About Advanced Restorative Dental Practice, Msc in University of Aberdeen

This programme is for the busy dental practitioner who has an interest in high quality, evidence-based restorative treatment. You’ll be taught by dental professionals who have amassed many years of experience not only in teaching but also in applying their knowledge to their own patient care. The variety of teaching brings you up to date with GDC requirements, enhances your record-keeping skills, communication skills and team-working ability. Our programme covers disciplines that will enhance your practice.

• Our treatment phases teach you not only the theory but will give you an opportunity to practice those skills in a simulated environment and to then showcase your skills in structured case-based presentations.
• Each of the restorative disciplines will be covered at a greater depth by teachers such as Professor Richard Ibbetson and consultants including Graeme Lillywhite who will ensure your knowledge and techniques are modern evidence-based dentistry.
• Later in the programme you will learn to apply these skills and look at when and how to apply adjunct therapies such as bleaching and general practitioner applied orthodontics with an introduction to facial aesthetics.
• You will also have the opportunity to cover GDC-based requirements such as keeping your Basic Life Support skills honed and completing your core of knowledge training for the next five years.
• You will receive some business insight from world-class teachers such as Chris Barrow and Ashley Latter who will help you to understand how to enhance your practice and uptake of treatments.
• For your dissertation, you will choose a topic you are keen to learn more about or holds a particular interest for you and develop a deeper appreciation and knowledge in your chosen area.

What You'll Study

Our programme consists of seven modules that will enhance your practice:

Unit 1 Getting Better at General Practice
Unit 2 Expanding Prosthodontic Skills for the Advanced General Practitioner
Unit 3 The Perio-Endo Complex unravelled
Unit 4 Research Methods, Audit and Governance
Unit 5 Expanding Restorative Dentistry
Unit 6 The Business of Advanced General Practice
Unit 7 Dissertation

Learning Methods

• CLINICAL LEARNING
• E-LEARNING
• GROUP PROJECTS
• INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
• PEER LEARNING
• RESEARCH
• SEMINARS
• TUTORIALS
• WORKSHOPS

Why Study Advanced Restorative Dental Practice?

• Our programme provides a structured learning process that teaches the practitioner how to assess their own learning needs and styles, plan their treatments and learning requirements and implement these skills in a clinical environment. 
• Evaluation will allow the clinician to improve their skills, techniques and knowledge giving them greater confidence in their ability to perform high-class treatments. 
• Our programme takes a holistic look at Advanced Restorative General Practice with modules that help you prepare and plan the course of treatment; there are modules on techniques and advanced skills and there are modules that will help you enhance your practice in order to benefit from these enhanced skills and techniques that are now available. 
• The programme is heavily geared towards evidence based and proven techniques and through this MSc you will be taught the skills necessary for research, audit and governance in order that you will be become a reflective practitioner who will continue to improve after the course is complete.
• The University of Aberdeen is a Top 30 UK University and you will become an alumni of Scotland's University of the Year 2019.

Careers

There are many opportunities at the University of Aberdeen to develop your knowledge, gain experience and build a competitive set of skills to enhance your employability. This is essential for your future career success. The Careers and Employability Service can help you to plan your career and support your choices throughout your time with us, from first to final year – and beyond.

• More information on employability at the University of Aberdeen
• More information on the Careers and Employability Service

Academic qualification equivalents

• A score of 50 - 70% from a well ranked public institution is considered comparable to a UK 2.2

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS       :     Overall - 6.5     with: Listening - 5.5; Reading - 6.0; Speaking - 5.5; Writing - 6.0
• TOEFL     :     Overall - 90      with: Listening - 17; Reading - 21; Speaking - 20; Writing - 21
• PTE          :     Overall - 62      with: Listening - 51; Reading - 54; Speaking - 51; Writing - 54

University of Aberdeen Highlights

University of Aberdeen Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Aberdeen manages to provide a fixed fee structure throughout the program for international students so that they can project the amount in advance.

• The undergraduate arts fee starts from £17,200 and for sciences, it’s around £19,700.
• The postgraduate fee is variable and depends upon the degree chosen and discount of around 20% can be availed by Alumni of college
• For Undergraduate arts degree annual fee is of £ 17,200 which adds up for £68,800 and for engineering it is £19,700 and a total of £78,800.
• As per the calculation done by college the minimum cost of living in the U.K which covers all the basic expenses is around £1,000.

Aberdeen University Cost of Attendance

Aberdeen manages to provide a fixed fee structure throughout the program for international students so that they can project the amount in advance. Details for 2021-2022 academic session are tabulated below: