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Clinical Periodontology MSC/PgDip/PgCert

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Clinical Periodontology MSC/PgDip/PgCert

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    Key Information

    • Study Level:

      Master

    • Duration:

      3 Years

    • Study Mode:

      Part Time

    • Start Date:

      01 September 2019

    • Tuition Fees EU/EEA:

      £ 16,000 Per Year

      These fees apply to students from the EU/EEA

    • Tuition Fees International :

      £ 12,950

      These fees apply to students from outside the EU/EEA

    institution

    University of Central Lancashire

    The University of Central Lancashire – UCLan – was founded in nearly 200 years ago in 1828. At that time it as the Institution of the Diffusion of Knowledge, in Preston. Its expansion began with an endowment in 1877, becoming a centre for art and science in the region. It became the Harris Art College […]

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    Course Summary

    The University of Central Lancashire’s Clinical Periodontology program can qualify an active General Dental Practitioner as a Dentist with Special Interest – a DwiSI. It has a strong emphasis on practice, evidence based medical knowledge and all the tools you’ll need to ensure the best possible patient outcomes.

    The program is designed to be very flexible, and to appeal to working General Dental Practitioners who nonetheless wish to improve their career trajectory with a postgraduate certification, postgraduate diploma or MSc in Clinical Periodontology. As it is only delivered at part time, you’ll be able to keep up with your busy work and personal schedule whilst attending classes and furthering your education.

    There will be approximately 15 study and/or assessment days every year. During these sessions you will first observe, then later assist and finally lead in clinical treatments. All lecture notes, videos, assignments and other electronic assets will be available over the university’s eLearning system.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    Course Outline

    This program is typically delivered over three years at part time.

    Year 1 Modules Include:

    Clinical Knowledge for Periodontology

    • Anatomy and biology of the periodontium
    • Biological rationale for surgical pocket therapy
    • Cause-related therapy
    • Clinical management of intrabony defects
    • Contemporary epidemiological concepts
    • Maintenance or supportive therapy
    • Microbiology and host response
    • Periodontal examination and assessment of risk factors
    • Periodontal surgery

    Clinical Skills for Periodontology

    • Clinical documentation, treatment planning, case assessment and referral criteria
    • Hands-on non-surgical and basic periodontal surgery
    • Treatment of angular bony defects

    Appraising the Scientific Literature

    • Appraising experimental and observational studies bias
    • Appraising qualitative study designs
    • Developing a research question
    • Ethical issues in clinical and healthcare related research
    • Qualitative and quantitative study designs

    Year 2 Modules Include:

    Clinical Practice of Periodontology

    • Developing and communicating appropriate treatment options
    • Provision of a range of non-surgical and surgical managements of periodontitis
    • Thorough patient assessment

    Year 3 Modules Include:

    Research Project

    • Designing systematic searches
    • Developing a focused review question
    • Evidence synthesis
    • Presentation of research findings
    • Scientific writing
    • Using tools to appraise research processes, findings and methodological bias

    Learning & Teaching

    The University of Central Lancashire has several learning outcomes that you will be required to achieve throughout this degree program. They include:

    • Record taking and case assessment
    • Managing risk factors
    • Planning appropriate treatments
    • Managing periodontal disease non-surgically
    • Flap design and suturing
    • Surgical procedures including crown lengthening
    • Use of antibiotics as an adjunct to mechanical therapy
    • Peri-implantitis

    Completing only the first year of the program will allow you to exit with a Postgraduate Certification (PgCert) in Clinical Periodontology. Completing years 1 and 2 upgrades that to a Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip). Completing the research project in year 3 will allow you to exit with the full MSc degree.

    Career Possiblities

    The University of Central Lancashire’s MSc / PgDip / PgCert program in Clinical Periodontology can prepare you for a more advanced career as a Dentist with Special Interest (DwiSI). It can also provide students with Verifiable CPD Hours – more than 300 hours if you complete all three years. They apply to specific GDP Development Outcomes, varying per year. Year one hours apply to outcomes A, C and D. Year two hours apply to outcomes A, B, C and D, and the final year’s hours apply only to outcome C.

    Entry Credit

    Successful completion will result in an MSc, a PgDip or a PgCert.

    Students must typically be a qualified dental surgeon with several years’ experience to apply. The full list of accepted qualifications can be found here.

    All classes are taught in English, and international students will be required to show proficiency in English by scoring well on an approved test. An IELTS score of 7.0 overall with no section scoring less than 7.0 would qualify, for example.

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