The details on this page are for the 2022-23 year of entry (programme starting in January 2023; application deadline 25 October 2022).
Our Advanced Minimum Intervention Restorative Dentistry MSc (AMIRD) provides a beneficial clinical and business approach to tooth-preserving oral health management in dental practice. Our course is designed for Dentists and Dental Care Professionals to develop minimum intervention preventive and tooth-preserving operative, patient management and practice management skills. The course will give you the tools to maximise both the clinical effectiveness and financial potential of your dental practice. This innovative MSc is structured to meet your professional development needs with minimal disruption to family and work commitments, while enabling you to gain a higher qualification from King’s.
“I genuinely believe that this is the future of disease management. King’s has assembled a great team, which is making me look at the journey I will take my practice. ”
We have designed this course in response to the dental profession’s push towards a minimum intervention, preventive patient-centred approach to caring for oral healthcare in dental practice all over the world. Our Advanced Minimum Intervention Restorative Dentistry MSc, open to dentists and therapists, provides the latest evidence-based knowledge in minimum intervention/minimally invasive dentistry and enables students to integrate this patient care philosophy into their dental practice. There is focus on using the team of dental care professionals to assist in delivery, on suitable marketing strategies and on learning practice-based research methodology. You will study and practice the latest minimally invasive remineralising and tooth preserving operative technologies, and adhesive restorative materials and techniques, to prevent, manage and treat dental disease aesthetically and effectively. The course will give you: - A scientific basis in cariology and disease pathology. - Experience of detection, diagnosis, risk assessment and care planning for patients with complex dental health problems. - Prevention and control management strategies (including remineralisation) for patient groups and individuals. -The skills to develop marketing strategies to promote your practice and the minimal intervention care philosophy to patients using the latest social media frameworks. -The ability to carry out minimally invasive tooth-preserving aesthetic and effective clinical treatment of patients with caries and other restorative or aesthetic problems. - Modern minimally invasive aesthetic operative skills required for tooth preparation and restoration. - Direction on how to put these concepts into real-life practice from day one of the course. The course is taught by a world-renowned, expert team of clinical academics and practising clinicians, based both in the UK and internationally, and led by Professor Avijit Banerjee. The course has support from several leading dental industry companies that may provide relevant dental materials and equipment for your dental practice during your studies. *Intensive face-to-face training blocks* The course features a compulsory block of face-to-face teaching and practical training in London during Year 1 for five days, and in Year 2 for seven days. During these blocks you will receive clinical skills training under expert supervision in the Faculty’s state-of-the-art teaching facilities at Waterloo Campus and/or Guy’s Hospital. These blocks are an invaluable way to consolidate learning and progress to the final year.
The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.
King's is regulated by the Office for Students
This course is primarily taught online through King’s E-learning and Teaching Service (KEATS), which provides information, interactive questions, assignments, use of bibliographic databases and reading material. Our students participate in online tutorials and discussion groups, interacting with expert tutors and their fellow students. Face-to-face lectures and hands-on training take place in blocks in the first two years. Students are required to undertake and build a reflective log of clinical work in their own general practice.
The face-to-face component normally takes place for five consecutive days in Year 1 and seven consecutive days in Year 2 at King’s College London, Guy’s Campus.
The following table will give you an idea of what a typical year might look like as you progress through your studies. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
| Online lectures, seminars and tutor feedback (hours) |
Self-study, practice and assignments (hours) |
Face-to-face training and lectures (hours) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | 40 | 520 | 40 |
| Year 2 | 40 | 504 | 56 |
| Year 3 | 22 | 578 | - |
Note to applicants
The provision of any clinical opinions, care planning, care plans and/or any advice in relation to care of individual patients will not be provided by the teachers and staff of the course. Patient treatment and care is the sole responsibility of the treating clinician. Advice regarding the suitability of a clinical case for submission for the clinical module can be given at the tutor’s discretion.
Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework, practical exercise and written examinations. Forms of assessment normally include written assignments and clinical case reports.
In your first and second year modules, assessment typically takes the form of either examinations or coursework with the exception of the Operative techniques module which is typically assessed through a practical exercise and accompanying written paper. Your final-year modules will typically be assessed through coursework in the form of a clinical case portfolio and a research project.
You can take your exams in London or, for overseas students, at a centre in your country of residence.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.
Please note that modules with a practical component will be capped due to educational requirements, which may mean that we cannot guarantee a place to all students who elect to study this module.
We expect that you will develop a profitable network of MI-centred dental clinics with your fellow graduates that will offer team expertise and higher skill levels to manage your patients, using the patient-centred, team-care approach. We hope that you will use this qualification as further specialisation in general dental practice, enhancing profitability and encouraging future practice-based research opportunities.
Full time: Part time tuition fees apply - see below
Part time: £11,040 per year (2022/23)*
Full time: Part time tuition fees apply - see below
Part time: £11,040 per year (2022/23)*
*These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.
When you receive an offer for this course you will be required to pay a non-refundable deposit of £1,000 to secure your place. The deposit will be credited towards your total fee payment.
If you are a current King’s student in receipt of the King's Living Bursary you are not required to pay a deposit to secure your place on the programme. Please note, this will not change the total fees payable for your chosen programme.
Please visit our web pages on fees and funding for more information.
