Maxillofacial Medicine & Surgery Department
This department brings together topics and units with often common clinical and academic goals.
This department brings together topics and units with often common clinical and academic goals. This ensures that postgraduates are able to receive in some instances common teaching, for example on aspects of systemic disease, clinical governance and ethical clinical care as well as supervision of collaborative research.
The department has a strong track record in effective delivery of education of each of the three subject areas and postgraduates have gone on to senior posts within each specialty within the UK or across the globe.
Our units

Oral Surgery
Our well-established Oral Surgery course combines theoretical and clinical elements, creating a balance of academic study and patient care which provides a strong foundation for future careers.

Oral Medicine
Our programme provides postgraduates with didactic teaching by internationally recognised research driven clinical academics and the opportunity to be involved in the management of patients.

Special Care Dentistry
Special Care Dentistry is more relevant than ever to ensure that patients from around the globe are appropriately managed to enhance their function and quality of life.
- Professor Stephen Porter
- Professor Stefano Fedele DDS, PhD
- Dr Rachel Leeson BDS MSc PhD FDS RCS FHEA
- Dr Navdeep Kumar
- Dr Fatimah Alsayer
- Dr Tim Hodgson
- Professor Joanna Zakrzewska
- Dr Richeal Ni O’Riordan
- Dr Roddy McMillan
- Dr Martina Shephard
- Mr Colin Hopper MD FRCS FHEA
- Mr Steven Watt-Smith
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine and Special Care Dentistry
These units welcome visits from prospective students. Appointments to visit should be made at least two months in advance. Your visit will enable you to meet staff and discuss applications. For an appointment contact the Departmental Administrator, Mrs Nichola Faddoul.