CPUT ND: Dental Technology Course and Fees

The purpose of this course is to educate and train competent, responsible and accountable dental technicians for the dental profession.The course addresses the needs of the dental profession for qualified dental technicians with relevant qualifications that are recognised both nationally and internationally. Dental technology students are engaged with patient-specific dental work as early as their first year of study. This is done in collaboration with the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of the Western Cape and includes community projects.

Graduates register as dental technicians and work for a dental technologist in a commercial dental laboratory or in a government dental training hospital.

Other requirements when entering the programme:

• • Immunisation against Hepatitis B is compulsory and proof of completion is required.
  • Students must be registered with SADTC at all times.
  • Students in their 3rd year must obtain from an accredited First Aid training service provider, a first-aid certificate before being admitted into the National Diploma Dental Technology summative assessment.
  • Students must comply with faculty, departmental as well as statutory rules and regulations once registered for this qualification. It is the responsibility of the students to familiarise themselves with these rules and regulations.
  • Students will be required to buy prescribed books as well as a prescribed set of instruments for their personal use during the course. These will remain the property of the student.
  • All summative assessments in the subject Applied Dental Technology 3 is subject to the approval by the SADTC who recognises the outcome of that specific assessment for registration purposes, in this case as a dental technician. In preparation for this assessment the same will apply in the summative assessment of the subjects Applied Dental Technology 1 and 2. Please note: There are no reassessment opportunities for this particular summative assessment as students at this point must proof their competency in all aspects of applied dental technology in order to be registered as a practitioner.

Total number of subjects to obtain the national diploma: 14Note:

Students must buy a prescribed set of instruments at the beginning of their first year of study and make provision for the purchasing of materials required during the programme.

Students register with the SA Dental Technicians Council as student dental technicians within 30 days of registration.

Students are required to wear special protective clothing.

Once registered on the programme students will be required to complete a compulsory prescribed period of experiential learning. Experiential learning must be successfully completed annually before a student can proceed to the next year of study.The onus is on the student to find a registered commercial dental laboratory for this component, although assistance is available to students to find suitable placement. The selected dental laboratory must be registered with the South African Dental Technicians Council and all practitioners must be in good standing with this authority.

The following minimum number of days are required per study year indicated
1st year = 15 days (120 hours)
2nd year = 20 days (160 hours)
3rd year = 20 days (160 hours)

Full-Time / Three years

Course is offered on Tygerberg Hospital Campus.

Contact: Ms Maureen Anthony

Telephone: +27 21 959 5571

Fax: +27 21 959 5879

Email: anthonym@cput.ac.za