COURSE OVERVIEW

Aims & Objectives of the Course

The Digital Dental Academy has grown into one of the worlds largest community of digital dentistry dedicated to the professions of dentists, technicians and auxillaries, offering courses on a range of digital dentistry subjects, and it is pleased to partner with Tipton Training and the City of London Dental School to deliver the UK’s first Digital Dentistry Masters Degree.

The Masters programme is aimed at the higher educational needs of General Dental Practitioners who intend to introduce digital dentistry as a treatment modality into their practices or to expand on existing knowledge and skills. It also instils the core skills essential for the professional practice of dentistry using new technologies and a commitment to lifelong learning.

The objective is to provide dental surgeons with the core knowledge and clinical skills essential for the delivery of competent, high quality dental care in accordance with GDC recognised guidelines. Additionally, it is to promote an understanding of the different requirements essential to the provision of ethical, predictable and evidence based preventative, orthodontic, restorative and cosmetic dentistry.

Programme Aims

The overall aim is to deliver sound teaching in the theory and safe practice of modern dentistry using cutting edge tools such as intra oral scanners, 3D Printers, Milling machines and Software aids. It aims to produce competent and reflective practitioners as well as encouraging opportunities for research and further postgraduate development. The programme aims are to:

• Provide unbiased teaching in the theory and practice of dentistry using digital tools and technologies.
• Create opportunities for personal and professional development
• Contribute to the research base of digital dentistry and to encourage research amongst practitioners
• Promote digital dentistry as a safe and practical method of treating patients
• Produce safe, competent and reflective practitioners
• Appraise levels of competency.

Objectives of the Programme

By the end of the programme, successful students will have acquired the knowledge, skills and experience to confidently:

• Deliver safe, predictable and competent dental treatment using digital technologies.
• Understand their role and responsibilities in the provision of dental treatment to their patients using these tools, together with their relationships to other colleagues and the dental care team.
• Be able to communicate effectively with other professionals in the management of complex cases requiring an interdisciplinary approach.
• Interpret research findings and their implications for dental treatment using digital dental software and hardware.
• Evaluate various treatment options, demonstrate proficiency in applying new cutting edge software and hardware techniques and reflect on all aspects relating to practice management, synthesising information gained from a wide variety of sources in order to develop an optimal and realistic treatment plan.
• Understand the major legal, ethical and social implications of treatment using these technologies.