Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Clin): The University of Manchester

Course description

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is the specialty concerned with the diagnosis and management of diseases, injuries and defects affecting the mouth, jaws, face and neck. All programmes are based on the speciality of oral surgery but within the wider context of maxillofacial surgery. The three-year programme provides specialist oral surgery clinical training.

Students undertake minor oral surgery under supervision, carried out under local anaesthesia, conscious sedation and general anaesthesia. They also attend theatre to assist and observe major surgery. Students attend consultation clinics, trauma clinics, ward rounds and carry out ward duties.

The clinical component consists of the following modules:

• Surgical Basic Sciences (Basic surgical science, preoperative and postoperative care)
• Patient Care (Assessing patients, medical aspects of patient care and control of pain and anxiety)
• Dental Tissues (Infections and inflammation of the teeth and jaws, removal of teeth and surgical implantology)
• Bone: Disease and Injury (Diseases of bone and the maxillary sinus, oral and maxillofacial injuries)
• Soft Tissues (Cysts, mucosal disease, premalignancy and malignancy)
• Salivary Tissue, Pain and TMJ (Salivary gland disease, facial pain and disorders of the temporomandibular joint)

Career opportunities

MSc programmes are designed for dental practitioners who wish to further their knowledge of surgery and are a useful foundation for specialist training in this field.

The three-year programme provides specialist oral surgery clinical training.

Entry requirements

Academic entry qualification overview: All applicants will be required to provide evidence of a primary dental degree from a recognised institution.

English language: Students whose first language is not English require one of the following:

• A minimum IELTS of 6.5 with no less than 6 in the written component
• TOEFL 575 paper-based
• TOEFL 230 computer-based
• TOEFL 90 iBT