Master's in Clinical Dentistry (MClinDent) Oral Surgery

Basic surgical sciences (20 credits)

Students will be introduced to general surgical principles and will be taught the pragmatic approach to solve common clinical problems of oral surgery patient. Students will be equipped with the knowledge of surgical protocols and decision making in oral surgery.

Students will be introduced to the fundamental principles of oral medicine, history taking, clinical examination, and the investigations required to diagnose oral medicine cases. Students will also be introduced to the management of oral medicine patients using prescribing and therapeutically approach as well as operative intervention.

Students will be introduced to the fundamental principles, theory and safe practice of dento-alveolar surgery, and common medical problems in dentistry. Students will also be equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to manage a dento-alveolar surgery patient and complications of treatment.

This module introduces the various techniques and materials used in bone augmentation including techniques of harvesting autogenous bone grafts and sinus elevation. The module also covers the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the severely resorbed jaws, where loss of alveolar bone height and buccolabial bone width combine with reduction in bone density, severely compromise direct implant treatment.

This module covers the surgical protocols involved in this specialist subject, including relevant techniques and related instrumentation. Students practice various surgical protocols on models and have the opportunity to observe clinical practice. Students, dependent on their level of competency, may apply the skills learnt on actual patients.

Students present and treat a minimum of ten surgical cases, four of which are under supervision and appraised at an regional clinic. Students also contribute to seminars and present interesting case reports they treated or intend to treat under supervision or independently. The cases build up a clinical portfolio that is marked for evidence of successful completion of the module.

This module introduces medical statistics and statistical analysis, methodologies of research design and debate, exploring their specific application in dental research and evaluation of different treatment modalities.

Students will be able to develop a research question and produce a research dissertation on an area relevant to their practice.