Enhanced Support Dentistry King's College London

Overview

Students receive additional academic support whilst following the standard five-year Dentistry BDS programme. This combines the very latest thinking in dental education with early clinical experience. You will be taught by internationally-renowned staff and exposed to a rich breadth of skills and knowledge in a diverse clinical environment.

The integrated nature of our Enhanced Support Dentistry programme offered at King's College London means that basic science teaching will relate to clinical practice and clinical teaching will be underpinned by scientific understanding. Our course emphasises whole patient care, which requires consideration of the patients’ total dental and medical needs, rather than just the provision of individual items of treatment.

Our curriculum enables students to assist in the dental care of patients from year one and assume an appropriate level of responsibility for patient care at an early stage. Throughout your degree, the balance of teaching will shift from theoretical and academic science to practical and clinical experience. The final three years of the course are designed to give students extensive clinical exposure with structured placements for practice in the community, as part of a dental team, providing care in diverse settings.

Key benefits

• Evidence-based and research-led degree course with a high level of clinical experience in all areas.

• Ranked 1st in the world for Dentistry (QS World University Rankings 2020).

• State-of-the-art clinical, simulation and technical facilities.

• Largest dental school in the UK graduating over 150 dentists a year.

• Partnership with the world-famous hospitals: Guy's, King's College and St Thomas'.

• Taught alongside Dental Therapy & Hygiene students.

• Opportunity to intercalate a BSc degree