- Level
- Postgraduate
- Duration
- 36 months
- Mode
- Full-time
- Subject
- Dentistry
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Next intake
- SEP 2026
Overview
This programme fulfils the need for dental practitioners to have access to a higher dental degree which provides specialist clinical training in Paediatric Dentistry. The Professional Doctorate is a research qualification that contains Professional Skills Training. Students who successfully complete the DDSc programme in Paediatric Dentistry will be awarded the DDSc (Paediatric Dentistry) from the University of Liverpool and will be eligible to sit the Tri-collegiate Diploma of Membership in Paediatric Dentistry (MPaedDent) specialty membership examination from the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) of Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Both the UK Specialist Curriculum in Paediatric Dentistry and the Tri-collegiate Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh blueprints in Paediatric Dentistry are embedded into the programme. Funded specialist trainee appointments are competitively available to appropriately qualified candidates on this programme with application through the national recruitment process. This course is for graduates who already have a degree in Dental Surgery who are looking to specialise in Paediatric Dentistry.
Entry requirements
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Start dates
28 September 2026
Application deadline
Rolling admissions - apply early
Campus
- Liverpool, United Kingdom