Institute Council
Maya NOHRA (Academic Consultant)
Elie SABBAGH
Daniel KAHALÉ

The Antonine University is nestled in the peaceful pine hills of Hadath-Baabda in Lebanon. Located 350 meters above sea level and only few minutes away from the heart of Beirut city, it forms an ideal intersection for students coming North, South, Mountain and seaside areas.

The Maronite Antonine Order recognized the need for dental laboratory education and training in Lebanon. In 1986 The Odonto Technology Institute was founded and was first of its kind in Lebanon. It is now one of the Departments of the Antonine University, offering 3700 m2 of fully equipped dental laboratories.

The dental laboratory specialist takes on significant responsibility as a member of the dental health care team.
A career as a dental laboratory specialist offers a wide range of challenges.
Since each dental patient’s specific needs are different, the duties of a dental laboratory specialist are comprehensive and varied.
Although the diagnosis and treatment of the patients is the duty of the dentist, the making of the functional dental parts in line with the principles of health and artistry falls to the specialist in dental laboratory.
Although dental laboratory specialist may not work directly with patients, they work directly with the dentist by following detailed written instructions and using impressions of the patient’s teeth or oral soft tissues. From these impressions they create complete dentures, partial dentures, crowns and bridges, ceramics, implantology or orthodontic restorations.

Continuing education and training is a necessity not a luxury.
The University Institute of Dental prosthetics (ProDe) with a reputation as a leader in the field is successfully launching the latest innovations in the field of dental prosthodontics. The students, alumni of the university and every specialist can benefit from a series of seminars and hands-on training courses held by national and international lecturers coming from different countries around the world.

The Institute's Continuing Education credit and non-credit courses, seminars and workshops offered on campus, constitute a dynamic, innovative curriculum, designed to cater to the personal and professional growth needs of practitioners in a wide variety of areas. It serves as a major learning to enhance the professional skills and to update knowledge. It promotes lifelong Education programs.

The Institute's Continuing Education boasts experts in their fields, who know how to meet the needs of adult learners; students come to UIDP to learn from individuals who know how to put theory into practice.

Strong partnerships with national and international dental firms, other international system schools, and other organizations, plus links with businesses, give the Institute's Continuing Education the power, flexibility and direction to offer one of the most responsive training and career enhancement programs found anywhere in Lebanon and the middle east.

It is the goal of the Institute to offer programs that are consistent with the mission of the Antonine University and delivered to areas targeted for economic growth in the region and beyond.

Proficiency Diploma in Dental Prosthetics

دNew technology, organizational restructuring, demographic shifts and global competition have made this Diploma in dental Laboratory a necessity, an essential function of modern society, not a luxury. The Antonine University with a reputation as a leader in this field, strives to match the teaching and research strengths to the workforce demands of the regional, national and international economies, especially in dental technology.
It is the goal of the Institute to offer programs that are consistent with the mission of the Antonine University.

To graduate prothésiste with a strong interdisciplinary foundation for practice:
To prepare graduates as competent dental laboratory prothésistes;
To provide Dental prothésistes with specialized knowledge and skills for practicing dental laboratory technology;
To develop their managerial skills;
To provide the level of educational experiences that will enable the graduate to be well known:
as a professional active member of the dental care team,;
as a professional practice;
as workplace learning (human resource development),
as a social movement (through community development);
as a dental laboratory information manager (quality improvement, legal and regulatory requirements, management, administration and analysis of dental care information system.)
This degree, targets:

Those students highly motivated who wish to acquire advanced research expertise;
Those Who are capable of taking leadership roles in education, research and health policy-making;

Those now planning to advance their career prospects and work performance by earning a postgraduate qualification;
For other seeking a new occupation that calls for knowledge of adult learning principles and a commitment to the tenets of lifelong learning.
As a graduate student, you will acquire a working knowledge of important adult education methods and traditions that are increasingly relevant for a wide variety of occupations in today’s society.

This degree is available as full-time basis. Most full-time students should expect one year to complete all the degree requirements. The program welcomes part-time students who will naturally take longer.
The Proficiency Diploma in dental Laboratory requires that students complete 20 credits including thesis.
One year = 2 semesters = 20 credits (18 credits core courses + 2 credits Research)
Each credit = 13 hours of study
Each semester=13 weeks
A comprehensive written examination with questions is designed to test the student’s ability to integrate the knowledge that he/she has gained from the core curriculum. A student must successfully complete the written and practical exam within one year after completing course work for the degree.
The curriculum is based on a series of core courses that provide an integrated, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary approach to basic issues in dental laboratory.
The program provides instruction in the 12 competency areas defined by the Institute of Dental Prosthetics.

This diploma enables the graduate to be held responsible in the following fields:
- Fixed prosthodontics (Crown&Bridge)
- Complete Denture
- Removable partial denture
- Implantology
- Orthodontics

At the end of his study cycle, the student would be able to expand his knowledge in the field of Dental Materials Sciences and use his experience to:
- run his own Dental Laboratory;
- be a sales mamager or representative of Dental Products.

The ProDe offers program of study leading to the degree of the Bachelor of Science in dental laboratory. The dental laboratory program provides the general education core, sciences, and laboratory education courses necessary for career-entry preparation.
The program is completed in three calendar years. The curriculum of the BS degree in dental laboratory is divided into six semester’s equivalent to seventy-eight weeks, totaling 181.5 credits, without summers.
Each credit is equal to thirteen hours of teaching. The candidate must accomplish 2359.5 hours of three study years.
Students must successfully undergo a course schedule that contains theoretical and hands-on classes.
The necessary training is carried out in related laboratories, workshops and summer practices throughout the three academic years.

Curriculum of the BS degree

Admission to the program is selective based upon established criteria. This selection is necessary to maintain high overall GPAs in order to be competitive for selection into the program.

To register for the University Institute of Dental Prosthetics, the candidate must:

Have the Lebanese “baccalaureate” or any other equivalent official diploma
Pass the entrance exam, which includes:
Dental drawings
Evaluation Test in language
Interview
In the field of dental prosthetics, great artistic skills, Solid foundation in Sciences, Art, Health Studies, Computer science, hard work and perseverance are essential in order to reach perfection. The graduate has to use the highest manual dexterity in order to satisfy the needs of the dentist who in turn must satisfy the needs of his patients.
If you are like doing precision work with your hands, enjoys working independently, and interested in health care, a career as a dental laboratory specialist may be for you.