Trinity College Dublin - Conscious Sedation in Dentistry

Course Overview/Contact::

The Postgraduate Diploma course is held over an eighteen-month period. The Course is aimed at primary care dental practitioners providing support for those patients with dental anxiety and undertaking dentistry in a safe, effective and anxiety free manner.  It also aims to provide a recognised education and training programme that will equip dentists with the knowledge, skills and experience to safely and independently use conscious sedation techniques in their own clinics.  The course leads to the award of Postgraduate Diploma in Conscious Sedation in Dentistry.

Course Options:

Course Director

Professor Leo Stassen and Dr Mary Clarke

Course Coordinator

Ms. Catherine Creagh

Telephone Number

+353-1-6127354

Fax Number

+353-1-6711255

Course Email

catherine.creagh@dental.tcd.ie

Next Intake

July 2017

Closing Date

28th February 2017

Entry Requirements:

Applicants must possess a dental degree, which enables registration with the Dental Council in Ireland. Entry to training in conscious sedation in dentistry would normally follow a two-year period of general professional training post graduation that a student would already have undergone. Applicants must have evidence of satisfactory seroconversion for protection against Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C.  Applicants will be requested to undergo Garda (Police) Vetting.  

All applicants must upload a separate statement (no more than 300 words in length) stating why they wish to undertake the Diploma.

For applicants whose first language is not English, the required proficiency for admission to this course is an IELTS (academic version) score of 7, with no individual band below 7.