced thousands of dental therapists and dental technologists for the nation. In 1991, pioneer Dental Surgeons were produced but presently the dental school has only partial accreditation by MDCN/ NUC. Read more about the school here
KANO– One of the newest dental schools in Nigeria, it’s the first and only one in the North-western zone of Nigeria. Read more about the school here
PORT-HARCOURT– University of Port Harcourt dental school which is second of its kind in the zone has graduated about 3 sets of dentists as well. Read more about the school here
LAGOS– Lagos State College of Medicine (LASUCOM) is the first and the only dental school established by a state government in Nigeria. They have just inducted the pioneer set of the school recently too. Read more about the school here
CALABAR– The Faculty of Dentistry, University of Calabar is one of the newest dental schools in Nigeria. Read more about the school here
JOS- University of Jos Dental School was established in 2014 as the first Dental school in the whole of the North Central region of Nigeria. Read more about the school here
1. NAME– College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos.
MDCN/NUC ACCREDITATION STATUS– FULL
RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF STUDENTS/ SESSION -40
2. NAME– College of Medicine University of Ibadan, Ibadan
MDCN/NUC ACCREDITATION STATUS– FULL
RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF STUDENTS/ SESSION-30
3. NAME– College of Health Sci. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
MDCN/NUC ACCREDITATION STATUS– FULL
RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF STUDENTS/ SESSION-25
4. NAME- College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin.
MDCN/NUC ACCREDITATION STATUS– FULL
RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF STUDENTS/ SESSION-25
5. NAME– College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri
MDCN/NUC ACCREDITATION STATUS– FULL
RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF STUDENTS/ SESSION-15
6. NAME– College of Health Sciences, University of Port-Harcourt.
MDCN/NUC ACCREDITATION STATUS– PARTIAL
RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF STUDENTS/ SESSION-15
7. NAME: College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus
MDCN/NUC ACCREDITATION STATUS– PARTIAL
RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF STUDENTS/ SESSION-15
8. NAME– College of Medicine, Lagos State University, Ikeja.
MDCN/NUC ACCREDITATION STATUS- PARTIAL
RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF STUDENTS/ SESSION-10
9. NAME-Faculty of Dentistry, Bayero University, Kano
MDCN/NUC ACCREDITATION STATUS– PARTIAL
RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF STUDENTS/ SESSION-10
10. NAME-Faculty of Dentistry, University of Calabar, Calabar- one of the newest dental schools in the country.
11.NAME-Faculty of Dentistry, University of Jos- one of the newest dental schools in the country
The rate at which new dental schools are emerging in the recent time is a positive sign for Nigeria.
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Long live Nigeria,
Long live Dental profession.
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I know Dental schools at Jos, kano and calabar are the newest dental schools in Nigeria according to MDCN.
The rate at which more schools are emerging in Nigeria is really encouraging and one can only wish the number keeps increasing.
This list of Nigerian dental schools is not complete. The author should’ve done more research before writing the article.
We appreciate you doc for your sincere comment and for drawing our attention to this . we are seriously looking into it.
We hope to update Nigerians soonest on the newest dental schools in the country. much obliged sir