Changes in patient demographics and an increase in expectations has meant that modern dental practice has become increasingly complex and challenging, according to the Peninsula Dental School at the University of Plymouth.

Modern clinical practice requires dentists to provide well-planned and executed care for patients who are better informed about their care than ever before. Consequently there is a need to provide predictable and technically excellent care, based on up-to-date literature.

The postgraduate taught courses run by Peninsula Dental School teach students advanced clinical skills which can be applied immediately in their own practices.

The three-year MSc courses in Oral Surgery, Periodontology and Restorative dentistry combine lectures with technique courses in the simulation suite for 20 days each year for the first two years. Students can then apply these skills to their own patients, and develop more advanced skills as they progress on the course.

The third and final year is the dissertation, in which students are supported to use the skills that they have acquired to ask and answer questions relevant to clinical scenarios in their own practice. This equips them to keep up to date with developments in dentistry for the rest of their career.

Further information is available at https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/your-university/about-us/university-structure/faculties/medicine-dentistry/postgraduate-education-for-medicine-and-dentistry or by emailing meddent-admissions@plymouth.ac.uk.