The Department of Odontology was established within the University of Zagreb Medical School in 1948. The School of Dental Medicine has been separate from the Medical School since the academic year 1962/1963, by decision of the Croatian Parliament (September 26th 1962).

At the end of 2001, the School of Dental Medicine was paid an offi cial visit by the DentEd Thematic Network Project commission, funded by the EU Directorate for Education and Culture, as a part of the harmonization process to which dental education programs have been submitted under the Association of Dental Education in Europe.
 

Today the School of Dental Medicine consists of 8 different dental departments:
• Department of Dental Anthropology
• Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry
• Department of Pedodontics
• Department of Periodontology
• Department of Prosthodontics
• Department of Oral Medicine
• Department of Oral Surgery
• Department of Orthodontics