D.Ch.Dent. in Dental Surgery

The D.Ch.Dent. in Dental Surgery offers 7 strands: Special Care Dentistry (also available part-time), Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, Paediatric Dentistry, and Dental Public Health (also available part-time).The professional doctorate in Special Care Dentistry runs full-time over three years or part-time over five years. In their first year, in addition to modules in the Dublin Dental University Hospital, students follow selected modules as part of the M.Sc. in Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, in the School of Psychology in University College Dublin. Clinical rotations take place in the Dublin Dental University Hospital and partner hospitals in Dublin. The teaching and learning will be apportioned broadly as follows: 60% clinical, 40% didactic. The didactic component will include a research dissertation. The total ECTS to be applied to this course is 270 credits of which 90 will be attributed to the research dissertation.

Applicants will be considered only if they have held a primary dental qualification for at least two years. The MFD/MJDF or equivalent is mandatory, unless applying for the Dental Public Health programme. Normally, up to 12 months should have been spent working in hospital practice. Good communication skills in English are essential.