The Faculty of Dental Surgery of the

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is an independent UK professional body committed to enabling dental specialists to provide patients with the highest possible standards of practice and care. The Faculty is an integral part of the

and is located at the College's headquarters in

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. The Faculty was established in 1957 to meet the requirement that the training of dental specialists involves the same academic discipline as that demanded for medicine and surgery. Subsequent to the 1946 NHS Act UK dental graduates were required to show evidence of several years' postgraduate training in all aspects of dentistry and to have acquired a recognised postgraduate qualification. There are two other Faculties of Dental Surgery in the UK: one based at The

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and the other a part of The

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. There is also a

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which is a part of The

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. All four Faculties work closely together on many professional issues.

''Faculty Dental Journal''

The ''Faculty Dental Journal'' (''FDJ'') is a quarterly

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. It was established in 2010 and is published by the Faculty of Dental Surgery. The

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is StJohn Crean (

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). The journal received the "best new journal" award from the

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in 2013.

Postgraduate qualifications

The Faculty can grant the following postgraduate qualifications to dentists: * MJDF - Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties at The Royal College of Surgeons of England (MJDF) (in conjunction with the College's

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) * LDS - Licence in Dental Surgery, the oldest continuously existing dental qualification in the United Kingdom. Begun in 1860, under a charter by HM Queen Victoria in The 1858 Medical Act, it granted the Royal College of Surgeons the power to institute and hold examinations for the purpose of testing the fitness of persons to practise as dentists and to grant certificates of such fitness. It currently permits first registration on the General Dental Council's register to overseas-qualified dentists. * DDPH - Diploma in Dental Public Health * DSCD - Diploma in Special Care Dentistry * MRD - Membership in Restorative Dentistry, a bi-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the Faculties of England and Glasgow * IMOrth - Intercollegiate Membership in Orthodontics, a bi-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the Faculties of England and Glasgow * MOralSurg - Membership in Oral Surgery, a tri-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the Faculties of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow * MSurgDent - Membership in Surgical Dentistry, a tri-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the Faculties of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow (replaced by M Oral Surg) * MPaedDent - Membership in Paediatric Dentistry, a tri-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the Faculties of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow * MSpecCareDent - a tri-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the Faculties of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow

References

External links

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''Faculty Dental Journal''

Postgraduate qualifications

See also

References

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