The dental education system and the training mode of dentists have a crucial influence on the quality of national dentists. Since 1960s

Australia has been constantly developing its dental education system

and now a mature and efficient mode of cultivating dentists has been formed

that is

bachelor degree of science being the prerequisite

four-year doctorate courses in dental medicine to produce general practice

two-year clinical experience and three-year doctorate courses in clinical dentistry to produce specialists. The dental courses in Australia are mainly composed of four parts: basic dentistry

life science

clinical dentistry model and research. The courses are characterized by a larger proportion for professional courses and an earlier time point for students to step in clinics

the co-culture of clinical and research skills

etc. The assessing method is case report

which means they put greater emphasis on intersection of clinics and lectures. We can learn a lot from their education system. The author compared and analyzed the dental education system of the two countries from background

course length and inclusion criteria

course design and etc

and came up with advice on dental education system of our own

hoping to provide Chinese dental educators with inspiration.