MSc (Clin) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

• Study the diagnosis and management of diseases, injuries and defects affecting the mouth, jaws, face and neck.
• Undertake minor oral surgery carried out under local anaesthesia, conscious sedation and general anaesthesia.
• Attend theatre to assist and observe major surgery.
• Undertake surgical experience in some of the north-west's best hospitals.
• Become eligible to sit the Royal College of Surgeons examinations for Membership in Oral Surgery (MOral Surg).
• Study at a university ranked 5th in the UK for Dentistry and 8th for Medicine (QS World University Rankings 2022).

Our three-year MSc (Clin) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery course enables dentists to train in the diagnosis and management of diseases, injuries and defects affecting the mouth, jaws, face and neck.

All academic units are based on the speciality of oral surgery, but within the wider context of oral and maxillofacial surgery. You will undertake minor oral surgery under supervision, carried out under local anaesthesia, conscious sedation and general anaesthesia. You will also attend theatre to assist and observe major surgery and attend consultation clinics, trauma clinics, ward rounds and carry out ward duties.

The clinical component of the course consists of units covering surgical basic sciences, reflective oral surgery practices, dental tissues, bone disease and injury, soft tissues, and salivary tissue, pain and the temporomandibular joint.

You will attend weekly interactive seminars led by senior staff and invited guest and international speakers. Some of these have actor patients present to allow you to rehearse your clinical skills.

If you study the full three-year MSc, you will also attend external teaching events such as residential blocks for basic science applied to surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

The course infers eligibility to sit at the Tricollegiate Membership examination in Oral Surgery (MOral Surg) of the Royal College of Surgeons on completion of this MSc course.

Full entry requirements

International students must demonstrate English proficiency through a secure and approved testing system.

We ask for English language proof if you are from non-majority English speaking countries (a list of majority English speaking countries, as defined by the UK Home Office, can be found here ).

Specifically, we require a minimum of:

• IELTS test 6.5 (with no less than 6.0 in all components)

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