Course summary
This new course, and the first dental postgraduate program at BSMS, draws upon the experience of senior and established dental implant surgeons and restorative specialists in Kent, Surrey and Sussex. The course adopts an individualised approach in surgical training, with mentoring, utilising work-based assessments (WBAs) and direct observed procedural skills (DOPS) so that delegates will be able to rapidly progress to more advanced techniques after successfully completing their competency-based assessments. The main emphasis on assignments will be on clinical case presentations and short essays. Students who do not have access to their own patients will be invited to observe clinical sessions and all modules will have live surgery components, with hands on experience in simulation settings and cadaveric training. The course will be delivered over 1-2 days per month. The Postgraduate Diploma will be the primary learning goal, with the option to leave with a Postgraduate Certificate after the first year. This programme will be uniquely individualised and focused to student needs. Mentoring will be available to enable rapid progression, if appropriate, to more advanced techniques for the established dental implant surgeon. A more focused approach to basics in implant dentistry will also be available for the early-stage dental implant surgeon. The programme also includes emerging techniques with digital workflow and immediate load full arch techniques; hands on surgery with dry-bone/stereolithographic model workshops in phantom head facility; live surgery; cadaveric hands-on training and mentoring.
Modules
- Patient assessment
- Treatment planning
- Principles of surgery and implant surgery
- Occlusion and restorative perspectives of implant dentistry
- Bone preservation, bone grafting and soft tissue techniques
- Managing partially dentate and edentulous cases
- Emerging techniques in implant dentistry
Entry requirements
Applicants should have a dental degree (or international equivalent) and be registered with the General Dental Council (or international equivalent). Normally, applicants will have a minimum of two years’ experience as a General Dental practitioner. Applications are welcomed from International students with appropriate qualifications and experience. Students for whom English is not a first language must demonstrate an acceptable standard of comprehension and communication in the English Language (IELTS; minimum overall score of 7.0 and 7.0 in the writing element).
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
Due to visa restrictions, international students requiring a student visa (including EU/EEA who require a student visa) are eligible to apply for BSMS full-time Masters courses only. Part-time Masters courses, all PGDip and all PGCert courses are open to UK and Irish students and international students (including EU/EEA) who have an alternative visa/immigration permission to stay in the UK (such as settled/pre-settled status, Tier 2/work visa, indefinite leave to remain etc).
The fees listed below are the overall costs for full-time courses taken in the academic year 2022/23. Where courses are taken part-time over more than one academic year, fees are usually charged pro-rata for the modules taken during each academic year.
EU nationals starting new postgraduate courses will pay international fees and will not be eligible for student funding from the UK government. However, there are exceptions to this for Irish nationals and EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme. For the latest information, please see gov.uk/student-finance.
Provider information
University of Sussex
Sussex House
Brighton
BN1 9RH