StudyLink logoHome
Students on a university campus

Advanced Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry (Distance learning) (Top-up), MSc

University of Portsmouth, the United Kingdom

University of Portsmouth

Study options for this course

The award How you will study Study duration Course start Domestic course fees International course fees
MScPart-time, Distance1 yearSeptember, Marchfind outfind out

About Advanced Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry (Distance learning) (Top-up), MSc - at University of Portsmouth

Overview

On this 1-year MSc Advanced Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry, you'll top-up your PgDip to a Master's degree while you contribute to the scientific discourse on aesthetic and restorative dentistry through extensive clinical research.

You'll explore a research area of your choice within your own practice, with full support and guidance from Dental Academy clinicians and researchers.

You'll embark on your own structured programme of research, evaluating existing studies and technological innovations and using them to inform your analysis. With the opportunity to learn from and network with experienced registered clinicians, you'll develop your own new perspectives, evaluate your practice objectively and add to the conversation on dental practice advancement.

When you graduate, you'll be ready to enrich the field of aesthetic and restorative dentistry best practice as an expert contributor or to pursue further dental research. With further education and training, you could also progress into dental education.

Course highlights

  • Gain the skills and confidence to treat more complex cases
  • Learn professional research methods and apply them to a clinical area of your choice, to deepen your knowledge and specialist capabilities
  • Build your confidence in practice and research with support and guidance from dedicated supervisors
  • Enrich your expertise by exchanging ideas with a global team of clinicians and researchers in dental public health, dental education and clinical innovation
  • Make an original contribution to knowledge in the field of aesthetic and restorative dentistry through your dissertation project, adding your voice to the conversation on dental practice advancement
  • Explore options for career progression by networking with experienced registered clinicians
  • Save time and money: study in your own time, from anywhere in the world, at a course cost that is highly competitive

Careers and opportunities

Careers this Master’s prepares you for

As a graduate of this course, you’ll have the skills and expertise to develop your career in a range of rewarding directions.

You’ll demonstrate the ability to critically assess scientific and technological innovations in dentistry. As well as improving individuals’ oral health, you’ll be able to enhance collective knowledge across the field of aesthetic and restorative dentistry.

What’s more, you'll have developed skills that are valued beyond the clinical environment ­– from communication and teamwork, to project management and critical thinking.  

In developing your career, you might choose to: 

  • broaden your clinical offer to include advanced aesthetic and restorative dentistry
  • build an advanced practice as a professional dedicated to advanced aesthetic and restorative dentistry
  • become a professional dental researcher, for example at a product manufacturer or government agency
  • pursue further study and research, such as MPhil or PhD
  • enter academia and educate future generations of dental professionals
  • use your new knowledge in an expert role with an accreditation agency, insurance company or healthcare service provider

Notes about fees for this course

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/masters-and-postgraduate-taught/fees-and-funding

Entry requirements

This course is available to Applicants with current registration with the Dental Council, or equivalent Professional body to practice dentistry clinically. Students who have previously achieved the PgDip in Advanced Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry are able to apply to the MSc to complete the final research year.

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.

Courses you may be interested in at other institutions

Below are some suggested courses at other providers that you may also be interested in:

Music and Wellbeing MA

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures

Find out more

Responsible Entrepreneurship & Management BA

Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences

Find out more

Screenwriting MA

London Film School

Find out more

Nursing BSc

University of Pécs

Find out more

Professional Certificate of Competency in Earthing and Lightning Protection Professional Certificate

Engineering Institute of Technology

Find out more

Postgraduate pathways and pre-masters at other institutions

If you do not meet the entry requirements for this course then consider one of these postgraduate preparation courses from another institution:

Graduate Diploma in Project Management

Southern Cross University Online

Find out more

Critical Care Paramedicine

Edith Cowan University Online (ECU)

Find out more

Nursing

James Cook University Online (JCU)

Find out more
See all Postgraduate pathway courses

Other courses at University of Portsmouth

There are 463 other courses listed from University of Portsmouth. A selection of these are displayed below:

Accounting and Data Analytics MSc

University of Portsmouth

Find out more

Accounting and Finance MSc

University of Portsmouth

Find out more

Accounting with Finance BA (Hons)

University of Portsmouth

Find out more

Accounting, Economics and Finance PhD, MPhil

University of Portsmouth

Find out more

Adult Nursing MN

University of Portsmouth

Find out more
View all 463 courses at University of Portsmouth

Related Information

Find out more about studying in the United Kingdom