Restorative Dental Practice MSc

About this degree

Restorative dentistry is the backbone of contemporary primary care dentistry. It covers a wide range of specialties encompassing prosthodontics, aesthetics, endodontics and periodontics.

The ability to predict and restore a patient’s dental health using evidence-based approaches is satisfying and fulfilling. The field is constantly evolving with new techniques and materials, and the requirement for dentists to keep up to date becomes progressively more challenging.

This programme is ideal for dental practitioners wishing to enhance their skills in restorative dentistry. You will enhance your knowledge of the clinical applications and limitations of this field, develop your critical reading of published literature, and build your research methodology and presentation skills.

The course covers a comprehensive range of restorative dentistry topics, offering you the opportunities to increase your depth of knowledge progressively and systematically. You will also develop your skills as a researcher, while undertaking a year-long, original, supervised research project.

The programme is delivered through seminars, lectures, and practical sessions in state-of-the-art skills laboratories, providing a highly supportive and relevant learning experience for those wishing to develop their skills in this area of dentistry.

The programme academic year runs from January to December, with the next intake beginning in January 2025.

This part-time, three-year MSc programme is designed for practising dentists aiming to provide high quality, comprehensive restorative management for their patients in practice. You will benefit from a contemporary, co-operative, and collaborative teaching environment, work with UCL's eminent restorative dentists, and acquire valuable skills and acumen to enhance patient care and career progression.

Applicants must possess an undergraduate dental qualification (i.e. BDS, or equivalent from a recognised institution) and have a minimum of one year experience post-qualification. Applicants must have full and current registration with the UK General Dental Council (or equivalent) and to be in practice with access to patients for the duration of the programme.

The English language level for this programme is: Level 2

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

Graduates can use this qualification to improve their prospects by moving to better dental practices, setting up their own dental practices, progressing to full-time master's programmes and specialist training, progressing to PhD level and developing careers in teaching.