The faculty can grant the following postgraduate qualifications to dentists: •
MJDF - Membership of the joint dental faculties at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (in conjunction with the college's
Faculty of General Dental Practice) • LDS - Licence in dental surgery, the oldest continuously existing dental qualification in the United Kingdom. Begun in 1860, under a charter by HM Queen Victoria in The 1858 Medical Act, it granted the Royal College of Surgeons the power to institute and hold examinations for the purpose of testing the fitness of persons to practise as dentists and to grant certificates of such fitness. It currently permits first registration on the General Dental Council's register to overseas-qualified dentists. • DDPH - Diploma in dental public health • DSCD - Diploma in special care dentistry • MRD - Membership in restorative dentistry, a bi-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the Faculties of England and Glasgow • IMOrth - Intercollegiate Membership in Orthodontics, a bi-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the Faculties of England and Glasgow • MOralSurg - Membership in oral surgery, a tri-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the faculties of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow • MSurgDent - Membership in surgical dentistry, a tri-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the faculties of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow (replaced by M Oral Surg) • MPaedDent - Membership in paediatric dentistry, a tri-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the faculties of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow • MSpecCareDent - a tri-collegiate specialist dental surgery examination run jointly by the faculties of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow ==See also==