The University of Sheffield
Prospective Postgraduates

MClinDent Dental Public Health

School of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health

Dental professionals from all over the world come to Sheffield for masters courses that enhance their careers. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise places us fourth in the UK for research.

About the course

2 years full-time

Enhance your understanding of dental public health and the major oral health problems of a community. You'll learn how to analyse problems to develop practical solutions that protect and promote the public's oral health. You'll undertake health services research and learn how to apply key findings in dental public health practice.

Entry requirements

The course is suitable if you have a dental or other health-related background. You need a recognised dental degree, a 2:1 honours degree, or a relevant professional qualification with at least one year's experience.

English language requirements for overseas students

Overall IELTS grade of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.

Entry requirements for international students

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Content

  • Introduction to Public Health
  • Dental Public Health: foundations and theory
  • Health Promotion
  • Dental Public Health: application and critique
  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Needs Assessment, Planning and Evaluation
  • Sociology of Health and Illness
  • Current Concepts in Dentistry
  • Dissertation

Your second year involves a placement in a local NHS dental public health department, where you'll receive training in applied dental public health. You'll create a portfolio of the work you complete.

Teaching

  • Lectures
  • Small group work
  • Independent study
  • Applied research dissertation

Parts of the course are taught with other disciplines and other students from a range of other programmes. This creates a rich and lively environment for your learning.

Assessment

  • Formal examinations
  • Coursework assignments
  • Dissertation

Fees and funding

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

Any questions?

If you have a question about the course, contact:

Mrs Alison Patrick
E: dentalpgtadmissions@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 271 7885

Archana Singh, Masters Dental Public Health

Your career

Dental professionals choose Sheffield because of our reputation for excellence. Many of our graduates go on to specialist dental practice, hospital practice or academic posts.

World-leading dental school

Our teaching is supported by internationally recognised research. Our research is organised into four groups: Oral Biomaterials, Oral Neuroscience, Oral Disease and Dental Public Health. The groups work together to push boundaries and achieve excellence.

We offer a range of clinical and non-clinical courses, designed to help you develop your career in the way that you want.

Facilities

We're connected to Sheffield’s Charles Clifford Dental Hospital, part of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You'll complete your clinical training in the hospital.

Our links with the hospital give you access to modern clinical facilities and equipment. There are 150 dental units with facilities for treatment under sedation, a well-equipped dental radiography department, oral pathology laboratories and a hospital dental production laboratory.

We also have purpose-built research and service laboratories and equipment. There’s a core facility for cell and tissue culture and labs for microbiology, electron microscopy, histology, histochemistry and immuno-cytochemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, proteomics and materials science.

Apply now

You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It is a quick and easy process.

Postgraduate Online Application Form