Facts & figures
ACTA is a collaborative venture involving the Faculties of Dentistry at the University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam.
Education and training
- 1000 students (cap on student intake)
- Intake 128 students per year (2010-2011)
- 500 members of staff
Research
- 6 dissertations (2009)
- 193 academic publications (2009)
- 168 professional publications (2007)
Care
- 27,000 patients
- 500 patients per day
Three departments
- Conservative and Preventive Dentistry (CPT)
- Oral Function and Restorative Dentistry (FRT)
- General and Specialised Dentistry (AST)
Eight sections
- Cariology, Endodontics, Paedodontics, and Oral Microbiology
- Periodontics and Oral Biochemistry
- Social Dentistry
- Oral Function and Dental Material Sciences
- Oral Cell Biology and Functional Anatomy
- General Dentistry and Oral Radiology
- Oral Pathology and Maxillofacial Surgery (VUmc and AMC)
- Orthodontics
Two specialist programmes
- Orthodontics
- Oral Pathology and Maxillofacial Surgery
Six postgraduate programmes
- Periodontics
- Endodontics
- Implantology
- Paedodontics
- Dental Phobia and Anxiety
- Kinesiology
Sites
- Headquarters in Amsterdam (20 minutes from the city centre)
- Branch in Almere
ACTA Dental Education BV and ACTA Dental Research BV
Postgraduate education and contract education, together with the management of externally funded research are delivered by private limited companies, i.e. ACTA Dental Education BV and ACTA Dental Research BV.
Miscellaneous
- There is a close collaboration with InHolland University’s Oral Hygiene programme and with the Foundation for Special Dentistry (SBT), which are housed in the ACTA building, in Amsterdam.
- Broad-based application of ICT in education
- Simodont: virtual reality in preclinical training.
