Department head word
On my behalf and on behalf of the department’s faculty members, I am honored and pleased to welcome you to the department’s website. We work hard to raise and improve the academic level within the college by developing the scientific and clinical competencies of students, as well as providing high-quality general and specialized therapeutic care in an academic scientific environment.
Description
The Department of Prosthetics at the College of Oral and Dental Medicine and Surgery is one of the college’s basic departments. Fixed and removable prosthodontics and material properties fall under this department. The department specializes in replacing missing teeth and surrounding oral tissues using special materials for that purpose and restoring their functions.
Vision
The Department of Prosthetics hopes to achieve a distinguished position among the equivalent departments in dental colleges in Libya by raising the level of student education. The department also aspires to achieve progress in the field of scientific research that rises to international status.
Mission
The department's mission is to provide knowledge about the various materials used in the field of dentistry, in addition to that, to explain in a broad way the problems resulting from partial and total tooth loss and methods of compensation, and to adopt academic scientific programs to graduate competent doctors who have the ability to understand and solve problems related to patients.
Goals
Graduating doctors capable of diagnosing tooth loss problems and finding the appropriate treatment, giving them confidence to practice the dental profession
Stimulating mutual influence between scientific research and educational programs for students
Using modern methods in teaching
Developing the research skills of faculty members and their assistants in the department
Encouraging research cooperation with scientific departments within the college and other available research centers