List of dental schools in the United Kingdom explained

This list of dental schools in the United Kingdom includes all eighteen Dental Schools or Schools of Medicine and Dentistry in the United Kingdom which are recognised by the General Dental Council and lead to a dental degree of a UK university. There are twelve such schools in England, four in Scotland, one in Wales and one in Northern Ireland. The list is ordered by country and name, and includes the founding date of the Dental School or its parent/associated Medical School. The Dental Schools Council represents the interests of all UK Dental Schools.

England

NameUniversityEstablishedCommentsRef.
Barts and The London, School of Medicine and DentistryQueen Mary University of London1995Formed by the merger of the London Hospital Medical College and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College.[1]
School of DentistryBirmingham1828Merged with Mason Science College in 1900.[2] [3]
Bristol Dental SchoolBristol1833[4]
School of Dentistry, University of Central LancashireUniversity of Central Lancashire1842Teaching of dentistry began in 2007. Curriculum as University of Liverpool leading to a University of Lancashire Degree. Also teaches Postgraduate Dentistry courses leading to diplomas, Masters and PhD in dentistry.
Guy's, King's & St Thomas's Dental InstituteKing's College London1799Earliest dental education at Guy's Hospital predates foundation of King's College London. The United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals merged eventually with King's in 1998. Known as GKT School of Medicine & Dental Institute until 2005. Dental Institute became a separate faculty at King's in 2014.[5] [6] [7]
Leeds Dental InstituteLeeds1904All undergraduate students qualify with an "MChd/BChd Dental Surgery, Bsc Oral Science" at the end of the five-year programme. It is the only UK dental school to offer this integrated undergraduate master's degree. The school is also unique in beginning clinical experience with patients in the first year of the dental course.[8]
Liverpool Dental SchoolLiverpool1834
Manchester Dental SchoolManchester1874Formed from the School of Anatomy at Manchester Royal Infirmary, which opened in 1814.[9]
Newcastle University Dental SchoolNewcastle1834
Peninsula College of Medicine and DentistryExeter
Plymouth		2000Run jointly by the University of Exeter and Plymouth University.[10]
Sheffield School of Clinical DentistrySheffield1828Affiliated with the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
UCL Eastman Dental InstituteUniversity College London1948Merged with University College London in 1999. Shares site and facilities with Eastman Dental Hospital.[11]

Schools only offering DCP and postgraduate education

Scotland

NameUniversityEstablishedCommentsRef.
University of Aberdeen School of DentistryAberdeen1497Scotland's newest dental school[15]
University of Dundee Dental SchoolDundee1967From 1899 to 1967 dentistry taught in Dundee which was at that time part of the University of St Andrews[16]
Edinburgh Dental InstituteEdinburgh1860BSc(Hons) in hygiene and therapy alongside a wide range of short, distance learning and extended postgraduate training courses across the dental specialties.[17]
Glasgow Dental SchoolGlasgow1451Dentistry first taught in 1637.[18]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Barts and The London, Queen's Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry . 2007-08-20 . Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry.
  2. Web site: The Dental School . 2007-08-20 . University of Birmingham.
  3. Web site: The Dental School . 2007-08-20 . University of Birmingham.
  4. Web site: Bristol University . 2007-08-20 . history-ontheweb.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928145824/http://www.history-ontheweb.co.uk/uni/bristol.htm . 2007-09-28 .
  5. Web site: King's Collections : Online Exhibitions : Guy's Hospital.
  6. Web site: About King's College London : News and What's On . 2007-08-21 . King's College London . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927115443/https://www.umds.ac.uk/phpnews/wmview.php?ArtID=679 . 2007-09-27 .
  7. Web site: Faculties and departments.
  8. Web site: History of the School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health . 2007-08-21 . University of Leeds.
  9. Web site: About Us (School of Dentistry) . 2007-08-21 . University of Manchester.
  10. Web site: HEFCE: News: A thousand more doctors to be trained each year . 2007-08-21 . Higher Education Funding Council for England.
  11. Web site: The Eastman at 60 – a history of the UCL Eastman Dental Institute . 2012-03-14 . British Dental Journal via University College London .
  12. Web site: Dental Academy - University of Portsmouth . 6 April 2017 . 7 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407053707/http://www.port.ac.uk/dental-academy/ . dead .
  13. Web site: University of Essex | Dentistry courses .
  14. Web site: University to build dental centre to help ease NHS dental crisis - Dentistry . 11 July 2022 .
  15. Book: Carter, Jennifer. Crown and Gown: Illustrated History of the University of Aberdeen, 1495-1995. 1994. Aberdeen. Aberdeen University Press.
  16. Web site: University of Dundee > Past, Present And Future . 2007-08-20 . University of Dundee . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133548/https://secure.dundee.ac.uk/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/nzrobert/medden/frameindex.pl?url=ppandf.pl&sid=&textmenu=1&org_id=2 . 2007-09-29 .
  17. Web site: University of Edinburgh :: Edinburgh Dental Institute :: . University of Edinburgh.
  18. Web site: University of Glasgow :: Faculty of Dentistry :: 17th century . University of Glasgow.
  19. Web site: About Cardiff University > Milestones . 2007-08-20 . Cardiff University . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605193716/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/milestones/ . 2011-06-05 .
  20. Web site: Queen's University Belfast > About Us . 2007-08-20 . Queen's University Belfast.

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