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Clinical Dentistry

Entry to the Current Series is now closed. The course is currently being re-evaluated.

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry (P.G. Dip.Clin.Dent.) From Trinity College Dublin.

A word from the Director of the Continuing Dental Education Programme.

Although the School of Dental Science at Trinity College has been involved in continuing dental education for many years, the majority of courses and conferences have been lecture-based. The demand for places on the School’s evening course, which is now in its thirteenth year, demonstrates a genuine interest in continuing education from the profession. However, the huge popularity and success of those  practical courses which have been run emphasise the need for this type of learning method. The opening of the new Dublin Dental Hospital has, at last, afforded us the opportunity and the facility to run “hands-on” courses for general practitioners in a state-of- the- art clinical environment.

This Diploma is awarded by Trinity College and is registerable with the Dental Council. It is also recognised by RCSI as fulfilling the CDE requirements for both the Dental Council and the MGDSRCSI examination.

The practice of Dentistry can be isolating, especially for those with single-handed practices. There have been enormous technical advances in recent years, yet keeping up-to-date can be very difficult. Only so much can be learned from lectures, journals and books. The very practical nature of contemporary dental practice demands courses which will allow practitioners to learn these new practical skills.

In setting up this diploma course the guiding principal was that it should be predominantly “hands-on”.  As Director of the Continuing Dental Education programme I am grateful to colleagues, who have put in so much hard work, thought and suggestion and in particular to the course co-ordinators who have had the considerable task of devising and running the individual modules.