King's College London

Designed to provide extensive contemporary knowledge and clinical proficiency in periodontology, students train to UK specialist level.

The main themes which you will study are:

• The scientific basis of periodontal care
• The relationship of other dental disciplines to periodontal care
• Diagnosis and treatment planning for patients with advanced periodontal disease involving multidisciplinary approaches and integrated treatment
• The clinical treatment of patients with advanced periodontal disease
• Techniques for placement and restoration of dental implants in different clinical situations
• Aesthetics and contemporary surgical methods.

Through hands-on experience, you will acquire advanced competency in the full range of specialist periodontics clinical skills and complementary aspects of restorative dentistry.

Students will be exposed to research methods by seminars, extensive reviews of the classical and contemporary literature, critical appraisal of new scientific and clinical developments, and the completion of an in-depth literature review and a research project.

Our students have recently investigated smoking and periodontal health, periodontal microbiology and immunology, clinical trials of periodontal treatment and oral hygiene methods, behavioural factors in periodontology and periodontal relationships to systemic health.

You will achieve clinical proficiency in periodontics to a level compatible with UK specialist level and the European Federation of Periodontology and have the opportunity to sit for the membership examination with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Entry in the UK specialist list is not automatic upon finishing the course. This course is available to study full-time over three years or over four years. The content is identical across both periods. You will achieve EFP certification upon passing the final EFP exam, conjoint with the King's College London exams (for the 3-year course).