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National name Republika Slovenija
Area 20,251 sq km/7,817 sq mi
Capital Ljubljana
Major towns/cities Maribor, Kranj, Celje
Major ports Koper
Physical features mountainous; Sava
and Drava rivers |
Political system emergent democracy
Administrative divisions 62 districts
Population 1,946,000 (1995 est)
Language Slovene, resembling
Serbo-Croat, written in Roman characters
Religion Roman Catholic
In the EU since 2004 |
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Chronology
1st century BC Came under Roman rule.
AD 395 In division of Roman Empire,
stayed in W half, along with Croatia and
Bosnia.
6th century Settled by the Slovene
South Slavs.
7th century Adopted Christianity as
Roman Catholics.
8th-9th centuries Under the successive
rule of the Franks and dukes of Bavaria.
907-55 Came under Hungarian
domination.
1335 Absorbed in the Austro-Hungarian
Habsburg Empire, as part of the Austrian
crownlands of Carniola, Styria, and
Carinthia.
1848 Slovene struggle for independence
began.
1918 On the collapse of Habsburg
Empire, Slovenia united with Serbia,
Croatia, and Montenegro to form the
`Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes´, under Serbian Karageorgevic
dynasty.
1929 The kingdom became known as Yugoslavia.
1941-45 Occupied by the Axis powers,
Nazi Germany, and Italy during World
War II; anti-Nazi Slovene Liberation Front
formed and became allies of Marshal
Tito's communist-led Partisans.
1945 Became a constituent republic of
Yugoslav Socialist Federal Republic.
mid-1980s The Slovenian Communist
Party liberalized itself and agreed to free
elections. Yugoslav counterintelligence
(KOV) began repression.
1989 Constitution changed to allow
secession from federation.
1990 Nationalist Democratic Opposition
of Slovenia (DEMOS) coalition secured
victory in first multiparty parliamentary
elections; Milan Kucan, a reform
communist, became president.
Sovereignty declared. Independence
overwhelmingly approved in referendum.
1991 Seceded from Yugoslav federation,
along with Croatia; 100 killed after
Yugoslav federal army intervened;
cease-fire brokered by European
Community (EC) brought withdrawal of
Yugoslav army.
1992 Janez Drnovsek, a centrist Liberal
Democrat, appointed prime minister;
independence recognized by EC and
USA. Admitted into United Nations.
Liberal Democrats and Christian Democrats won assembly elections.
1996 Governing coalition weakened by
withdrawal of ZLSD. LDS failed to win
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Dental Education
| No Entry Examination /school leaving examination with a good score/ |
| Conventional Lecture Based Learning |
| Lenght of studies 6 years |
| Title after graduation "Doktor
dentalne medicine” (dr.dent.med.) |
| Vocational training 12-months’ period
necessary following graduation |
| Specialty training |
| Oral Medicine and Periodontology |
Orthodontics |
| Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics |
Prosthetic Dentistry |
| Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry |
Oral Surgery |
Number of dental schools 1 |
Number of dentists in the country 1 533 |
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Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dentistry
University of Ljubljana
Address Hrvatski Trg 6 1000 Ljubljana
animus.mf.uni-lj.si/~stoma/
Number of dental students 270
| Local dental students association |
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Slovenian Dental Students' International Committee (SiDSiC) |
www.sidsic.com |
| Dental Organization |
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| The Medical Chamber of Slovenia |
Komenskega 4
1000 Ljubljana |
Exchange Visiting Program
| Visit coordinator Nikola Molnar » email |
| Number of possible days of visit 5 |
| Number of students allowed to come at one time 12 |
| Type of accommodation likely to be available and approximate cost 25€ |
| Approximate cost per day (food, transportation, etc) 15€ |
| Possibility for pre-clinical and clinical visit |
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