Aims: The aim of this programme is the writing and defence of a doctoral thesis in Dentistry. The doctorate must provide an extensive professional training in various fields, especially in those that require creativity and innovation. It shall provide skills to cope with contexts with little specific information, to find the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem, to design, create, develop and launch new and innovative projects, etc. The specific aim of this doctoral programme is to train students in the development of research techniques in the fields of Stomatology and Dentistry, as well as in the evaluation and interpreting of the outcomes. The doctoral studies shall guarantee the acquisition of the basic competences established in the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education.

Description: The verification application of the doctoral programme in Dentristry is jutified by the need of continuity with our current Official Doctoral Programme in Dentistry of Universitat de València and with the prior doctoral programme Physiopathology of the Stomatognathic System that devoleped in our Department of Stomatology during many years, both in its doctoral courses and in the research phase with the preparation of numerous doctoral thesis. The adaptation of these studies to the Royal Decree 1393/2007 motivated the application and after its approval, the implementation of a training period constituted by the Master’s Degree in Dental Sciences, of research orientaiton, as well as the presentation to verify this proposal of doctoral programme in Dentistry.