Prosthodontics MDSc
Postgraduate
In Dundee
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Dundee (Scotland)
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Duration
12 Months
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Start date
Different dates available
This is an established and popular modular course in fixed and removable prosthodontics and is suitable for dentists contemplating an academic career or to improve your clinical practice.
You will develop enhanced skills and understanding of the scientific basis and practice of prosthodontics so that you become competent in the diagnosis and treatment of more complex problems.
This is an established and popular modular course in fixed and removable prosthodontics and is suitable for dentists contemplating an academic career or to improve your clinical practice.
You will develop enhanced skills and understanding of the scientific basis and practice of prosthodontics so that you become competent in the diagnosis and treatment of more complex problems.
The staff teaching this course are experienced in diagnosis, treatment planning, rehabilitation and maintenance of the oral function in patients with a range of dental problems. You will receive close supervision and support when treating patients throughout the course. All clinical facilities, equipment and materials are provided.
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About this course
This course is suitable for dentists contemplating an academic career or preparing for specialist practice.
This course provides good preparation for the MFDS examination of the Royal Colleges but is not approved for eligibility to sit the MRD examination. On completion of this course students may consider an academic career or specialised clinical practice.
Candidates must have a degree in dentistry and must have at least two years clinical experience following graduation. As this is a clinical course, your level of English is highly important.
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Subjects
- Dental
- Materials
- Clinical work
- Endodontics
- Satisfactorily
- SCQF
- Research Project
- Prosthodontics
- Complete Dentures
- Management
- Dental Caries
- Endodontics aspects
- Partial Dentures
- Dental Materials
- Comprehensive
- Prosthodontic cases
Course programme
Every candidate for the Degree shall be required to undertake the prescribed course of study and submit a dissertation. Candidates will be required to present themselves for examination, including oral examination.
The various aspects of fixed prosthodontics will be performed on a phantom head before proceeding to the clinic as it is considered important to thoroughly revise techniques to ensure a high standard of clinical work. This includes endodontics, post preparation, core build-ups and preparations for inlays, crowns, bridges and resin-retained bridges.
There are eight modules, all of which must be completed satisfactorily, together with a research project. The modules and their associated SCQF (the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework) credits are as follows:
- DS50009 - Research project
- DS51001 - Introduction to Prosthodontics
- DS51002 - Complete Dentures
- DS51003 - Management of Dental Caries and the Vital Pulp
- DS51004 - Endodontics aspects
- DS51005 - Indirect fixed Prosthodontics
- DS52001 - Partial Dentures
- DS52002 - Applied Dental Materials
- DS52004 - Comprehensive prosthodontic cases
Students will attend lectures, seminars and laboratory demonstrations. Students will treat patients under supervision and attend consultant clinics. They will carry out some of the laboratory work as advised by course tutors. More than one module may be taught concurrently and clinical work will be undertaken on regular sessions throughout the course.
Provision will be made for personal study time throughout the course and students are expected to make good use of this time to prepare for the assessments and to read widely on the subject of prosthodontics.
How you will be assessedAssessment will be comprised of a one-hour written short-answer examination for each taught module. Reports of four cases treated by the candidate will be presented to the external examiner at the final examination at the end of the course.
Students carry out a research project related to fixed and removable prosthodontics or dental materials and produce a typed and bound dissertation. This will include a critical review of the literature. It is anticipated that the proportion of time spent on the research project should be approximately 25% of the course.
The results of the module assessments and the logbook of clinical activity will be scrutinised by the examiners.
All components will carry equal weighting and candidates must achieve a pass in all examination.
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Prosthodontics MDSc