Dental students with a young patient at a paediatric clinic held at the Derriford Dental Education Facility in Plymouth The Guardian university league table has placed Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry top in England overall and top in the UK for ‘valued added’, out of all dental schools in the country. The school was second in the UK for student satisfaction in the course, and in the top five for satisfaction with teaching and feedback. Plymouth is the first dental school in the UK to teach its students in a primary care setting, in purpose-designed Dental Education Facilities (DEF) in Plymouth, Truro and Exeter run by the Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise. There, students treat NHS patients under the supervision of qualified dental professionals. Since the