A guest editorial of the International Journal of Prosthodontics was written about ‘distance learning’. The author described a postgraduate course for a degree of Master of Clinical Dentistry, fully digitally organised and using internet for the communications between professionals and teachers. It has the advantage that the professional does not have to travel and can continue his practice, and that the clinical work can be undertaken in his own practice. In the Netherlands, only internal courses are given, but courses based on distance learning can be taken into consideration.