Skip to main content

Overview

Our innovative entry route into dentistry is designed to enable graduates with honours degrees in biomedical-related science subjects and healthcare professionals with a degree, to study for a Dentistry BDS.

Our course combines the very latest thinking in dental education with early clinical experience. You will be taught by experienced staff with a strong international background and exposed to a rich breadth of skills and knowledge in a diverse clinical environment.

Key benefits

  • Evidence-based and research-led degree course with a high level of clinical experience in all areas
  • Global recognition of teaching excellence (Dentistry at King’s is ranked 1st in the UK and 5th in the world - QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026)
  • State-of-the-art clinical, simulation (both low fidelity phantom head simulation and high fidelity augmented reality haptic simulation) and technical facilities
  • Largest dental school in the UK graduating around 150 dentists a year
  • Partnership with world-famous Guy’s and St Thomas' and King’s College Hospitals

Course essentials

The integrated nature of our course means that basic science teaching will relate to clinical practice and clinical teaching will be underpinned by scientific understanding. Our course emphasises whole patient care, which requires consideration of the patients’ total dental and medical needs, rather than just the provision of individual items of treatment. Our curriculum enables you to assist in the sustainable oral health care of patients from year one and assume an appropriate level of responsibility for patient care at an early stage.

Administrative bodies

Course accreditation

GDC logo

Reviewed, inspected and accredited by the Reviewed, inspected and accredited by the UK General Dental Council (GDC)

Regulating body

Base campuses

Students walking across Guy's Campus quad on a summers day

Guy’s Campus

Tucked next to London Bridge and the historic Borough Market, Guy's Campus is a close-knit home for health and science students. With cutting-edge labs and buzzing central location, it offers an inspiring and unique place to study.

Denmark Hill Students

Denmark Hill Campus

Home to leading faculties in psychiatry, medicine and dentistry, the Denmark Hill Campus combines world‑class health research and strong NHS hospital links with a friendly neighbourhood feel, green spaces, cafés and excellent transport connections.

View of the London Eye from St Thomas' Campus.

St Thomas’ Campus

Sitting on the Thames with views of Parliament, St Thomas' Campus is an inspiring base for healthcare and clinical training. You'll gain hands-on experience in a world-leading hospital, right in the heart of the capital.