Tan K B C, Keng S B
Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Ann Acad Med Singap. 2005 Jul;34(6):196C-201C.
Dental education in Singapore has come a long way since the founding of the Dental School in 1929. With an initial intake of 7 students, the Faculty has over the years produced more than 1700 graduates. Its early years were fraught with physical constraints and recruitment problems. With a dedicated core of leaders and good planning, the dental school has overcome many of these shortcomings. The King Edward VII College of Medicine played a significant role in the early years of the school's development. Many a student of the past era has pleasant memories that bind and bond them to the SGH Sepoy Lines campus. Acquiring full Dental Faculty status in 1966, the progress of dental education took on a new urgency and stature. The basic medical science subjects were taught to the dental students by our medical colleagues at Sepoy Lines and now continue to be tutored at the Kent Ridge campus. With the shift of the Faculty in 1986 to Kent Ridge (NUS-NUH), together with the implementation of the changed curriculum in 1990 and 1997, the Faculty of Dentistry remains at the forefront of pedagogy and technology to train the future generation of dentists for Singapore.
自1929年牙科学院成立以来，新加坡的牙科教育已经走过了漫长的道路。最初招收7名学生，多年来该学院已培养出1700多名毕业生。学院早期面临着场地限制和招生问题。凭借一批敬业的领导核心和良好的规划，牙科学院克服了许多这些缺点。爱德华七世医学院在学院发展的早期发挥了重要作用。过去时代的许多学生都对圣淘沙军营路校园有着美好的回忆，这些回忆将他们联系在一起。1966年获得完整的牙科学院地位后，牙科教育的发展有了新的紧迫性和地位。基础医学科目由我们在军营路的医学同事教授给牙科学生，现在在肯特岗校园继续进行辅导。随着学院于1986年迁至肯特岗（新加坡国立大学 - 新加坡国立大学医院）以及1990年和1997年实施课程改革，牙科学院在教学法和技术方面仍然处于前沿，为新加坡培养未来一代的牙医。
