Clinical Dentistry (Paediatric Dentistry)

Entry requirements

We require a primary dental qualification from a recognised institution.

We also require you to have at least two years' recent experience in clinical professional practice, which does not include any time spent on an intership.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Our MSc Clinical Dentistry (Paediatric) course will equip you with the advanced academic knowledge and clinical skills required to practice as a specialist in paediatric dentistry.

This is a full-time, three-year master's degree that combines the taught and research elements of the MSc with a mandatory clinical training unit.

You will build up your knowledge of literature in this field, learning from consultants and specialists in paediatric dentistry. Taught elements are delivered in lectures, seminars, practical skills sessions and online learning.

You will develop your clinical skills at the University Dental Hospital of Manchester, with general anaesthesia lists running at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Trafford General Hospital.

Clinical teaching involves close supervision of a personal cohort of patients with a broad range of paediatric dental needs, including those with dental anomalies, trauma and caries, under supervision by hospital specialists and consultants. Clinical training involves attendance at consultant new patient clinics.

You will attendat least three clinical sessions/week fromSemester 2 onwards.

Completing this course will prepare you to practice as a specialist paediatric dentist or pursue a clinical academic or research career in this field. You will be eligible to sit the Membership in Paediatric Dentistry tri-collegiate specialty membership examination upon completion of the course.

Aims

• provide you with a high level of clinical training at the large consultant-led paediatric dental department within the University Dental Hospital of Manchester;
• provide you with the knowledge and skills to practice at the level of a specialist in paediatric dentistry, including dental treatment of the paediatric patient under local analgesia, inhalational sedation, IV sedation and general anaesthesia;
• equip you with in-depth critical appraisal skills that will enable you to independently appraise paediatric dental literature;
• improve your oral presentation skills;
• ensure you are competent in the design and interpretation of original clinical research at the forefront of current dental research;
• provide you with the knowledge and experience to plan, implement and complete a research project.