POSTGRADUATE EDUCTION
Grow your skills. Grow your future.
CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT
Postgraduate Education for our Partners
Becoming a practice owner shouldn’t mean putting your clinical development on hold.
Through SynTrain International Academy, part of the Synergy Dental Group, our partners have access to postgraduate education designed to develop their clinical skills, expand the treatments they can confidently provide and support the next stage of their professional career.
From University Level 7 Diploma programmes through to MSc qualifications, our postgraduate pathways allow dentists to continue developing academically and clinically while working within practice.
Whether your ambition is to advance your surgical skills, develop in implant dentistry, undertake more complex restorative cases or progress towards a Master’s degree, there is a pathway designed to help you get there.
| ✓ University Level 7 Diploma pathways | ✓ MSc degree programmes |
| ✓ Part-time and hybrid learning options | ✓ Hands-on clinical development |
| ✓ Live patient demonstrations | ✓ One-to-one clinical mentorship |
| ✓ Academic tutor support | ✓ Progression pathways from Diploma to MSc |
SYNTRAIN ACADEMY
Tell. Show. Do.
Our postgraduate education is delivered through SynTrain International Academy, our dedicated dental education and clinical training academy.
SynTrain’s philosophy is simple — Tell. Show. Do.
Delegates develop the academic knowledge behind advanced dentistry, see techniques demonstrated by experienced clinicians and then have opportunities to develop those skills practically through structured hands-on education and mentorship.
Rather than learning advanced dentistry through theory alone, programmes are designed to bridge the gap between education and everyday clinical practice.
For our partners, this provides the opportunity to develop their clinical career alongside their practice and business ambitions.
| ✓ Structured postgraduate education |
| ✓ Experienced clinical faculty |
| ✓ Purpose-built clinical education facilities |
| ✓ Practical hands-on learning |
| ✓ Live clinical demonstrations |
| ✓ Digital learning resources |
| ✓ Clinical and academic mentorship |
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS
Build your clinical foundations
Our postgraduate Diploma programmes provide structured routes for dentists who want to develop advanced clinical skills before progressing further academically.
Through SynTrain Academy, clinicians can access a growing range of postgraduate programmes across key areas of modern dentistry, with options designed to support different stages of clinical experience and career development.
Our Diploma pathways combine academic learning with practical education, helping dentists build the knowledge, confidence and clinical understanding needed to take on more advanced treatment within practice.
Depending on the programme, learning may include:
| ✓ Hands-on practical training | ✓ Live clinical demonstrations |
| ✓ One-to-one mentorship | ✓ Digital and distance learning |
| ✓ Face-to-face teaching | ✓ Clinical skills development |
| ✓ Progression towards further postgraduate study |
Courses span a range of disciplines, including implant dentistry, restorative dentistry, oral surgery and other advanced areas of clinical practice, allowing clinicians to choose a pathway aligned with their own interests and ambitions.
For those who want to continue developing further, selected Diploma programmes can also provide a route towards higher postgraduate qualifications, helping dentists build their education progressively over time.
Whatever direction you want to take your clinical career, SynTrain provides structured postgraduate education to help you keep moving forward.
MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMMES
Take your development further
For clinicians looking to take their education to the next level, SynTrain offers an extensive range of postgraduate MSc programmes.
Part-time MSc pathways currently include:
| ✓ MSc in Restorative Aesthetic Dentistry & Implantology |
| ✓ MSc in Dento-Alveolar Surgery |
| ✓ MSc in Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry |
| ✓ MSc in Periodontal Therapy |
| ✓ MSc in Digital Dentistry |
| ✓ MSc in Pulpal Therapy and Endodontics |
| ✓ MSc in Computer-Guided Implant Dentistry |
| ✓ MSc in Restorative Aesthetic Dentistry and Periodontology |
| ✓ MSc in Clinical Aesthetic Non-Surgical Interventions and Periodontology |
CLINICAL MENTORSHIP
Learn by doing
Advanced clinical dentistry cannot be developed through lectures alone.
A key part of SynTrain’s postgraduate philosophy is providing clinicians with the opportunity to learn from experienced practitioners through practical training, live demonstrations and structured mentorship.
Selected programmes provide one-to-one clinical mentorship, giving delegates the opportunity to observe, assist and develop their skills under appropriate supervision.
For example, the MSc in Restorative Aesthetic Dentistry & Implantology includes mentorship across implant surgery cases, while the MSc in Dento-Alveolar Surgery incorporates dedicated oral surgery mentorship.
This clinical exposure helps our dentists develop the confidence to take the knowledge gained through postgraduate education back into their own practice.
| ✓ One-to-one mentorship | ✓ Live patient demonstrations |
| ✓ Hands-on practical education | ✓ Clinical case discussions |
| ✓ Treatment planning development | ✓ Progressive clinical experience |
| ✓ Support from experienced clinicians |
FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT
Built around working dentists
You shouldn’t have to step away from your practice to continue your education.
Many SynTrain postgraduate programmes are structured around part-time and hybrid learning, combining face-to-face clinical education with digital and distance-learning components.
This allows partners to continue treating patients, leading their practice and developing their business while progressing academically.
It creates an opportunity to build two things at the same time — your clinical career and your practice.
| ✓ Part-time postgraduate pathways | ✓ Hybrid learning |
| ✓ Digital education | ✓ Face-to-face clinical sessions |
| ✓ Multiple teaching locations | ✓ Structured around practising clinicians |
CAREER PROGRESSION
From Diploma to MSc
Your postgraduate education does not have to end after one qualification.
SynTrain provides progression pathways that allow eligible delegates who have completed relevant postgraduate Diploma programmes to continue their education towards an MSc through an Advanced Prior Learning pathway.
Previous postgraduate study and clinical experience can be reviewed as part of this progression, enabling dentists to build upon the knowledge and competencies they have already developed.
For ambitious clinicians, this creates a structured educational pathway that can continue alongside their progression from associate dentist to practice partner and beyond.
PARTNERSHIP AND EDUCATION
More than Practice Ownership
For us, partnership is about more than owning shares in a dental practice.
It is about creating the environment for ambitious dentists to develop as clinicians, leaders, educators and business owners.
Some dentists want to concentrate on advanced clinical dentistry. Others want to develop multiple practices, move into teaching or mentor the next generation of clinicians.
Through the combination of Synergy Dental Partnerships and SynTrain Academy, you have the infrastructure to decide where you want your career to go next.
Practice ownership doesn’t have to be the end goal.
It can be the beginning of the next stage of your career.
Ready for that level of support?
Every part of Central HQ exists to give partners back their time. Talk to our team about what practice support looks like for you.
PARTNER STORIES
Hear it from our partners
A straightforward process, designed to give partners clinical freedom, control, and financial growth.
Ready to talk about your future?
Whether you’re exploring a JV partnership, an existing opportunity, or the associate route in, our partnerships team is here for a no-pressure conversation.