Close
Dentistry degrees
Virtual Open Days 2024
Join an online introduction on Zoom to learn more about the programme and get your questions answered. Register below.
Our programmes
Join UCL's world-leading academic community working at the Eastman Dental Institute. We offer an extensive range of high-quality, postgraduate study options including master’s degrees, specialty training, certificates, diplomas and CPD courses, plus doctorate programmes. Our courses combine theoretical and clinical elements of dentistry to create an enjoyable balance of academic study and patient care.
Advanced Aesthetic Dentistry, PG Cert
This programme explores the most important topics in aesthetic dentistry, making it ideal for practitioners looking to expand into this sought-after field. It covers current scientific documentation, clinical applications, treatment planning, modern materials, and step-by-step clinical procedures.
- Part-time, 1 year.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Conservative Dentistry, MSc
Our MSc in Conservative Dentistry will help you see your dental practice and patient management in a whole new way. Covering fixed prosthodontics, operative, implant dentistry and endodontics, you will develop up-to-date skills, knowledge and expertise to confidently manage your patients' needs.
- Full-time, 1 year. Part-time, 2 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Endodontics, MSc
This programme aims to develop the skills required to enable independent practice of endodontics at a level above special interest but below specialist. MSc Endodontics aims to develop a broad understanding of endodontics, including basic principles and how to apply them clinically.
- Full-time, 1 year. Part-time, 2 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Endodontology (Advanced Training), MClinDent
This three-year master's programme is for students who want to specialise in endodontology. You will undertake training mapped to the UK GDC-approved specialty training curriculum.
- Full-time, 3 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry; Medical Technology and Diagnostics
Endodontology, MClinDent
This clinically relevant MClinDent allows you to gain a broad and deep understanding of endodontology. You will develop the skills to apply appropriate clinical strategies based on first principles and be well prepared for a future as a specialist.
- Full-time, 3 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry; Medical Technology and Diagnostics
Implant Dentistry, MSc
Modern implant dentistry is constantly evolving and presents challenges that require new skills. Our MSc programme provides the skills for dental implant case selection and planning, and to place and restore straightforward implant cases.
- Part-time, 3 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Implant Dentistry, PG Cert
The PG Cert teaches you to describe and perform the surgical steps involved in the guided placement of a dental implant. You will learn how to plan, restore and maintain implants for straightforward, single unit cases.
- Part-time, 1 year.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MSc
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery MSc gives you a broad education in the theory of oral and maxillofacial surgery. It is the ideal foundation for widening your scope of treatment in dental practice, in preparation for hospital training posts or further training.
- Full-time, 1 year. Part-time, 2 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Oral Medicine, MSc
Oral Medicine MSc provides dental professionals with the skills to help manage patients across possibly the widest spectrum of diseases relevant to oral medicine in Europe, if not the globe.
- Full-time, 1 year.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Oral Surgery (Advanced Training), MClinDent
This master's programme gives you access to hands-on training in oral surgery in the heart of London. You will develop a depth of understanding of the theoretical and clinical aspects of this surgical field, applied clinical sciences and research methodology.
- Full-time, 3 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Oral Surgery, MClinDent
Oral Surgery MClinDent programme combines theoretical and clinical elements of oral surgery to create an enjoyable balance of academic study and patient care, providing a strong foundation for a future career in this field.
- Full-time, 2 years. Part-time, 4 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Orthodontics (Advanced Training), MClinDent
This MClinDent programme opens the door to a fulfilling career in orthodontics. You will develop the skills to understand the principles of normal and abnormal facial growth, diagnose malocclusions and identify aetiological factors.
- Full-time, 3 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Paediatric Dentistry, MSc
this Paediatric Dentistry MSc gives busy dentists the ability to plan their lives around their studies. Our programme provides a mix of theory, latest scientific evidence and technical skills.
- Part-time, 3 years. Flexible, 5 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Periodontology (Distance Learning), MSc
In this MSc programme, will study peri-implant disease management, non-surgical therapy and the fundamentals of diagnosis and treatment planning in implant dentistry.
- Part-time, 3 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Periodontology, MClinDent
This full-time, three-year Periodontology MClinDent provides intensive knowledge of the basic principles of periodontal diseases, the management of advanced periodontal cases and the surgical components of implant dentistry.
- Full-time, 3 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Prosthodontics (Advanced Training), MClinDent
In this globally renowned programme at UCL you will develop a high level of clinical skill for diagnosing, treating, and restoratively managing advanced and complex cases with an evidence-based approach.
