Clinical Doctorate in Dental Surgery (D.Ch.Dent.) - Paediatric Dentistry

The Paediatric Dentistry Training Programme prepares the student both didactically and clinically to manage the child patient (0-16 years) at specialist level in a variety of settings (clinic, hospital, private practice). Clinical experience is provided under consultant supervision in the Dublin Dental University Hospital and in two Paediatric Hospitals. The volume and variety of patients includes healthy children, children with traumatic injuries, children with challenging behaviour, medically compromised children, children with dental anomalies/ syndromes etc. Treatment is provided under local anaesthesia, relative analgesia or general anaesthesia. Interdisciplinary care is co-ordinated with the other specialty programmes. Students are required to complete one or more research projects and present at international meetings.

Applicants will be considered only if they have held a primary dental qualification for at least two years. The MFD/MJDF or equivalent is mandatory. Normally, up to 12 months should have been spent working in hospital practice. Good communication skills in English are essential. Minimum requirements are an IELTS score of 7 or TOEFL score of 230 computer based, 570 paper based, 88 internet based across all domains.