Dental Health - Education

Here you can find links related to the initial training of the dental team as well as postgraduate, audit and continuing professional development (CPD) information. Links to Dental Intitutes in Wales and the Royal Colleges are also provided. 

Dental Health CareersGeneral

NHS Careers Dental pages provides details on how to develop a career in oral health. They Include information on Dentists, Nurses, Hygienists, Therapists and Technicians.

Dental Institutions

The Cardiff University School of Dentistry is the only one of its type in Wales and provides unique and important leadership in dental research, teaching and patient care.

The Welsh Oral Health Information Unit (WOHIU) plans and delivers the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) co-ordinated surveys of children’s oral health together with other epidemiological surveys of priority groups within Wales. The unit provides independent professional advice, quality assurance, data cleaning, data verification, data analysis and a reporting service on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government.

Postgraduate

 

Faculties and Royal Colleges

The Faculty of General Dental Practice for general dental practitioners (GDPs) and dental care professionals (DCPs) in the UK. The Faculty aims to promote excellence in the standards of patient care in general dental practice by encouraging involvement in postgraduate training and assessment, education and research.