Dentistry in Israel is taught at two dental schools and several post-graduate training centers.
Post-graduate programs at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer are run by the Medical Corps of the Israel Defense Forces.
Around 85% of all dentists in Israel work in private clinics or group practice.
[1] Israel has 60 companies that manufacture dental supplies and equipment, including dental labs and implants, X-rays, attachments, polishers, mixers, bur sets, and diamond instruments.
[2] The human encoding gene for tuftelin (TUFT1) was cloned by Dany Deutsch and Aharon Palmon of the Hadassah School of Dental Medicine.