MSc Dental Technology

About the course

This course focuses on the use of highly advanced appliances and treatments. After training in research methods, you'll carry out a research project of your own and learn how to apply your findings in practice.

Content

• Dental Materials Science
• Scientific Writing and Health Informatics
• Dental Laboratory Governance
• Structural and Physical Properties of Dental and Biomaterials
• Research Methods in Clinical Dentistry
• Biomaterials II (Advances in Biomaterials)
• Removable Prosthetics
• Fixed Prosthodontics
• Orthodontics I and II
• Dental Technology
• Research Project

Teaching

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Tutorials
• Practical classes
  
  

Fees and funding

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

Any questions?

If you have a question about the course, contact:

Dr David Patrick
E: dentalpgtadmissions@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 271 7884

Your career

We offer clinical and non-clinical courses that will further your career and develop your interests. Many of our graduates go on to specialist dental practice, hospital practice or academic posts. Our established outduction programme will support you when you graduate, helping you to compete in an international job market.

World-leading dental school

Our internationally recognised oral and dental research has two themes: 'Person Centred' and 'Basic and Applied'. Each theme has three research groups: Bioengineering and Health Technologies, Person Centred and Population Oral Health Research, and Integrated Bioscience. Together these groups push boundaries, making us one of the leading research centres in the country.

This research supports our blended approach to learning. Your course will make the most of virtual learning environments and advanced practical sessions, as well as traditional lectures and seminars.

Facilities

You'll complete your clinical training in Sheffield's Charles Clifford Dental Hospital, part of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. There are 150 dental units with modern 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