Education | National Dental Centre Singapore

Our Vision

Aiming to become a premium centre for dental education by leading with clinical excellence, innovation and compassion through advancing oral healthcare.

Our Mission

We aim to nurture and inspire our local dental fraternity and beyond through:

Comprehensive, evidence-based education and specialist training rooted in clinical excellence and ethical practice
Collaborative learning environment that promotes interprofessional team work and patient-centred care
Commitment to continuous professional development to keep abreast with evolving science, technology, and population needs

Dentists

As a national specialty centre for dentistry, we train dental specialists, radiographers, oral hygiene therapists, dental technicians and dental surgery assistants.

Calendar of Events

Education events.

“Dentistry as a Future Career” – NDCS Open House for JC Students

The NDCS Open House is designed for Junior College students interested in pursuing a dentistry degree.

Ancillary & Allied Health Professionals

Find out more about the available Ancillary & Allied Health Education programmes.

Dental Undergraduates

NDCS offers undergraduate dental students the opportunity to apply for a clinical attachment programme.

Education News

Research NTU study could offer clues to overcoming cancer drug resistance SINGAPORE – Research by scientists from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has uncovered how tumours can hijack DNA repair mechanisms to resist anti-cancer drugs, as well as how this drug resistance can be reversed.

28 Sep 2026 | The Straits Times Read Story

Research SingHealth Duke-NUS AMC Launches SPADE to Accelerate Precision Diagnostics and Treatment The SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) today launched SPADE (Spatial Profiling and Disease Exploration), a new cross-institutional research platform that brings together clinical, biomedical and computational expertise across the AMC to better understand how diseases develop, why patients respond differently to treatments and how those research insights can be translated into more precise diagnostics and therapies in the future.

25 Sep 2026 Read Story

Awards KKH-MUIS team wins top healthcare award for guiding Muslim couples from marriage to parenting SINGAPORE – To address significant gaps in maternal and child health knowledge among young Muslim couples who were identified for a study, Project Achieving Resilient and Inspiring Families (ARIF) was launched in September 2020.

Education & Training

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