Alison Brownlie is a young enthusiastic graduate of Glasgow Dental School and in the following article she gives an insight into what to expect from a year in Dental Core Training (CT1) (formerly known as DF2).

Dental Public Health is a non-clinical specialty involving the science and art of preventing oral diseases, promoting oral health to the population rather than the individual. It involves the assessment of dental health needs and ensuring dental services meet those needs. In the following article, Dr David Conway, Consultant in Public Health discusses how you can establish a career in this field.

Special Care Dentistry involves the improvement of the oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability or, more often, a combination of these factors. It pertains to adolescents and adults. In the following article, Nicholas Beacher discusses how you can establish a career in Special Care Dentistry.

Orthodontics involves the development, prevention, and correction of irregularities of the teeth, bite and jaw. In the following article, Orthodontic Consultant, Iain Buchanan discusses how you can establish a career in this field.

Periodontics involves the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases and disorders (infections and inflammatory) of the gums and other structures around the teeth. In the following article, Consultant Periodontist Professor Kevin Seymour, discusses how you can establish a career in this field.

Paediatric Dentistry involves the comprehensive therapeutic oral health care for children from birth through adolescence, including care for those who demonstrate intellectual, medical, physical, psychological and/or emotional problems. In the following article Caroline Campbell, Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, discusses how you can establish a career in this field.