In the UK, the long-term development of your dental practice will be, for the most part, influenced by the quality of the services you are providing to patients and their diversification, at least compared to professional rivals active in the local area. Are you a local medical practitioner active in the dentistry field and you just opened your own practice? In that case, investing in CPD dental courses could represent one of the most cost-effective boosts to your short but promising career.

In our country, continuing professional development is a requirement imposed by the GMC and not following through with it could, in the worst-case scenario, result in you losing your dental license, either temporarily or permanently. Sure, you shouldn’t exactly think of the most pessimistic scenarios when considering the necessity of a dentistry course. However, it is something to keep in mind. 12-month dentistry programs are pretty much mandatory in order to complete the minimum of 100 verifiable CPD hours over a five-year period, and the effects, after you obtain your level-7 diploma, will be more than just visible.

The completion of dental courses in the UK will come bundled with reputational and financial benefits that will complement your annual income and help you expand in your city’s local dentistry sphere. Yes, in order to practice dental work in Great Britain, you will have to complete a 5-year undergraduate degree in dentistry from a school approved by the General Dental Council of our country and register with them after graduation. It’s not easy and obtaining your BDS or BChD is synonymous with your professional fortitude as a dentist. That said, there is always room for extra specialisation that will enable you to tackle new dentistry subdomains.

Well, it’s really just about supply and demand. The domestic demand for implantology and orthodontic treatments has risen considerably after the pandemic, and has remained at an elevated level since then. Do you want to tackle the financial avenues made possible by a dentistry specialisation that historically has been quite lucrative? In that case, a postgraduate 12-month dentistry course can and should allow you to deepen your skills as a dentist in a particular area and update your position not only as a general dentist, but rather as a specialist in cosmetic dentistry, implantology, or orthodontics.

In the medical field, dentistry is probably the practice that has undergone the most changes in the last twenty or so years, and modifications in its subdomains like implantology and orthodontics are happening on a regular basis. From new minimally invasive techniques to the adoption of new radiology tools and material science progresses, in dentistry, there is always something new to learn about, and this is why CPD courses are such an essential part of the field.

A postgraduate CPD program could give you the training required to try out new, novel dentistry techniques, give you networking opportunities with International field experts, expand on your already great earning potential and also give you the necessary experience to handle treatment complications and reduce the number of external referrals you give out. In the end, such courses just make financial sense. The UK’s dental implant market, for example, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.5% between 2025 and 2030=. It’s a competitive industry and the ones who will benefit the most are the practitioners who invested early in their professional development.

Well, it depends on what you’re planning to specialise in. Are you looking to learn all about the newest orthodontic treatments available to new or already-established dentists active in our country? To improve your treatment planning, expand your cephalometry skills and improve your understanding of maxillofacial development? In that case, you could opt for a diploma in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics, which will give you a PG Dip that will represent an EduQual-Accredited level 7 qualification. So, the equivalent of a Master’s Degree.

Are you looking to expand your practice in the aesthetic dentistry field? To learn more about dental occlusion, to expand your knowledge about restorative techniques like the application of porcelain veneers and gain the ability to learn CAD imaging for restorative procedures and treatment planning? If so, you could consider going for a 12-month dentistry course in aesthetic and restorative dentistry.

Do you want to expand the services provided by your practice and deepen your implantology knowledge while also learning new information about bone grafting and the appropriate placement of composite prosthetics associated with implants? In that case, you could opt for a diploma in dental implantology and oral surgery. No matter what 12-month dentistry course you go for, however, you can be assured that the benefits to your practice will be substantial.

Perhaps the most important one is their flexibility. Even though upon their graduation, you will receive a Level 7 diploma attested by EduQual, the 12-month course will be delivered via a VLE, and the regulation examinations of the program will be available fully online, as will be the modules that you can replay as many times as you want.

Do you already work in your own practice, and your schedule is a bit hectic? In that case, online CPD courses can represent the best way to gain the credibility required to practice your skills in England while also gaining the mandatory 100 hours of continuous professional development required by law.

For hands-on approaches, you will be sent a clinical simulation kit, while the digital webinars and methodology of the program will be available on a separate app. These types of courses take advantage of the online learning environment we've all got accustomed to in the last couple of years and represent a good compromise between digitalisation and 1:1 training with industry experts. Plus, they are cost-efficient, and upon finishing them, these programs could pay for themselves in just a couple of weeks after implementing your practice’s new and revised services list.