Restorative & Aesthetic Dentistry Professional Training

DAY 1

Title: Minimally Invasive Veneer Preparations | Faculty: Prof. Paul Tipton, Dr. Adam Toft & Dr. Ashish Rayarel  | Time: 09:00 – 18:00

This course is a step-by-step programme in the form of practical sessions, lectures, and demonstrations delivering the Foundation for Private Dentistry. The course will take you through the theoretical, scientific and engineering principles behind restorative dentistry. The course is ideal if you are:

• Hoping to acquire new skills and build confidence to take on more complex cases
• An NHS practitioner and want to increase your private income or move fully into private practice
• A Principal looking for a course to update your skills using the latest techniques and materials and, in these modern times, help avoid litigation

It is also a perfect “refresher” course if you feel that your knowledge and techniques have become a little dated. The field of restorative and cosmetic dentistry is advancing at a rapid rate in terms of techniques and the materials available. We continually update our courses to ensure our delegates have a competitive edge in the market.

Course Outline

The morning session will consist of a veneers seminar and a veneer preps practical in the afternoon.

Agenda

DAY 2

Title: Emax & Zirconia Anterior Restorations | Faculty: Prof. Paul Tipton, Dr. Adam Toft & Dr. Ashish Rayarel | Time: 09:00 - 18:00

Course Outline

This course is a step-by-step programme in the form of practical sessions, lectures and demonstrations- delivering the Foundation for Private Dentistry. The course will take you through the theoretical, scientific and engineering principles behind restorative dentistry. The course is ideal if you are:

• Hoping to acquire new skills and build confidence to take on more complex cases
• An NHS practitioner and want to increase your private income or move fully into private practice
• A Principal looking for a course to update your skills using the latest techniques and materials and, in these modern times, help avoid litigation

It is also a perfect “refresher” course if you feel that your knowledge and techniques have become a little dated. The field of restorative and cosmetic dentistry is advancing at a rapid rate in terms of techniques and the materials available. We continually update our courses to ensure our delegates have a competitive edge in the market.

The morning session will consist of a seminar covering Emax & Zirconia preps and an Emax & Zirconia preps practical in the afternoon.

Agenda

DAY 3

Title: Occlusal Examination | Faculty: Prof. Paul Tipton, Dr. Adam Toft & Dr. Ashish Rayarel | Time: 09:00 - 18:00

The morning session will consist of an occlusal examination seminar and the afternoon session will consist of an occlusal examination practical.

Course Aims

• Define the mechanisms of occlusal adaptation
• Recognise that social and medical history may influence occlusal harmony
• Appreciate how the anatomy of the glenoid fossa influence mandibular movement
• Assign a classification and values to condylar movements
• Discriminate the opportunities to prescribe a Dahl appliance
• Understand how anterior tooth shape and position influence condylar movement
• Appreciate why vertical and horizontal elements of the slide influence treatment planning

Course Objectives

By the time the delegate has completed this course he/she will:

• Establish the protocol for occlusal examination
• Deliberate the consequences of an unstable ICP
• Evaluate the Bennett angle and Bennett movement
• Confirm the orbiting and rotating condyles during mandibular movements
• Conceptualize condyle position for working and non-working side excursions
• Describe the impact of bruxism with class II leverage
• Evaluate all information to prescribe a reorganized or conformative treatment plan

Agenda

DAY 4

Title: Modern Post and Core Techniques | Faculty: Prof. Paul Tipton, Dr. Adam Toft & Dr. Ashish Rayarel | Time: 09:00 - 18:00

Course Outline

The morning session will consist of a seminar covering posts and the afternoon session will be a hands-on practical covering shenker, duralay and fibre post preps. 

Course Aims

• Discuss the advantages/disadvantages of the various post morphologies
• Introduce the 5 criteria which influence the success of a post
• Revise the principles of Shenker post design
• Understand the stages required for accurate impression taking
• Appreciate the importance of the ferrule in a post’s prognosis
• Awareness of the technique for a direct Duralay post and core
• Evaluate the techniques available for treating multi-rooted teeth
• Understand the implications of material choice on aesthetics and prognosis
• Discuss anti-rotation grooves, their placement and instrumentation

Course Objectives

• Identify the material of choice for a clinical scenario
• Evaluate the criteria for post success in a clinical scenario
• Demonstrate the use of the Nayyar core for multi-rooted teeth
• Prepare a Shenker post and provide a suitable impression
• Fabricate a Duralay direct post and core for anterior teeth
• Produce a split cast post and core using the ‘bead-on’ technique
• Examine the stages in cementation of carbon fibre posts

Agenda