The Department of Dental Laboratory Technology (DDLT) has a diverse range of partners in its network that work at national and international levels. These partners are the world’s leading footprint experts and play a vital role in contributing to the development of the DDLT’s curricula. They work with research institutions whose main activities include training dental laboratory technologists and businesses to make the footprint relevant and practical. Through their collaboration, the continuing studies became part of UA’s DDLT, designed to help individuals participate actively in the labor market, in a wide range of fields, throughout their lives.

Local Partners

• Lebanese Dental Laboratories Association
  
• Lebanese Society of Prosthodontics
  
• Lebanese Dental Association (LDA)
  
• Prodent
  
• Elie Mina Dental
  
• Dentaltech
  
• Pharmacol
  
• Dentalica
  
• MOON Dental
  
• Masri Dental
  
• Richa Dental Store
  
• Hachem Dental Care

International Partners

• Amann Girrbach
  UA and Amann Girrbach, an esteemed company in Austria, established a CAD-CAM Training Center within the DDLT in October 2010 to satisfy the growing need for professional skills in Lebanon, the Middle East, and the Asian Pacific. DDLT students and alumni working as dental technologists can benefit from a series of seminars and hands-on training courses held by international and national lecturers and trainers.
•  Global Scientific Dental Alliance (GSDA)
  Via its DDLT, UA joined the GSDA, a non-political and non-profit gathering of organizations and individuals committed to promoting oral health education through dialogue and networking. GSDA members are from all regions of the globe. GSDA aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information related to continuing dental education programs. It also focuses on advancing oral healthcare updates and developments.
• RHEIN83
  UA has established an agreement of collaboration with the RHEIN83 group, an important step for dentistry scientific development in the Middle East. This partnership will contribute to the launch of a complete calendar of courses, counting on European speakers, full materials, and product support by RHEIN83. All activities will take part exclusively in the DDLT facility.

International relations in the DDLT consist of coordinating and managing international activities with the best reputed dental companies in Europe, particularly: GC – Leuven, Belgium; VITA Zahnfabrik – Bad Säckingen, Germany; Dentify GmbH – Engen, Germany; Renfert – Hilzingen, Germany; Kerox Dental Ltd – Budapest, Hungary; Creation Willi Geller International GmbH – Meiningen, Austria. These relations aim to carry out the following activities, amongst others:

• information and advice to the UA community about the several international programs within the scope of higher education;
• promotion and management of student and instructor mobility, especially within the training programs;
• five-day training opportunities in a foreign country, beneficial for graduate students.