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This programme allows dentists to increase their clinical skills, knowledge and ability while enhancing professional satisfaction. It assists practitioners preparing portfolios for Fellowship of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) award. Subject to local NHS requirements, it may assist the development of dentists who wish to develop enhanced skills.

• Year 1

• In your first year, you learn key concepts underpinning the delivery of periodontal care, enabling you to develop a systematic understanding and knowledge of the subject including relevant basic sciences, diagnosis, treatment planning, nonsurgical treatment. You also learn about the influence of occlusion, splint therapy and orthodontics, endodontics and prosthodontics in relation to periodontology.

  Please note that the teaching days for this programme may be held in either Plymouth or Exeter.

  More details about our modules:

  • PID711 Foundations of Periodontology
  • PID712 Periodontology in practice and an introduction to implantology

  Core modules

  PID711
  Foundations of Periodontology

  This module covers key concepts underpinning the delivery of Periodontal care, enabling learners to develop their understanding and knowledge of the subject area. It also teaches rudimentary skills in subjects essential to continuing professional development and evidence-based care.

  PID712
  Periodontology in Practice and an Introduction to Implantology

  This module covers further concepts underpinning the delivery of Periodontal care within the practice or specialist environment. It enables learners to develop their understanding and knowledge of the subject area in as much as it relates to other areas of dentistry. It also covers medico-legal aspects, guidelines and ethical issues and introduces the concepts of implant placement, restoration and maintenance.

• Year 2

• In the second year you learn about the surgical management of bone loss due to periodontal disease, elective surgery to assist prosthodontic treatment and ridge preservation. You also learn about dental implants, hard and soft tissue grafting and implant-related surgical procedures on the sinus.
  Please note that the teaching days for this programme may be held in either Plymouth or Exeter.

  More details about our modules:

  • PID721 Periodontal surgery
  • PID722 Advanced Implantology

  Core modules

  PID721
  Periodontal Surgery

  This module focuses on the surgery relevant to periodontal disease and/or to provide assistance with multidisciplinary care options for dental patients.

  PID722
  Advanced Implantology

  This module focuses on the planning and delivery of implant-borne restorations under more complex conditions encountered in clinical dental practice.

• Final year

• You will develop evidence-based dentistry skills through the completion of an evidence synthesis project. The objective is to undertake a high-quality literature review in accordance with best practice for evidence synthesis.

  Read more about our final year module (DIS734)

  Core modules

  DIS734
  Dental Programmes Masters Project

  On this module, students will design, plan and undertake a review of the evidence relevant to their chosen field of study. Students will specify a research question, make methodological decisions and synthesise the available literature.

MSc Periodontology programme specification_4648

As a graduate, you should be practising dentistry in the UK whilst undertaking the programme and hold full General Dental Council (GDC) registration as a dental practitioner. You should also have full professional indemnity and normally at least two years of clinical experience. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, subject to fulfilling the above requirements.
If your first language is not English you will be required to provide evidence of competence in English language. The minimum acceptable English language requirement for postgraduate courses is IELTS 6.5 overall, in both cases with minimum 5.5 across all four components (listening, reading, speaking, writing). Other acceptable tests and scores include PTE Academic: 61, with minimum 51 across all four components (listening, reading, speaking, writing).
Accreditation of prior certificated learning (APCL) and accreditation of prior experiential learning (APEL) refer to the process by which previous formal certificated learning and informal non-certificated learning can be awarded credit towards modules within the sphere of Higher Education. Credit for prior learning, whether certificated or experiential, may count towards the requirements for the named award. The maximum amount of credit for prior learning (certificated or experiential) claimed towards the award is 120 credits. To qualify for the award of a masters degree, your dissertation must be completed at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ. If you are seeking credit (whether certificated or experiential), you will normally be required to apply for such credit on receipt of an offer of a place on the programme. Requests for APCL if you are already on a programme will be considered provided that you submit the request in the session before you would normally begin the module/stage for which you are seeking credit. In the case of requests for APEL, this would be at least six months prior to the beginning of the session before you would normally begin the module(s)/stage against which you are seeking credit.
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ is committed to providing equality for all irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity (including race, colour and nationality), gender, gender reassignment, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and will work to ensure that all students, employees and visitors, as well as those who apply or seek to apply to work or study at the University, are treated fairly and are not subjected to discrimination by the University on any of these grounds (University Equality and Diversity Policy, Revised April 2011).
We welcomes applications from people with disabilities who will be considered on the same academic grounds as other potential students. Considerations about individual needs arising from disability will be made separately, and we will strive to meet an individual disabled student's needs wherever possible and in consultation with Additional support for students with an impairment, health condition or disability .
We welcome applicants with international qualifications. To view other accepted qualifications please refer to our tariff glossary.

Make sure you meet the entry requirements for this programme.

Make sure you have all your supporting documents. Documents required usually include:

Most of our taught programmes begin in January. Applications can usually be made throughout the year, and are considered until programmes are full. Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible as places are limited.

Once you are happy that you have all of the information required you can apply using our online postgraduate application form (the blue 'Apply' icon on this page).

Additional guidance information can also be downloaded on how to fill in the postgraduate application form .

More information and advice for applicants can be referenced in our online admissions policy for taught programmes. Prospective students are advised to read the policy before making an application to the University.

For more information contact the Faculty of Health Admissions team.

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You may be asked to provide additional information, to take part in an interview (which in the case of overseas students may be by telephone or video conference) or you will be sent a decision by letter or email.

The University aims to make the application procedure as simple and efficient as possible. Our Admissions and Course Information team is on hand to offer help and can put you in touch with the appropriate faculty if you wish to discuss any programme in detail. The Doctoral College is also available to answer any queries on our postgraduate research degrees.

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