Hands-On Dentistry. A Real Clinic. Two Days That Could Change Your Career Path.
The first hands-on dental simulation workshop for high school students in Australia, delivered inside a working dental clinic in partnership with PrepDoctors Australia.
A proper first look at dentistry before university.
For the first time in Australia, Years 10 to 12 students considering dentistry or dental nursing as a career can spend two full days inside a real dental clinic, holding real instruments, performing real techniques on simulation models, and learning directly from qualified dentists.
No lecture theatre. No slideshow. No queues at a university open day.
A small group of students. A fully equipped clinical environment. The kind of one of a kind, hands-on experience you usually do not encounter until your second year of dental school.
Standard two-day program price.
Early bird: $450 including the refundable equipment bond.
Most students apply for dentistry before they have ever touched the profession.
Every year, thousands of Australian and New Zealand students apply for dentistry programs without ever having held a dental instrument, sat in a clinic chair, or watched themselves operate an intraoral scanner.
They write personal statements about a career they have never touched. They sit interviews on the strength of YouTube videos, a school careers chat, and a half-day campus visit.
A meaningful number of them spend their first year of dental school discovering the profession is not what they imagined, by which point the cost of changing course is significant — financially, academically, and personally.
This workshop fixes that gap. Whether a student leaves the weekend more certain dentistry is the right path, or more certain it is not, they leave with something most applicants never have: a real basis for the decision.
How this compares to other options
Until now, students exploring dentistry in Australia and New Zealand had four alternatives. None of them deliver structured, hands-on clinical experience.
| Fraser's Dental Workshop | University Open Days | Medical Immersion Programs | Awareness Events | Informal Shadowing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 2-day structured workshop | Half-day, ad hoc | 1–2 days, broad medical focus | Half-day community event | Informal, varies |
| Dedicated dental curriculum | Yes — full program | Brief demo only | Dentistry is a minor component | Awareness, not educational | Depends on the dentist |
| Hands-on simulation | Drilling, scanning, bonding, OHT techniques | None | Limited | None | Observation only |
| Real clinical setting | Working dental clinic | University campus | Conference or campus | Community venue | No |
| Qualified dentist instruction | Chief Learning Officer + supervising dentist | Academic presenter | Varies | None | Yes, but no curriculum |
| Intraoral scanner access | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Restorative dentistry activities | Cavity prep, composite bonding, curing | No | No | No | No |
| Student workbook and materials | Printed, Fraser's-produced | No | Basic handouts | No | No |
| Certificate and LinkedIn documentation | Yes | No | Some | No | No |
| Supports overseas university applications | Yes — documented clinical exposure | No | Partially | No | Undocumented |
| Commercially available and bookable | Yes | Invitation only | Yes | No | No |
| Repeat program with ongoing enrolment | Yes | No | Limited | No | No |
| Price (AUD) | $495 standard · $450 early bird including bond | Free | $350–$700 | Free | Free or ad hoc |
The gap is real. Until this program existed, students who wanted genuine hands-on dental experience before applying to university had no structured, accessible, repeatable option in Australia or New Zealand. This is the first.
What students actually do
Across two days, students rotate through clinical stations covering preventative and restorative dentistry. Every station is supervised by a qualified dentist or dental professional. Every student works on real equipment.
1 Day 1 — Oral Health Foundations
- Introduction to what dentists actually do and the structure of a clinical team
- Tooth anatomy, identification, FDI notation, tooth surfaces, and occlusion
- Modified Bass brushing, C-shape flossing, and interdental cleaning on dentition models
- Overview of key specialties including endodontics, prosthodontics, periodontics, orthodontics, and oral surgery
- Common oral conditions including caries, gingivitis, periodontal disease, attrition, erosion, and fluoride therapy
- Structured patient history-taking and clinical communication
- Four-handed dentistry, instrument handling, suction, isolation, and patient simulation
2 Day 2 — Restorative Dentistry
- Caries progression, treatment decisions, and principles of restorative dentistry
- Class I through Class VI cavities and how each is approached clinically
- Reading bitewings, identifying decay, and understanding radiographs
- Class I cavity preparation using a high-speed handpiece on a phantom head
- Etching, priming, bonding, incremental composite placement, light-curing, and anatomy build-up
- Finishing, polishing, occlusal adjustment, and clinically acceptable restoration technique
- Modern intraoral scanning, digital impressions, case studies, and clinical reasoning
Every student leaves with documented experience.
