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Conscious Sedation in Dentistry PGCert

You'll gain the knowledge and skills necessary to use intravenous and inhalational sedation techniques on a wide range of anxious patients, including adults and children.

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Start date(s):

  • October 2025
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Overview

The Conscious Sedation in Dentistry PGCert aims to provide you with:

  • a systematic understanding of the theoretical principles. This will underpin conscious sedation in dentistry and the care of patients undergoing sedation.
  • a comprehensive practical understanding of clinical skills in intravenous and inhalational sedation techniques, as applicable to UK practice in dentistry

The programme is one of the few in the UK that provides dentists with Level 7 PG Certificate training in sedation. We provide students with hands-on clinical training. You gain the key knowledge base and skills in conscious sedation required to practice conscious sedation as an independent practitioner.

Find out more in our School of Dental Sciences postgraduate taught programmes brochure.

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Facilities

Our facilities include:

  • a cone beam CT scanner and implant planning software. This is used for patients treated on our implant programmes
  • in-house production laboratories providing excellent learning opportunities around clinician-technician communication
  • excellent library and computing facilities on-site
  • research laboratories in Oral Biology, Anthropology and Dental Materials Science
  • a dedicated clinical research facility. It offers clinical training and research opportunities of the highest international standard

Find out about our dental facilities

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Tuition fees for 2025 entry (per year)

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  • re-examination
  • graduation

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Learning and Teaching Administrator
School of Dental Sciences
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8140
Email: dentpgt-enquiries@ncl.ac.uk

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