Christoffel Nortje is a South African dentist who is emeritus professor of oral and maxillofacial radiology at the Department of Diagnostics and Radiology at the University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Dentistry in Cape Town, South Africa.
Nortje is a past president of the International Association of Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology, the South African division of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), The South African Society of Maxillofacial Radiology and the South African Society for Forensic Odontology.
He is one of the authors of what is considered to be the "Bible" of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology at the turn of the 21st century, Diagnostic Imaging of the Jaws, by R.P.
Nortje has been the author of the South African Dental Journal column "Radiology Corner" for a number of years.
Nortje has spoken extensively in maxillofacial radiology scientific meetings in Hungary, Italy, United States, Brazil, Abu Dhabi, Lebanon, Bangkok, Thailand, China, Namibia and Zimbabwe.