Special Care Dentistry MSc

UCL (University College London)

Special Care Dentistry ensures that all patients are appropriately managed to enhance their function and quality of life. This master's degree provides dentists with the knowledge to enhance their ability to provide care to patients with special needs. It is available full-time or part-time and is taught at new facilities in the heart of London. The number of individuals with complex systemic disease that may impact upon oral health and the provision of dental care is rising. Increasing lifespans have led to an increase in cardiac, neurological, endocrine, and other disease processes. Special Care Dentistry is now more relevant than ever to ensure all patients are managed appropriately to enhance their function and quality of life. Our Special Care Dentistry MSc provides a detailed understanding of the common systemic disorders likely to be of implication for routine dental care. You will gain an understanding of the appropriate management and the ability to undertake clinical investigations for patients with systemic disease likely to complicate dental treatment. We emphasise putting theory into practice to ensure that graduates are well equipped to manage patients with complex needs and help them maintain good oral health and general wellbeing. Our students are taught in new facilities in the heart of London and the campuses of UCL and UCLH NHS Foundation. All clinical teaching takes place within the newly opened UCLHT Eastman Dental Hospital, while all non-clinical teaching is within UCL Eastman Dental Institute. The facilities within these sites and the UCL libraries provide a unique twenty-first century educational experience. The programme is directed towards dentally qualified clinicians who wish to extend their knowledge and skills in special care dentistry to become a competent practitioner in the field within and outside the United Kingdom.

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