Explore new advances in digital dental technology and dental materials science. We'll train you to build up your skills and knowledge in dental technology with the latest digital CADCAM processes.<br>This course covers traditional as well as digital dental technologies, with a focus on the latest CADCAM techniques. Dental technicians and clinical professionals with suitable training in basic dental technology can expand and update their skills by studying the fundamentals of digital dentistry.<br><br>You’ll be trained to produce advanced and technically demanding dental appliances and medical devices. There is a wide range of digital design and manufacturing processes that you can study, and you’ll have the flexibility to focus on the ones that interest you most, or that are most relevant to your practice.<br><br>You’ll explore the major dental problems that dental technicians can help patients with, and develop strategies to address them systematically. Your digital dentistry training will include using intra-oral and extra-oral scanners to investigate dental problems in greater detail, and our module on dental materials science will help you provide the best treatment options for patients.<br><br>Your career<br>This course is designed to help you take your career in dentistry to the next level by giving you<br>thorough knowledge and understanding of dental biomaterials<br>the skills to critically analyse and assess individual patients’ cases<br>the expertise to develop practical solutions to a range of dental problems<br>experience of research, and applying your findings to the practice of dental technology and digital manufacturing