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Course Summary

Course Location: Multiple locations
Duration: 12 months
Level: Postgraduate
Delivery: Hybrid Learning, Part-time
Campus: University of Greater Manchester, Approved Dental Practices
Award: University Level 7 Diploma
Credits: 120

Diploma in Periodontal Therapy

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Our international academy for dental training and mentorship, allows Dental
Practitioners to develop their skills and work alongside world renowned Dental
Surgeons.

Our postgraduate diploma course allows delegates to achieve a higher postgraduate diploma from the University of Greater Manchester. There is also an option to allow delegates to continue their learning journey and advance to a masters degree programme.

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University of Greater Manchester

The Advanced Prior Learning Delegate Pathway is a tailored program for professionals with advanced prior learning in Specialist Practice of Periodontal Therapy.

The APL programme offers an accelerated curriculum that builds upon your existing qualifications and experience, with a duration customised to your current knowledge and skills. Through this pathway, you will deepen your expertise, integrate the latest research and methodologies into your practice, and complete specific modules that complement your prior learning.

This pathway enables you to fast-track your MSc in Specialist Practice of Periodontal Therapy by leveraging your previous qualifications and focusing on advanced topics that will enhance your specialist practice.

Apply now to take the next step in advancing your career.

  • Anatomy
  • Aetiology and epidemiology
  • Risk factors
  • Assessment
  • Classification and diagnosis
  • Prognosis
  • Treatment planning
  • Non-surgical treatment including use of adjuncts
  • Management of acute conditions
  • Management of the occlusion
  • Management of dentine hypersensitivity
  • Supportive periodontal care
  • Periodontics in practice – profitable periodontics, working successfully with your hygienist, ‘The
    Exam Cycle’
  • One-to-one hands-on practical session on hand and ultrasonic instrumentation
  • Treatment planning case discussions
  • Paediatric care
  • Endo-Perio
  • Ortho-Perio
  • Implants
  • Case presentations
  • Indications
  • Resective pocket reduction surgery
  • Regenerative pocket reduction surgery including use of bone grafts and membranes
  • Steps involved
  • One-to-one hands-on practical session on above plus commencing with basic surgical techniques and
    suturing (models and pigs’ heads)
  • Live patient demo
  • Types of crown lengthening surgery
  • Indications
  • Key steps for successful aesthetic and restorative crown lengthening
  • Alternatives
  • Practical session (models and pigs’ heads)
  • Live patient demo
  • Aetiology
  • Indications for surgery
  • Types of surgery and basic steps to include free gingival grafts and coronally advanced flaps with
    connective tissue grafts
  • Practical session (pigs’ heads)
  • Live patient demo