Saint Joseph University of Beirut – Faculty of Dental Medicine

Clinical excellence, technological innovation, and human commitment in the service of oral health.

Affiliated with the Faculty of Dental Medicine of Saint Joseph University of Beirut, founded in 1920, the Dental Care Center plays an essential role in the Faculty’s clinical, educational, scientific, and societal mission.

As a university healthcare environment, it combines clinical expertise, teaching, research, and technological innovation to provide comprehensive, personalized care that meets contemporary dental medicine standards.

With an infrastructure comprising nearly 120 dental treatment units, the Center welcomes approximately 300 patients per day and performs nearly 100,000 dental procedures annually. It brings together faculty members, specialized practitioners, and healthcare teams who work jointly to ensure treatment quality, patient safety, and the training of future professionals.

Its mission is threefold: to provide excellent care, deliver high-quality education, and innovate and conduct clinical research in the service of health.

Comprehensive and Multidisciplinary Care

The Center offers care covering the main disciplines of dental medicine, from prevention and diagnosis to specialized and complex treatments.

Its clinical activities include, in particular:

• Pediatric dentistry
• Restorative and aesthetic dentistry
• Endodontics
• Periodontology
• Fixed and removable prosthodontics
• Implantology
• Orthodontics
• Oral surgery and periodontology
• Oral diagnosis and pathology
• Dentomaxillofacial radiology
• Digital dentistry and artificial intelligence applications

The complementarity of these disciplines promotes a multidisciplinary approach, enabling treatments to be tailored to each patient, the various stages of care to be coordinated, and a wide range of clinical situations to be addressed.

Specialized Centers and Dedicated Units

The Dental Care Center relies on specialized facilities that contribute to the diversity and quality of its clinical services.

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology Center
Imaging is a fundamental component of diagnosis and treatment planning. The Radiology Center enables the examination of dental and maxillofacial structures through the available equipment and imaging techniques, supporting accurate diagnosis and improved treatment planning.

Professor Fouad Khoury Oral Surgery Center
Dedicated to oral and dental surgical procedures, the Oral Surgery Center provides a specialized clinical environment for managing conditions requiring surgical expertise. It contributes to the development of modern practices while respecting patient safety, quality, and follow-up requirements.

Digital Dentistry and Artificial Intelligence Center
Focused on the transformation of dental medicine, this Center promotes the integration of digital technologies and artificial intelligence applications into clinical and educational practices. It supports the evolution of diagnostic methods, treatment planning, and design, while contributing to the development of new approaches to education and innovation.

Laser Unit
The use of laser technologies for appropriate indications complements conventional therapeutic approaches and contributes to the development of modern, minimally invasive techniques.

Specialized Clinical Units
The various treatment units provide patient care across different dental disciplines, according to individual needs and clinical indications. Their organization promotes complementary expertise, continuity of care, and coordination between practitioners.

The Center also offers expertise in pediatric dentistry under conscious sedation.

Treatment under general anesthesia is available, particularly for children requiring complex dental care or whose needs prevent conventional chairside treatment, as well as for patients with special needs for whom general anesthesia is indicated.

Advanced Technologies Serving Dental Medicine

Digital transformation represents a major development priority for the Dental Care Center.

The integration of digital technologies enables clinical practices to evolve, improves information flow, and creates new possibilities for diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment delivery.

Depending on the available equipment and applications, this technological environment may include:

• Digital dentomaxillofacial imaging
• Intraoral scanners and digital acquisition
• Computer-assisted design and planning
• Digital workflows integrated into treatment
• Virtual simulation and visualization tools
• Artificial intelligence applications in dentistry

These technologies contribute to more precise and personalized dental care, while enriching educational opportunities and supporting the evolution of professional practices.

Artificial Intelligence and the Introduction of AI Agents

The USJ Faculty of Dental Medicine is part of an innovation dynamic that goes beyond simply adopting digital tools. It is also exploring the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence agents, a new generation of systems capable of performing defined tasks, organizing information, and assisting professionals in certain workflows.

The gradual introduction of these agents into the academic and clinical environment opens up opportunities in several areas:

• Organizing and retrieving scientific information
• Analyzing and structuring data
• Supporting teaching and learning
• Assisting with certain administrative and organizational tasks
• Supporting clinical processes within an appropriate framework and under professional supervision
• Developing new applications in research and innovation

These tools are part of a responsible approach to artificial intelligence, with particular attention to information reliability, data confidentiality, patient safety, and the preservation of human responsibility in clinical decision-making.

As a structure integrated into the Faculty of Dental Medicine, the Center provides an essential environment for student training and the development of clinical skills.

Under the supervision of faculty members and practitioners, students encounter real clinical situations that enable them to develop their diagnostic reasoning, technical skills, ability to communicate with patients, and capacity to work as part of a team.

The diversity of clinical cases, the complementarity of disciplines, and access to modern technologies contribute to practice-based training that addresses the scientific, professional, and ethical requirements of dental medicine.

The Dental Care Center is part of the Faculty’s scientific ecosystem, working in connection with the Craniofacial Research Center (CRCF) and other relevant university structures.

This close relationship between clinical activity, research, and teaching encourages interdisciplinary exchanges, the development of scientific projects, and the exploration of new diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

Advances in digital dentistry and artificial intelligence open up new research opportunities while encouraging the transfer of scientific knowledge into clinical practice and education.

Quality and patient safety are essential priorities for the Center.

As part of a continuous improvement approach and the structuring of processes, its organization aims to promote rigorous practices, responsible care, and constant attention to patients’ needs.

The Faculty relies on a culture of quality that encompasses clinical activities, service organization, team training, and the evolution of professional practices.

The Faculty’s ISO 9001:2015 certification, regularly renewed, demonstrates its commitment to a structured quality management approach.

A Mission Serving Society

Faithful to the mission of Saint Joseph University of Beirut, the Dental Care Center places patients at the heart of its priorities and grounds its work in a humanistic vision of dental medicine.

Its commitment combines quality care, education, innovation, professional responsibility, and attention to the most vulnerable individuals.

Through its clinical activities, specialized centers, technologies, and teams, the Center contributes to promoting oral health and advancing a form of dental medicine based on scientific knowledge, ethics, and respect for the individual.

Our Vision

The Dental Care Center of the Faculty of Dental Medicine at Saint Joseph University of Beirut aims to continue developing as a leading university healthcare environment, where clinical excellence is combined with technological innovation, research, education, and inclusion.

Providing excellent care. Delivering high-quality education. Innovating responsibly. Including everyone with humanity.

This is the mission of the USJ Dental Care Center: to place skills, knowledge, and technologies at the service of every patient and to prepare for the future of dental medicine.