This course explains how oral health can be promoted and protected across society. You will learn how dental public health services are planned, delivered and managed, and how to find practical solutions to public health challenges.
You will study key concepts in public health, such as how environments and lifestyles can contribute to disease, and social attitudes towards health. You will also focus on specific topics in dentistry, including the epidemiology of oral diseases, strategies for promoting good oral health, and how to design a population’s dental services.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in a health-related subject.
We also consider a wide range of international qualifications
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This course is great preparation for a PhD and a career in dental public health research. Lots of University of Sheffield graduates work as researchers at top universities and research institutes.
You could also go on to an international role advising NGOs on how to deliver their oral health programmes more effectively, and how to support individual nations.
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