In 1998, the Department of Dentistry and the Faculty of Dentistry were founded to train dentists with the qualifications of Specialist and Master. The initiator of the faculty was the rector of the University, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Honoured Worker of Science and Technology, Professor Volodymyr Koveshnikov.
The first graduation of dentists at the faculty took place in 2003.
Over the years, the University has trained 971 dentists, 264 of whom are foreign students. The first dean of the dental faculty was Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Andrii Petrunia.
In 2007, due to the increase in human resources, the Rector of the University, Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Valerii Ivchenko divided the Department of Dentistry and established the Departments of Therapeutic, Surgical Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry and the Department of Dentistry of the Postgraduate Education Faculty. In addition to training students, the staff of the department conducted postgraduate education cycles for doctors in training. The leading dental institutions of Lugansk and the region (Krasnodon, Severodonetsk, Krasny Luch, Stakhanov, Rovenky) became the clinical bases of the Department.
In 2014, the social and political situation in the east of Ukraine and the hostilities forced the University to leave Lugansk.
To keep the material base, the teaching staff and the continuity of the educational process, the University started its activities in the city of Rubizhne, Lugansk region.
With the efforts of the faculty and management, the establishment resumed its regular operation. In Rubizhne, the department started operating in February 2015.
The University purchased modern dental equipment and visual teaching materials. The department conducts scientific work. The licence for medical work has been renewed. Now the department has resumed its work in Rivne.