In addition to your tuition costs, you can also expect to pay for:
Students will also be expected to bear any costs relating to providing clinical treatment for the clinical cases required for the course. Access to reasonable and compliant equipment and materials will be expected.
We have designed this course in response to the dental profession’s push towards a minimum intervention, preventive patient-centred approach to caring for oral healthcare in dental practice all over the world. Our Advanced Minimum Intervention Restorative Dentistry MSc, open to dentists and therapists, provides the latest evidence-based knowledge in minimum intervention/minimally invasive dentistry and enables students to integrate this patient care philosophy into their dental practice. There is focus on using the team of dental care professionals to assist in delivery, on suitable marketing strategies and on learning practice-based research methodology. You will study and practice the latest minimally invasive remineralising and tooth preserving operative technologies, and adhesive restorative materials and techniques, to prevent, manage and treat dental disease aesthetically and effectively. The course will give you: - A scientific basis in cariology and disease pathology. - Experience of detection, diagnosis, risk assessment and care planning for patients with complex dental health problems. - Prevention and control management strategies (including remineralisation) for patient groups and individuals. -The skills to develop marketing strategies to promote your practice and the minimal intervention care philosophy to patients using the latest social media frameworks. -The ability to carry out minimally invasive tooth-preserving aesthetic and effective clinical treatment of patients with caries and other restorative or aesthetic problems. - Modern minimally invasive aesthetic operative skills required for tooth preparation and restoration. - Direction on how to put these concepts into real-life practice from day one of the course. The course is taught by a world-renowned, expert team of clinical academics and practising clinicians, based both in the UK and internationally, and led by Professor Avijit Banerjee. The course has support from several leading dental industry companies that may provide relevant dental materials and equipment for your dental practice during your studies. *Intensive face-to-face training blocks* The course features a compulsory block of face-to-face teaching and practical training in London during Year 1 for five days, and in Year 2 for seven days. During these blocks you will receive clinical skills training under expert supervision in the Faculty’s state-of-the-art teaching facilities at Waterloo Campus and/or Guy’s Hospital. These blocks are an invaluable way to consolidate learning and progress to the final year.
The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.
King's is regulated by the Office for Students
This course is primarily taught online through King’s E-learning and Teaching Service (KEATS), which provides information, interactive questions, assignments, use of bibliographic databases and reading material. Our students participate in online tutorials and discussion groups, interacting with expert tutors and their fellow students. Face-to-face lectures and hands-on training take place in blocks in the first two years. Students are required to undertake and build a reflective log of clinical work in their own general practice.
The face-to-face component normally takes place for five consecutive days in Year 1 and seven consecutive days in Year 2 at King’s College London, Guy’s Campus.
The following table will give you an idea of what a typical year might look like as you progress through your studies. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
| Online lectures, seminars and tutor feedback (hours) |
Self-study, practice and assignments (hours) |
Face-to-face training and lectures (hours) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | 40 | 520 | 40 |
| Year 2 | 40 | 504 | 56 |
| Year 3 | 22 | 578 | - |
Note to applicants
The provision of any clinical opinions, care planning, care plans and/or any advice in relation to care of individual patients will not be provided by the teachers and staff of the course. Patient treatment and care is the sole responsibility of the treating clinician. Advice regarding the suitability of a clinical case for submission for the clinical module can be given at the tutor’s discretion.
Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework, practical exercise and written examinations. Forms of assessment normally include written assignments and clinical case reports.
In your first and second year modules, assessment typically takes the form of either examinations or coursework with the exception of the Operative techniques module which is typically assessed through a practical exercise and accompanying written paper. Your final-year modules will typically be assessed through coursework in the form of a clinical case portfolio and a research project.
You can take your exams in London or, for overseas students, at a centre in your country of residence.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.
Please note that modules with a practical component will be capped due to educational requirements, which may mean that we cannot guarantee a place to all students who elect to study this module.
We expect that you will develop a profitable network of MI-centred dental clinics with your fellow graduates that will offer team expertise and higher skill levels to manage your patients, using the patient-centred, team-care approach. We hope that you will use this qualification as further specialisation in general dental practice, enhancing profitability and encouraging future practice-based research opportunities.
Full time: Part time tuition fees apply - see below
Part time: £11,040 per year (2022/23)*
Full time: Part time tuition fees apply - see below
Part time: £11,040 per year (2022/23)*
*These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.
When you receive an offer for this course you will be required to pay a non-refundable deposit of £1,000 to secure your place. The deposit will be credited towards your total fee payment.
If you are a current King’s student in receipt of the King's Living Bursary you are not required to pay a deposit to secure your place on the programme. Please note, this will not change the total fees payable for your chosen programme.
Please visit our web pages on fees and funding for more information.
In addition to your tuition costs, you can also expect to pay for:
Students will also be expected to bear any costs relating to providing clinical treatment for the clinical cases required for the course. Access to reasonable and compliant equipment and materials will be expected.
Our first application deadline is on 25 October 2022 (23:59, UK time). After this date, the programme will remain open only if places are still available and will be closed as soon as it is full. Where the programme remains open beyond this date, no further applications will be accepted after 22 November 2022 (23:59, UK time).
We recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible, particularly if your application may result in a conditional offer. Any conditions must be met by the deadline set in the offer letter.
Please note, you will not be eligible for an application fee refund if you apply after the first application deadline in October and we are unable to process more offers as places are filled before the final application deadline above.
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