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MSc

Prosthodontics

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

2 Years

Start

September 2023

Delivery

Campus Taught

Our Prosthodontics, MSc is ideal if you want to improve the prosthodontic treatment within your practice. The course provides hands-on clinical training and patient treatment experience. You'll also gain current knowledge to allow you to provide effective and appropriate prosthodontic treatment.

If you are a busy general dental practitioner, you can combine part-time study with work.

Course highlights include:

Patient assessment, pre-prosthodontic and treatment planning
Developing appropriate treatment options
Clinical photography
Analysis and management of occlusion
Principles of direct and indirect, extra coronal restorations taught practically in a phantom head laboratory
Principles of removable prosthodontics
Provision of a range of fixed and removable prosthodontic procedures
Principles of implant restoration

Why study with us

You'll have 20 days of supervised clinical training as well as pre-clinical skills laboratory training. Training is delivered by experienced clinicians and educators.
Much of the academic teaching is delivered through a modern, online delivery model.
You'll graduate with an MSc Prosthodontics from a UK university well known as a provider of high-quality clinical training and education.

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What you'll do

You will be able to study whilst you continue working as much of the academic content is delivered online.
You'll plan and treat patients referred by local dental practitioners in our University Dental Clinic. You'll be under the direct clinical supervision of experienced clinicians and consultants.
Learn from teaching staff led by Dr Tom Janicki. Tom is an experienced academic and clinician and Honorary Consultant in Prosthodontics.

Module overview

Course delivery

Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus aside from a small amount of online teaching where we have learnt it works best.

80%Face-to-face

20%Online

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Future careers

Our MSc Prosthodontics programme means you will be able to offer a wider range of prosthodontic treatment in your practice.

Fees and funding

2022/23

Part-time£17,000 per year

2023/24

Part-time£17,500 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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You’ll need to attend up to 20 study/assessment days per year. Many of these sessions are in the School of Dentistry with some sessions in the University’s Dental Clinic, where you will be supported to assess, undertake and ultimately lead in clinical treatment.

To accompany the study days, much of the course content, including lecture notes, PowerPoint slides, videos of lectures and assignments will be delivered to you via the University’s e-learn system. This means you can study from home.

Initially we offer plenary lectures and practical sessions in our state-of-the-art phantom head facility, including work on pig’s head and similar systems. As you move through the first year of the course you’ll progress to working on live patients, under close supervision, in our Dental Clinic. You’ll develop skills that will be assessed through continuous assessment.

Your academic knowledge will develop though presentations, directed reading and case-based discussions. You’ll lead and work in groups too, which are typically <12 per cohort. This is an informal and supportive learning environment.

We must of course have assessments and examinations - these are designed to allow you to monitor your progress and guide your learning as well as testing your core knowledge and skills at regular intervals throughout the programme. Assessments focus on your higher-level skills including the application of knowledge, diagnosis and planning, rather than simply remembering facts. Typical assessments would include analysis of given clinical cases, case presentations, practical tests, written examinations and critical essays.

Modules DX4017 and DX4027 are delivered and assessed online. The clinical modules, DX4020 and DX4029 are assessed with a blend of course work, written assessments, practical assessments including direct observations whilst treating patients, and seen and unseen clinical case assessments.

This course will develop your skills in:

Thorough case assessment and record taking
Practical occlusion
Aesthetic parameters for smile design
Effective treatment planning
Selection of appropriate restorations
Dental materials
Provision of durable direct and indirect restorations
Tooth preparation techniques
Constructing and using provisional restorations
Managing toothwear and the replacement of missing teeth
Multidisciplinary approach to complex case management

Please note, postgraduate qualifications in dentistry are not regulated by the General Dental Council in the UK.