Diploma in Orthodontics (Smile Dental Academy)

Orthodontic diploma teaching straightforward fixed-appliance and aligner treatment, with practical exercises, case mentoring and assessment.

Programme

• Malocclusion development, assessment and diagnosis, radiographic interpretation, space planning, clinical records and photography.
• Class I, II division 1, II division 2 and III patterns; the biology and mechanics of tooth movement.
• Anchorage, space creation, appliance selection and orthodontics in general practice.
• Straight-wire appliances, bonding and the stages of fixed treatment, including practical typodont work.
• Stability and retention, introductory clear-aligner treatment, and orthodontic-periodontal and restorative interfaces.
• Two live-patient sessions in the published programme, with case discussions, portfolio work and assessment.

Teaching, dates and assessment

Teaching combines lectures, practical work and discussion with self-directed study. The provider offers an online learning platform and app, live online sessions, WhatsApp and case support, mentoring and opportunities to reattend teaching. The advertised EduQual Level 7 diploma requires satisfactory assessments and a clinical portfolio; it is not an MSc or specialist registration. The March 2027 Watford/London cohort is selectable in the provider’s store. The source schedule contains a year error for one April Saturday: it prints 17 April 2026 inside the 2027 cohort. Only the unambiguous April 16 date is entered in the schedule here; confirm the second April day and all dates with the provider. The course is still advertised as eighteen days.

Full fee and CPD

Full tuition is GBP 10,710 plus VAT: GBP 12,852 including 20% VAT. Booking requires a GBP 500 plus VAT deposit. The advertised 0% plan is GBP 426 plus VAT for 24 months; confirm the written balance because the quoted figures do not exactly reconcile. The course states 126 hours of enhanced CPD.