Review article
Clinical Dentistry and the Study of Dental Medicine in Croatia
Ilija Škrinjarić
; Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb and University Dental Clinic, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The beginnings of the academic education in dentistry and the foundation of the University Dental Clinic are associated with the name of Dr. Eduard Radošević, while the initial stages of clinical dentistry are linked to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine. With the further clinical developments, the activity of dental ambulance was also developed
further, and already in 1934 the ambulance was transformed into a small clinical department. During the long period of its development, contemporary University Dental Clinic in Zagreb grew into an institution with over 150 employees who develop all clinical dental disciplines recognized today, at 9 clinical and faculty departments on the present location in Gundulićeva Street No. 5. Most of the teachers and teaching assistants, including the majority of medical support staff are employees of both the faculty and the Clinic and they divide their working hours between the two institutions. The professionals of the Clinic are involved in scientific research and teaching:
they are academics and associates, with more than fifty doctors of science all together. Taking into consideration their number and scientific and educational structure, the employees of the University Dental Clinic in Zagreb represent a unique professional potential on the field of dental medicine in the Republic of Croatia today.
Keywords
Education, Dental; Dental Clinics; Professional Role; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
86876
URI
Publication date:
24.9.2012.
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