This qualification is aimed at the higher educational needs of General Dental Practitioners who intend to introduce aesthetic dentistry as a treatment modality into their practices or to expand on existing knowledge and skills. It also instils the core skills essential for the professional practice of dentistry using new technologies and a commitment to lifelong learning.
The programme is multi-modular, and all modules have to be completed to progress through the programme.
The objective is to provide Dentists with the core knowledge and clinical skills essential for delivering high quality dental care, in accordance with GDC and other internationally recognized guidelines.
Additionally, it is to promote an understanding of the different requirements essential to the provision of ethical, predictable and evidence based preventative, orthodontic, restorative and cosmetic dentistry. Ultimately to improve the patient’s experience and their care.
By the end of the programme, successful students will have acquired the knowledge, practical skills and experience to confidently:
Deliver safe, predictable and competent dental treatment using predictable treatment methodologies
Understand their role and responsibilities in the provision of aesthetic dental treatment to their patients using safe protocols which are minimally invasive
Be able to communicate more effectively with other professionals in the management of complex cases requiring an interdisciplinary approach
Interpret research findings and their implications for aesthetic dental treatment
Evaluate various treatment options, using latest digital technologies in order to develop an optimal and realistic treatment plan
Understand the major legal, ethical and social implications of aesthetic treatment
Aims and Learning Outcomes:
Enable participants to understand the basic concepts that underpin the clinical assessment with a specific focus on aesthetic principles
Understand the concepts of occlusion linked to a full understanding of the Temporomandibular (TMD) and Masticatory system
Develop detailed, evidence based treatment plans
Aims and Learning Outcomes:
Emphasise current theories relevant to direst aesthetic restoration of the anterior and posterior teeth
To give students an understanding of the scientific basis of direct aesthetic restorative materials
Provide students with a pragmatic approach to restoring anterior and posterior teeth using aesthetic materials
Aims and Learning Outcomes:
Emphasise current theories relevant to indirect aesthetic restorations of the anterior and posterior teeth using minimally invasive techniques
To give students an understanding of the scientific basis of indirect aesthetic restorative materials using minimally invasive techniques
Provide students with a pragmatic approach to restoring anterior and posterior teeth using indirect aesthetic materials
Aims and Learning Outcomes:
To provide clinical, practical and theoretical training in increasing occlusal vertical dimension in aesthetic rehabilitations
To provide clinical training in functional occlusion using digital methods
To understand the clinical management and skills required to manage tooth surface loss using direct and indirect techniques with Smilefast and Injection Moulding
Aims and Learning Outcomes:
To provide an overview of modern endodontic techniques used clinically to resolve complex endodontic disease
To provide an overview of modern orthodontic digital techniques used clinically resolve crowding and introduce students to general digital orthodontic principles
Provides students with an understanding of the soft tissue aesthetics and its management
Aims and Learning Outcomes:
To give students an understanding of the scientific basis of fixed prosthodontics focusing on bridges and implants
To understand the clinical management and skills required to design conventional/ adhesive bridges
To provide basic training in implant recognition and specialised training with current implant systems