The Liverpool Dentistry courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be
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The Liverpool dentistry course at a glance
Enquiry-based learning with early access to patients in year 1, and a three-year Collaborative Learning Core shared with dental therapy students — you learn as the team you will later work in.
How Liverpool teaches dentistry
"A combination of blended learning approaches, such as Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL), research skills development", alongside lectures, practical instruction and simulation, with an emphasis on active learning.
What that means day to day
When you first treat patients
Students gain "early access to patients, in their first year", after developing clinical skills through simulation.
Year by year at Liverpool
Where you will actually be at Liverpool
Placement geography is the part of a dentistry course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what Liverpool publishes.
Plus community dental services and general dental services.
- Aintree University Hospital (oral and maxillofacial surgery)
- Alder Hey Children's Hospital (paediatric dentistry)
Worth knowing about Liverpool
- Students share a three-year Collaborative Learning Core with dental therapy students.
- Simulation facilities received £6 million of recent investment.
Applying to Liverpool?
How to get into Liverpool
Entry requirements, UCAT, personal statement and interview, step by step.
Open the guide →Liverpool UCAT cut-offs and offers
UCAT cut-offs, A-level offers, interview format and decision dates.
See the requirements →Compare Liverpool with other schools
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Open the comparison →Prepare for the Liverpool interview
Format breakdown, school-specific sample questions and prep tips from tutors who interviewed here.
Read the guide →Where this Liverpool course profile came from
Every course detail on this page was taken from University of Liverpool School of Dentistry's own course page, read on 2026-09-11.
Primary source: University of Liverpool School of Dentistry — official course information.
Courses are restructured between cycles. Anything here that decides your application — an anatomy offer, a placement city, a compulsory intercalated year — should be confirmed against the official page for your entry year.
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