Postgraduate

MSc Dental Public Health

Course Director's Welcome

A message from Tim Newton, Community Dental Practice and Dental Public Health Course Director.

Health is a basic human need,and yet throughout the world there is a growing recognition that ‘health ’ is not evenly distributed.Inequalities exist in oral health both between countries and within countries.

A key goal for all providers of health services in the future will be the design of services to reduce these inequalities and to meet the health needs of local populations.The MSc programmes in Community Dental Practice and Dental Public Health have been created to provide people with the skills necessary for identifying health needs and to plan, implement and evaluate services to meet those needs.The courses combine theory and practice in order to equip course participants as leaders and developers of health services.Our distance learning programmes have helped many people to develop their professional roles in this way.

As a department Kings College thoroughly enjoy working with people from throughout the UK and abroad.Many students from all over the world have taken courses in the department and quite a number have remained friends long after their studies with the University have ended.I look forward to welcoming you.