Faculty of Dental Sciences

University of Peradeniya

Faculty of Dental Sciences

University of Peradeniya

Body Donation Programme

Thinking about donating your body to science?

Read on to find out about our unique body donation programme.

The education of health professionals depends on the study of the structure of the human body through a full body dissection. A group of 10 dental students are provided with one body for dissection. The Division of Anatomy, Department of Basic Sciences at the Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, has established a whole body donation programme to acquire the bodies for this purpose. All donations are placed at the Division of Anatomy, with the remains after dissection eventually are cremated or accessioned into the “Anatomy Museum” in the Division of Anatomy.


    Click here for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding body donation programme of the Faculty of Dental Sciences (in Sinhala).

    Those interested in registering as a whole body donor should contact the department office directly to request information material and registration form. The contact information are given below,

    Telephone - 081-2397221 or 071-7804140 (on week days (Monday to Friday) between 8.00am-4.30pm)
    Fax: 081-2388949

    Postal address - Head, Department of Basic Sciences ,Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400

    E-mail address:deptbasic@dental.pdn.ac.lk

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