The Department of Prosthodontics is an integral part of the faculty of dentistry at JUST. It aims at graduating competent dentists through providing the students with high standards of learning experience. Dental students by the end of their study must demonstrate that they comprehend, can perform, and integrate the essential skills, knowledge, and values without assistance in realistic patient care settings.
The Department plays a significant role in both pre-clinical and clinical training of dental students. The pre-clinical courses cover both complete and partial removable prosthodontics during the third year and fixed prosthodontics during the fourth year.
A state of the new setting pre-clinical prosthodontic laboratory has been established in 2013. The laboratory consists of 100 working benches and 4 large LCDs for the live demonstrations.
The clinical stage is carried out in the Dental Teaching Health Center in Irbid, where there are 20 dental units for the removable prosthodontic practical sessions and 22 units for fixed prosthdontics.
Faculty members all are highly qualified in different aspects of Prosthodontics, in addition to scholars who are pursuing their advanced training in high standard international universities.
The department also provides a master degree in the specialty of Prosthdontics. Postgraduate students receive high quality training in all aspects of prosthodnitcs removable, fixed, dental implants and aesthetic dentistry. This course is also recognized for sitting the fellowship examination/RCSI.
The Department, in cooperation with other departments at JUST, serves the local community through treating patients, giving oral and dental health instructions and via the scientific and voluntary days, which are conducted annually.
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