MSc in Orthodontics

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Department

Department of Dentistry

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The MSc in Orthodontics is a three-year graduate program providing coursework and clinical training to enable dentists to become orthodontic specialists. The program fulfils the requirements of the European Commission Directives regarding the education of orthodontists, the UK Specialist Advisory Committee on Orthodontics and the World Federation of Orthodontists guidelines for postgraduate orthodontic education. The program also includes all of the features of the European Erasmus training curriculum.

Students acquire the appropriate knowledge, attitudes and skills of an orthodontic specialist as well as a sense of professionalism, interest and enquiry. The program aims to prepare dentists to practice the specialty using contemporary techniques at an advanced level, through a comprehensive academic program as well as through rigorous clinical experience in different treatment modalities.

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Program

Degree Requirements - ECTS
All students pursuing the program of study Orthodontics (M.Sc.) must complete the following requirements:

1st Year courses: 60 ECTS
2nd Year courses: 60 ECTS
3rd Year courses: 60 ECTS
Total Requirements: 180 ECTS

YEAR 1

SEMESTER 1

Advanced Clinical Sciences I
Clinical Skills I
Clinical Skills II
Research Methodology and Biostatistics
Scientific Literature I

SEMESTER 2

Advanced Clinical Sciences II
Orthodontic Biomechanics, Mechanics, Materials and Contemporary Appliances
Scientific Literature II
Specialty Clinical Training I

YEAR 2

SEMESTER 3

Scientific Literature III
Specialty Clinical Training II
Treatment in Preadolescent Children
Master Thesis I: Topic Selection, Protocol Preparation, and Institutional Review Board Approval (if necessary)

SEMESTER 4

Basic Sciences Relevant to Orthodontics
Comprehensive Orthodontic Treatment in the Early Permanent Dentition
Scientific Literature IV
Specialty Clinical Training III
Master Thesis II: Complete Literature Review and Methodology

YEAR 3

SEMESTER 5

Clinical Governance - Practice Management
Scientific Literature V
Specialty Clinical Training IV
Treatment for Adults
Master Thesis III: Complete Data Collection, Analysis, and Implementation

SEMESTER 6

Long-term Effects of Orthodontic Treatment - Risk Management in Orthodontics
Scientific Literature VI
Specialty Clinical Training V
Treatment of Patients with Face Asymmetries, Orofacial Clefts and Craniofacial Anomalies
Master Thesis IV: Complete Writing, Critique by Committee Members, and Defense