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Haere mai, welcome to the University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry: New Zealand’s National Centre for Dentistry


COVID‑19 is an ongoing problem. Here’s what we’re doing for your health and ours:

  • Masks are required by all patients and visitors at our clinics including the waiting areas. They are available at our Reception areas.
  • In addition, we require you to sanitise your hands with the hand sanitiser provided.

Dunedin Dental Hospital

  • To make an appointment, phone +64 3 479 8889
  • If you have an appointment but are unwell, particularly if you have symptoms of cough/cold/flu or COVID‑19, please phone to reschedule. COVID‑19 cases are still required to self-isolate for seven days.
  • If you believe you require emergency treatment, but have symptoms as above, please phone +64 3 479 8889 and one of our clinicians will give you the best advice.

Te Kāika Dental Clinic

  • To make an appointment, phone +64 3 471 9960
  • If you have an appointment but are unwell, particularly if you have symptoms of cough/cold/flu or COVID‑19, please phone to reschedule. COVID‑19 cases are still required to self-isolate for seven days.
  • If you believe you require emergency treatment, but have symptoms as above, please phone +64 3 479 8889 and one of our clinicians will give you the best advice.

Auckland Dental Facility

To make an appointment, phone 0800 866 840 or email dental.auckland@otago.ac.nz.

  • If you have an appointment but are unwell, particularly if you have symptoms of cough/cold/flu or COVID‑19, please phone to reschedule. COVID‑19 cases are still required to self-isolate for seven days.

As one of the world’s top-50 dental schools* our mission is to pursue excellence in research, and to provide high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate education and training – to improve health nationally and internationally.

We teach oral health therapists, dental technicians, and dentists, dental specialists, and researchers, while also providing best-practice dental services to the community.

* QS World University Rankings.