Advanced Aesthetic Dentistry

All applicants must hold an approved dental qualification and have a minimum of one year of clinical experience post-qualification.

If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency.

The English language level for this programme is: Good.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

This is a Postgraduate Certificate programme that thoroughly explores the most important topics in aesthetic dentistry. It covers scientific documentation as well as clinical applications, treatment planning, modern materials and step-by-step clinical procedures. It is studied part-time over one year (October to July) or as distance learning (a mix of online teaching and three teaching blocks in December, March and June).

The programme places emphasis on acquiring knowledge, understanding and skills in the areas of aesthetic restorations, contemporary biomaterials and evidence-based clinical procedures and techniques.

Emphasis is placed on acquiring knowledge, understanding, and skills in the areas of aesthetic restorations, contemporary biomaterials, and evidence based clinical procedures and techniques.

Find out more about the programme modules on the Eastman Dental Institute website

Material is delivered through lectures in a seminar setting, hands-on training in lab and clinic in small groups, interactive case studies, treatment planning exercises, and video patient demonstrations.

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, interactive seminars and treatment planning, and skills laboratory and clinical hands-on training.

There are two MCQ written exams, an essay and a viva voce oral exam.

The part-time programme consists of 24 teaching days. Students can opt to complete the teaching as one day a week usually Thursdays, spread out between October and August or through block teaching of 2-3 blocks spread across the year.

Students wishing to undertake teaching one day per week should select the part time option. Those wishing to take the teaching in blocks should select the mixed mode option. Overseas students should select the mixed mode option.