Dental Therapy and Hygiene King's College London

Overview

The Dental Therapy and Hygiene course at King's College London is designed to integrate with the undergraduate BDS programme, offering students the opportunity of co-training. The benefits of inter-professional education complements the GDC's expectations in education of the future dental team.   

Key benefits

• Dentistry at King’s is ranked 1st in the UK and 5th in the world (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026)
• Opportunity to learn and train alongside BDS students as well as other health care professionals
• Exposure to diverse patient populations, enabling rich practical experience
• Evidence-based and research-led degree course with a high level of clinical experience in all areas
• State-of-the-art simulated, clinical and technical facilities
• Partnership with world-famous Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ Hospitals

Employability

The BSc (Hons) Dental Therapy & Hygiene programme embeds employability throughout teaching, learning and assessment which is critical to developing graduates that are ready to enter the healthcare workforce.   

Graduates have a breadth of career opportunities, from the more explicit, such as clinical service or academia, for example, in research and education in higher education institutions, through to the less well trodden.  These might include working in public health for government organisations, e.g. Public Health England and local authorities; regulation and quality assurance, e.g. working for the General Dental Council; or the third sector, e.g. the Oral Health Foundation; as well as private enterprise.