117 PhD programmes in Dentistry

If you are a dental graduate who wants to pursue a career in prosthodontics, this programme is for you. The Professional Doctorate Programme in Prosthodontics offered at Queen Mary University of London provides an integrated 3 years training for dentists who aspire to be specialists, either in primary or secondary services, or clinical academics of the future. 

If you’re a dentist who has a special interest in clinical oral microbiology or want to become a clinical academic, this course is for you. The Professional Doctorate in Clinical Oral Microbiology from Queen Mary University of London provides you with an integrated three-year training programme, so you can gain high-level research expertise alongside your clinical training.

Whatever your dental subdiscipline, this four year PhD in Dentistry (with a Clinical Component) at Cardiff University is an ideal opportunity to engage in exciting research that will grow your research capabilities and confidence, whilst developing your clinical skills.

Dalhousie University's Doctor of Dental Surgery programme offers you the opportunity to learn and practice in our state-of-the-art clinic and lab facilities. After successfully completing your degree, you’ll graduate with the skills you need to pursue a career in dentistry – whether you want to work as an associate, buy your own dental practice, or go on to graduate studies in dentistry.

The Dentistry programme from University of Birmingham will cultivate the skills needed to contribute to research that focuses on the scientific basis of oral and dental disease, providing innovative solutions to important problems significantly impacting the population and helping to deliver a vision for improving oral and general health.

If you’re a dentist who has a special interest in oral medicine or want to become a clinical academic, this course is for you. The Professional Doctorate in Oral Medicine from Queen Mary University of London provides you with an integrated three-year training programme, so you can gain high-level research expertise alongside your clinical training.

If you’re a qualified dentist who wishes to pursue a career in Oral Surgery, this Oral Surgery programme from Queen Mary University of London is for you. The Professional Doctorate (DClinDent) in Oral Surgery provides you with an integrated three-year training programme, so you can gain high-level research expertise alongside your clinical training.-

The school combines laboratory-based and clinically-applied research and fosters a high level of collaboration between research groups in University.  University of Bristol offers the Oral and Dental Sciences programme. 

The University of Dundee’s School of Dentistry, a WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Issues on Congenital Anomalies and Technology Transfer, has an established reputation in the quality of its dental research and the delivery of research degrees.

Applied Clinical Research and Public Health is a research programme from Cardiff University, within which you can focus your studies as part of the suite of Dentistry research programmes.

On this Prosthodontics course from University of Dundee develop your knowledge and clinical skills in fixed and removable prosthodontics. This covers implant dentistry and multi-disciplinary patient-centred care.

This Dentistry and Dental Sciences PhD programme from Newcastle University has a world-class reputation and renowned experts in the field of dentistry. With our new facilities, we are well placed to offer dentistry and dental research opportunities of the highest standard.

Dentistry programme's, offered at Cardiff University, primary objective is to provide internationally competitive research projects, producing highly skilled and competitive postgraduates with excellent future career prospects.

Assess, diagnose and treat severe dental diseases in children, from dental anomalies to dental traumas in this intensive yet rewarding Doctorate programme. This Paediatric Dentistry programme offered at Queen Mary University of London provides integrated, hands-on training for dentists who aspire to be specialists, either in primary or secondary services, or clinical academics of the future.

Oral and Biomedical Sciences programme from Cardiff University is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Dentistry research programmes (MPhil, PhD).

The Clinical Dentistry (Oral Surgery) programme from University College Cork is a full-time programme running for 36 months from the date of first registration for the programme. It is run on a cyclical basis with an intake of students in October 2027 with four students maximum per intake on a three year cycle. 

If you’re a dentist who wants to specialise in periodontology either in primary or secondary services, or become a clinical academic, this course is for you. The Professional Doctorate in Periodontology from Queen Mary University of London provides you with an integrated three-year training programme, so you can gain high-level research expertise alongside your specialist clinical training.

If you thrive in a hands-on learning environment, have a passion for dental health, and want to make a difference in patients’ lives, look no further than a Doctor in Dental Medicine (DMD) degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine. 

Dentistry from University of California, San Francisco provides a unique balance of clinical excellence, research opportunity and community service as part of one of the leading health science centers in the nation.  

The Dental and Health Sciences Research programme at King's College London is offered to graduate students seeking advanced research training in dental and health sciences.