博士学位课程旨在支持将经验丰富的牙医发展为牙科领导者和榜样，能够管理大型复杂的地区或国家牙科服务
The Dental Public Health programme runs full time over three years or part-time over five years. The course has designed to support the development of an experienced dentist into a dental leader, and role model capable of either managing a large, often complex regional or national dental service, or acting as a consultant to provide health service reviews, and to encourage the development of patient centred evidence based, efficient oral health services. The course is recognised for speciality training by the Dental Council of Ireland. Students will take modules in biosciences, research and scientific methods and behavioral sciences, as well as modules focused on DPH to better understand its principles, including the ability to complete a needs assessment and health equity audit of a public health funding service, develop an oral health strategy, evaluate an oral health service, etc. Students will undertake a research project leading to a thesis.