- Full-time, 3 years. Part-time, 4 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Restorative Dental Practice, MSc
Restorative dentistry is the backbone of contemporary primary care dentistry. This programme covers a wide range of specialties encompassing prosthodontics, aesthetics, endodontics and periodontics.
- Full-time, 3 years. Flexible, 5 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Special Care Dentistry, MSc
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.
- Full-time, 1 year. Part-time, 2 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Special Care Dentistry, PGCert
This part-time, one-year Postgraduate Certificate aims to provide interested dentists with a basic understanding of the delivery of special care dentistry.
- Part-time, 1 year.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Eastman Dental Institute, MPhil/PhD
Study an MPhil/PhD programme to develop your scientific knowledge and research skills in a world-leading academic centre, with a focus on oral health, microbial diseases, and biomaterials tissue engineering.
- Full-time, 3 years. Part-time, 5 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Eastman Dental Institute (Clinical Experience), MPhil/PhD
Carry out doctoral research in the field of oral health, microbial diseases, or biomaterials tissue engineering. Your laboratory or clinically based research-intensive programme will be supervised by international specialists.
- Full-time, 4 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Paediatric Dentistry, DDent
This three-year full-time professional doctorate programme is for dentists wanting to train to specialist level and combines specialist-level clinical practice with doctorate-level research.
- Full-time, 3 years.
- Subjects: Dentistry
Why study at UCL Eastman?
We are a world-leading, academic centre for postgraduate dentistry and translational research. We produce accomplished graduates who often go on to become national and international sector leaders and pioneers. As part of UCL, students have the opportunity to work with some of the greatest intellects in the world, access state-of-the-art facilities and collaborate with colleagues across multiple fields and disciplines.
"The approach is completely unique"
We are a world-leading, academic centre for postgraduate dentistry and translational research in central London. Our clinically intensive programmes are led by international specialists. We are also a world-class research centre that continually improves systemic and oral health through the innovative development of novel treatments, therapies, diagnostics, and smart materials.
Careers
Graduates follow a broad range of career trajectories following graduation, ranging from clinical practice and hospital posts to research and academic careers. Graduates are eligible for a wide range of UK and international career opportunities and are well-equipped for further studies such as a PhD.
If you are inspired by the opportunities of oral surgery and eligible to work in the UK, you may go into NHS or private dental practice. Alternatively, depending on your previous experience, you could apply for competitive NHS clinical training posts, either foundation DCT (Senior House Officer) posts in UK teaching hospitals or specialist registrar training posts to become NHS consultants.
Other graduates of the course have applied directly for specialty doctor/dentist and clinical fellowship posts. Graduates who are already qualified in both dentistry and medicine have successfully obtained competitive specialist registrar training posts, with the aim of becoming hospital consultants.
“You just have to look into the academic backgrounds of the most prominent and talented dentists within the UK to realise that many of them trace at least a part of their training to this institute.
I gained a world-class Master’s degree in Endodontology but the greatest achievement was the friends I met during my time here. I feel privileged to be a part of a respected community.
The degree has opened many career doors, which previously did not exist. I share my time in private practice, hospital, and teaching. That has allowed me to fall in love with the profession.
Dr Kunal Patel, MSc Endodontics.
Did you know?
- In 1926, American innovator, entrepreneur and philanthropist George Eastman donated £200,000 to fund a dental clinic in London.
- In 1931, the Eastman Dental Clinic opened as part of the Royal Free Hospital to provide dental care for disadvantaged children from central London.
- In 1948, the Eastman became independent of the Royal Free and its teaching arm became the Postgraduate Dental Institute of the Postgraduate Medical Federation.
- The Eastman Dental Hospital and the Institute occupied 256 Gray's Inn Road until 2020, once the barracks of London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers, a unit formed in response to the threat of French invasion in 1779.
Eastman Dental Institute research
A world-class research centre, UCL Eastman Dental Institute offers you a range of doctorate research opportunities in the fields of oral health and society, microbial diseases, clinical research, biomaterials and tissue engineering. The UCL Eastman Dental Institute undertakes high-quality research that advances knowledge of the causes, treatment and prevention of orofacial and related disease. We then translate those findings into improved clinical care and public policy. You will also benefit from interaction with other UCL research groups and with NHS hospitals close to the university.
Prosthodontics prize for UCL Eastman trainee
UCL alumna, Dr Rosanna Busuttil (Conservative Dentistry), has won the prestigious Shottlander Oral Prize at the British Society of Prosthodontics' annual conference 2023.
Gum disease doubles the risk of high blood pressure
Adults with periodontitis may be twice as likely to have higher blood pressure compared to those with healthy gums, finds a study led by UCL researchers.
Our teaching leads
