On offer to GDPs with at least three years of clinical experience, the Postgraduate Diploma in Endodontic Practice provides unparalleled hands-on training in endodontics over two years.

The first year, taught over 24 full days, provides academic, practical and clinical training delivered through seminars and lectures as well as skills training using extracted teeth in the UCL Eastman Dental Institute's state-of-the-art skills laboratories. The second year of the course gives participants the opportunity to treat referred patients under supervision in the newly equipped surgeries at the UCL Eastman CPD site at 123 Gray's Inn Road, as well as attending Consultant new patient clinics at the main Eastman hospital site to further their diagnostic and treatment planning skills.

Designed for busy practitioners who wish to enhance their knowledge of and expertise in endodontics whilst continuing to work in practice, the course is divided into three components: Endodontic Sciences, Clinical Endodontics and Practical Endodontics.

The learning experience is supported by an interactive website where participants can read course material and take part in online discussions. The programme has been designed to assist in meeting the competency requirements for 'Dentists with a Special Interest in Endodontics', and to give its successful participants the confidence and skills required to treat patients on referral.

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