Every student leaves with a printed workbook, a Fraser's-issued certificate of completion documenting the clinical exposure and hours, and content suitable for university applications and LinkedIn.
Built for students making a serious career decision.
Years 10, 11 and 12
For students seriously considering dentistry or oral health therapy as a career.
University applicants
For students preparing applications in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, or overseas.
Students testing interest
For students who want to test the profession before committing years and tuition to a degree.
Curious students
No prior experience is required. No prerequisites. The only thing students need is genuine interest.
Who is teaching?
The program is delivered by a full clinical and educational team, including a qualified dentist responsible for clinical curriculum and integrity, an AHPRA-registered supervising dentist, final-year and recent-graduate dental students, an oral health therapist or dental assistant, and the Fraser's operations team.
The student-to-clinical-supervisor ratio is deliberately kept small. This is not a lecture environment. It is a working clinic.
Fraser's × PrepDoctors Australia
Fraser's Medical International is an Australian-founded medical education company with over sixteen years of experience preparing students for medical and dental careers across Australia, the UAE, the UK, and Asia Pacific.
PrepDoctors Australia is the clinical delivery partner for the workshop, providing the working dental clinic environment, clinical equipment, and on-site supervising dentist for each cohort.
A real investment in clarity.
What students gain is the opportunity to test a career decision before that decision becomes expensive to reverse. A weekend now, weighed against five or more years of university tuition later, is the cleanest cost-benefit calculation in this part of the career journey.
Every student is supervised by qualified clinical staff throughout. The clinic environment meets full Australian dental regulatory standards. A refundable equipment bond applies to cover the use of clinical equipment, refunded in full at the end of the workshop if there is no damage or loss.
For schools and careers advisors
Students gain documented clinical exposure that strengthens university applications, particularly for international programs where hands-on experience is weighted heavily.
- Detailed information packs for school distribution
- Speakers or presenters for school careers events
- Group registration arrangements
- Documentation for school career resources
Sydney and Melbourne, 2026
The first Sydney and Melbourne workshops will run in 2026. Cohorts are intentionally kept small to maximise the hands-on time per student. Early-bird seats are available at a discounted rate for the first students to register.
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Frequently asked questions
Is this safe?
Yes. Every activity is conducted on simulation models and typodonts, not on human patients. All clinical work is supervised by qualified dental professionals in a fully equipped, regulated clinical environment that meets Australian standards.
Does this count as work experience?
Students receive a certificate documenting the clinical exposure, the skills practised, and the hours completed. This can be included in university applications, CVs, and LinkedIn profiles.
What if my student is unsure about dentistry?
That is exactly who this is for. The purpose is to help students answer that question with real information, not assumptions. A clearer “no” is just as valuable as a confident “yes.”
What does it cost?
The full two-day program is $495 per student. Early-bird seats are $450 including the refundable equipment bond for the first students to register. Full payment options are shared with registered students.
Is there an age requirement?
The program is designed for Years 10 to 12 students. If your student is outside this range and considering dentistry, please contact us.
Where is the workshop held?
Inside a working PrepDoctors dental clinic in Sydney or Melbourne. Specific clinic locations will be confirmed to registered students.
What is the refundable bond?
A small refundable bond is collected at registration to cover the use of clinical equipment. This is fully refunded at the end of the program if there is no damage or loss.
When are the dates?
Melbourne workshops run 27–28 June and 29–30 June. Sydney workshops run 4–5 July and 6–7 July.
The first cohort will fill quickly.
Register your interest and we will send you full details, dates, and an early-bird invitation before registrations open to the public.