Diploma in Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry (Smile Dental Academy)

A broad restorative diploma combining practical workshops, case support and live-treatment observation, with London and Manchester intakes.

Programme

• Photography and professional communication; smile analysis, design and records.
• Occlusion, splints and articulator work; direct anterior composite bonding, posterior composites and rubber-dam isolation.
• Patient communication workshops; partial and complete denture planning, impressions and prosthetic procedures.
• Tooth-surface loss, full-mouth rehabilitation, mock-ups and provisionalisation.
• Endodontic diagnosis, access, instrumentation, irrigation and obturation; retreatment and post-and-core principles.
• Anterior and posterior crowns, veneers, bridgework and onlays, including preparation, temporisation and cementation.
• Injection-moulding techniques and provisional restoration exercises.
• Implant planning and restoration; periodontal-restorative integration, crown-lengthening topics and orthodontic-restorative planning.
• Observation of live restorative treatment, which may include composite bonding, injection moulding, veneers and full-mouth rehabilitation.

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. Two alternative March 2027 cohorts are listed, each totalling twenty-four scheduled days. The current programme page specifies two days of live-treatment observation. Its linked 2025 brochure supplies the detailed syllabus but describes four clinical days and participation: those older arrangements are not promised here. The topic summary reflects the linked syllabus; confirm the final sequence and practical/clinical allocation for the chosen intake.

Full fee and CPD

Full tuition is GBP 14,280 plus VAT: GBP 17,136 including 20% VAT. The GBP 500 plus VAT booking charge is a deposit. The website offers GBP 575 plus VAT per month for 24 months at 0%; confirm the written schedule because it does not exactly reconcile with the full fee plus deposit. The linked 2025 brochure states 168 CPD hours; confirm the current intake’s certificate total before relying on it.