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122 PhD programmes in Dentistry

Prosthodontics
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.

Applied Clinical Research and Public Health
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.

Periodontology
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.

Dental Surgery
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.

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.

Dentistry (with a Clinical Component)
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.

Oral Surgery
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.-

Oral Medicine
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.

Dentistry and Dental Sciences
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
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.

Oral and Biomedical Sciences
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).

Clinical Oral Microbiology
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.

Paediatric Dentistry
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 Dental Sciences
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.

Clinical Dentistry (Oral Surgery)
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.
Dentistry
The Dentistry PhD programme is offered by the University of Dundee. Develop knowledge and skills across the full range of dental disciplines and gain experience treating patients in our own dental hospital.
Dental Medicine
Among the best dental schools in the country, the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine seeks only the most qualified students for admission to its nationally recognized predoctoral and graduate academic programs.
Dentistry
The Dentistry program leading to the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) at Texas A&M University is designed to develop broadly competent practitioners and encourages both clinical and basic science research in order to instill an appreciation of biomedical research and a spirit of inquiry in each student.
Dentistry
The New York University College of Dentistry is the third oldest and the largest dental school in the United States, educating nearly 10 percent of our nation's dentists.
Dental Surgery
The Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry is the only dental school in the United States where you can complete a four-year academic curriculum in just three calendar years. Learn more with the Dental Surgery program from University of the Pacific.