The DClinDent Degree integrates academic activities with clinical practice and research up to level 8 of FHEQ and covers all the topics in the GDC(UK) Specialist Curriculum. The degree is full-time and will provide a sound basis for developing an academic career and for preparing for a career as a specialist in the discipline of Periodontics. Completion of this programme can lead to eligibility to sit the Membership in Periodontics examination of The Royal College of Surgeons. This programme will: Familiarise you with up-to-date, novel and evidence based clinical practice in Periodontics and Implant Dentistry; Give you hands-on training in non surgical and surgical periodontal therapy including Regenerative, Mucogingival surgery and Implant Dentistry; Allow you to participate in new patient diagnostic clinics; Provide research training to professional doctorate level. The aim of the DClinDent programme is to extend knowledge and skills in Periodontics beyond the level obtained as an undergraduate and to prepare the candidate for a professional career as a specialist in that discipline. The components of the programme are designed to accomplish this aim: A programme of seminars, practical classes and other didactic sessions commencing with an introductory course and reviewing the clinical and scientific scope of the subject to determine its evidence base; Supervised clinical and as appropriate laboratory practice in which treatment planning and clinical procedures are performed for selected cases, including a number of complex treatments; Work based learning, clinical audit / service evaluation project as to evaluate clinical practices; A research investigation leading to a dissertation in which the candidate is required to demonstrate the application of scientific method to a problem of relevance to the subject area. A variety of teaching and learning methods will be employed including; seminars, laboratory practice sessions, self-directed learning, one–to-one tutorials, case presentations, reading lists of books and journal papers. Each module is assessed separately, including essays, written, clinical and viva voce examinations.