Dentists and specialist dentists for clinical teaching

Do you want to help shape the future dentists?

The Odontological Institute seeks dentists and specialist dentists who are passionate about teaching and sharing their professional knowledge with the next generation. As a clinical instructor you will become part of a strong relational professional community where development, collaboration and meaningfulness are central.

At the Odontological Institute we educate dentists and specialist dentists in Orthodontics and carry out special clinical examination and treatment tasks and research within all areas of dentistry.

Our overall objective for research is to promote health in the population by optimizing prevention, diagnostics and treatment of diseases in the oral and craniofacial area as well as ensuring that the pre- and postgraduate education of dentists is carried out on an evidence-based basis. We also incorporate simulation training and digital scans in our teaching.

Find information about the institute and the subject areas here: https://odont.ku.dk/

As a clinical instructor you will get

• Opportunity to influence and inspire students in their learning process within different subject areas including good patient contact.
• A collegial environment with job satisfaction and strong commitment, sparring, knowledge sharing and a common focus on quality and updated professional knowledge.
• Strong professional and pedagogical development – both for the students and yourself.
• Opportunity to use your talents in meaningful settings.

It is a job for you who want to make a difference – not only for the patients, but also for the profession and the coming generations of dentists.

Job Description

We are fully underway with implementing our new study regulations, which means that we will work more in interdisciplinary teams. This means we need instructors who are broadly based, but who also enjoy delving into their professional interests. You will have the opportunity to influence and develop the teaching, learning processes and the community. The implementation of the new study regulations will be gradual. We have started with 1st semester Bachelor and 1st semester Master from September 2026.

We have vacant positions within several disciplines, and we will do our best to meet your wishes and to utilize your particular competences within dentistry as well as possible. Therefore you are encouraged in your application to describe which particular interests and competences you have within the field. Please also state which days you can work.

Teaching at the clinic takes place Monday-Friday between 8:15 and 13:50 (1st and 2nd belt). The hours are distributed by agreement, and typically 2 belts per day are offered. There will also be 1-2 evening meetings per semester. Each semester is 15 weeks with the students, and in weeks without students we learn together, follow up on patients, refer new patients into the teaching, and enjoy ourselves with our colleagues.

You are part of facilitating knowledge, instructing, guiding and advising dental students in practical skills at the institute's teaching clinics. Here you will interact with students from 4th semester to 10th semester. In the clinical practice we always work from the applicable guidelines and didactic/pedagogical principles to ensure that the learning framework is optimal and that our students thrive, just as we have a strong focus on giving and receiving feedback continuously.

As a clinical instructor you are also expected to take on other clinical tasks and teaching within several subject areas. It is expected that you keep yourself updated with the guidelines and guidelines used at the Odontological Institute.

You also get the opportunity to develop your teaching competencies, and we therefore offer, among other things, case-based workshops on relevant didactic topics.

We offer evening courses and after-work meetings where you have the opportunity to catch up in the different subject areas and meet and spar with your colleagues. You also have the opportunity to "visit" a colleague and follow their teaching.

On a daily basis you will report to the heads of the subject areas and to the clinic director.

Qualifications

To be able to apply for the positions, you must have a dental graduate degree (odontologisk kandidateksamen). If you were educated outside Denmark, your education must be approved by the Danish Patient Safety Authority. You must also have obtained the right to practice independently. The students work under your authorization.

For employment in the Orthodontics section it is a prerequisite that you have obtained authorization as a specialist in Orthodontics.

Salary and terms of employment

Employment is according to the applicable collective agreement for clinical instructors/department dentists in dentistry between the Ministry of Finance and AC (Danish Dental Association). Expected start date 15 January 2027.

Before you start, there will be an introduction to, among other things, the clinic including the electronic patient journal.

Clinical instructors/department dentists are employed outside the school's closure periods; this means that service time is run off according to the institute's current plan for clinic operation. The teaching tasks take place while the students are in the clinic. The service time can thus vary for the spring and autumn semesters, and the hours are allocated according to the teaching plans.

Clinical instructors are employed for a 2-year period with the possibility of a subsequent extension for 2 years or permanent employment.

Department dentists are employed for a 3-year period with the possibility of subsequent permanent employment.

The employment procedure is further described in the Ministry's Regulation on the employment of scientific personnel at universities ( https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2012/242 )

Qualifications requirements and job content are further described in Job structure for scientific personnel at universities ( https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/karriere-paa-ku/ )

Information

If you have questions about the advertisement, you are welcome to contact: Clinic Director Charlotte Humble Andersen ( [email protected] )

Application and deadline

A motivated application where you describe your professional interests, competences and preferred weekdays as well as relevant attachments (exams, documentation of the right to independently practice and any equivalence assessment from the Danish Patient Safety Authority, CV, references, etc.) should be sent by clicking the link "apply for the job" in the advertisement.

Deadline: 15 November 2026

Interviews are held on an ongoing basis. If you have not heard from us by 1 December 2026, unfortunately you have not been considered for a position in the applied subject area.

We want to reflect the surrounding society and encourage all regardless of personal background to apply for the positions.