Comprehensive dental care and training
The dental clinic of Witten/Herdecke University
The dental clinic’s profile
As a university offering a degree programme in dentistry, Witten/Herdecke University has its own Clinic for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine. The clinic serves both as an academic institution for the training of dental students and as a clinical facility for the treatment of patients.
The University Dental Clinic is renowned for its interdisciplinary approach, in which researchers collaborate across the boundaries of faculties and departments, thereby ensuring a high scientific standard in all services. The Dental Clinic works closely with the general practice and psychology outpatient clinics, as well as with other health-related departments and facilities at Witten/Herdecke University, thereby ensuring comprehensive and optimal care for its patients.
Our services
The dental clinic offers the full range of dental care for patients of all ages. The aim is always to preserve patients’ teeth:
- Geriatric dentistry
- Anaesthesia
- Paediatric dentistry
- TMJ problems
- Orthodontics
- Oral surgery
- Periodontology
- Preventive dentistry
- Preventive care
- Tooth preservation
- Dental implants
- Dental prostheses
For patients
Further information about the dental clinic, the treatments on offer and how to book an appointment is available on the University Dental Clinic’s website
For prospective students
More information about our dentistry degree programme
Special features of the dental clinic
Specific patient groups
The Dental Clinic at Witten/Herdecke University specialises in treating specific patient groups, such as children, older people, anxious patients and people with disabilities. Staff trained in these areas address the specific problems and fears of these groups with understanding and empathy, in order to make their treatment as comfortable as possible and ensure they receive the care they need.
Flexible opening hours
As well as patient-friendly opening hours, the dental clinic also offers pain consultation hours at night and at weekends as a special service.
Supporting our students’ education
Students at Witten/Herdecke University begin working in the dental clinic from their first semester onwards. They work under the supervision of experienced dentists and oral surgeons in order to gain extensive practical experience and prepare themselves as effectively as possible for a career as a dentist. At their own request, patients are treated by students of dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine in what is known as the ‘student clinic’.
Specific patient groups
The Dental Clinic at Witten/Herdecke University specialises in treating specific patient groups, such as children, older people, anxious patients and people with disabilities. Staff trained in these areas address the specific problems and fears of these groups with understanding and empathy, in order to make their treatment as comfortable as possible and ensure they receive the care they need.
Flexible opening hours
As well as patient-friendly opening hours, the dental clinic also offers pain consultation hours at night and at weekends as a special service.
Supporting our students’ education
Students at Witten/Herdecke University begin working in the dental clinic from their first semester onwards. They work under the supervision of experienced dentists and oral surgeons in order to gain extensive practical experience and prepare themselves as effectively as possible for a career as a dentist. At their own request, patients are treated by students of dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine in what is known as the ‘student clinic’.
