Through our multi-million-pound Dental School and modern learning environment, our BDS Dental Surgery programme is designed to facilitate the development of core real-world clinical skills and patient care experiences, leading you to a highly successful career in the world of dentistry. At the University of Birmingham School of Dentistry, you will have a wide variety of opportunities to learn the essential and more advanced skills needed to excel in the field of Dentistry. Dentistry is an evolving career and you will learn from experts in their fields in a state of the art facility purpose designed to provide high quality patient care as well as a fantastic learning environment for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate students.Dentistry requires excellent communication skills in order to treat patients effectively as individuals. We expect all our students to possess and work on these skills as well as having a high level of professionalism throughout the course. A sound understanding of the biological basis of oral disease and preventive approaches to care are essential foundations of dental practice, all of which you will be taught during your Dental Surgery degree at Birmingham.