Dentists are highly trained experts in oral health and hygiene. Dentists perform checkups for oral disease, prescribe treatments, carry out procedures to treat dental and facial injuries and more. If you’re hoping to be a dentist then you’ll study for many years before becoming fully qualified, but the rewards are significant. 

It’s essential work within the community, and is required by people of all ages and from all walks of life. This means that wherever you go, your skills will be in high demand. You’ll have plenty of options to work in both pub lic and private health organisations in the UK and abroad. Dentist salaries are very high, and job security is very good. Additionally, you’ll be able to specialise in different areas of dentistry as your career evolves, and there’s huge opportunity for progression. 

Sound good so far? The next step is finding a course. As a highly technical profession which requires a lot of specialist equipment and facilities, dentistry degrees are not as widespread as most uni courses. Luckily for you, we’ve searched though Complete University Guide’s subject league tables to find out which dentistry courses are available in each area of the UK and listed them in order of uni ranking. Read on to see what’s available in your area. 

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Best unis for dentistry in London 

King's College London, University of London

Queen Mary University of London

Best unis for dentistry in North East England 

Newcastle University 

Teesside University, Middlesbrough

Best unis for dentistry in North West England 

University of Manchester

University of Liverpool

University of Central Lancashire

Best uni for dentistry in Northern Ireland 

Queen’s University Belfast

Best unis for dentistry in Scotland 

University of Dundee

University of Glasgow

Best unis for dentistry in South West England 

University of Bristol

University of Plymouth

Best uni for dentistry in Wales 

Cardiff University

Best unis for dentistry in the West Midlands 

University of Birmingham

Best unis for dentistry in Yorkshire and the Humber 

University of Leeds

University of Sheffield

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