Course Calendar

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17:30 Resin Retained Bridgework Refresher   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Resin Retained Bridgework Refresher (SW14-02-04-1)
Venue: Clinical Skills Lab, Devon - Devon S & W
Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014, 17:30 to 20:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: A small group hands on/practical evening session, to update and refresh your skills and knowledge in resin retained bridgework, lectured by Mr Anthony Vaughan, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry.

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09:00 Dental Medical Emergencies Resuscitation Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Medical Emergencies Resuscitation Day (SW14-02-06-2)
Venue: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
2 Sessions: Starting on Thu 6 Feb 2014 at 09:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Medical emergencies
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £60.00
Description: This course has been designed to meet the standards set out in the Resuscitation Council guidelines for clinical standards and training. The course covers the recognition and treatment of common medical emergencies happening in Dental Practices.

09:00 Dental Sedation & Pain Management   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Sedation & Pain Management (SW14-2-06-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Thu 6 Feb 2014, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £72.00
Description: A one day refresher course design with theory and practical sessions.

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09:30 Improve your crown preparations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Improve your crown preparations (SW14-02-07-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 7 Feb 2014, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £96.00
Description: A course aimed at General Practitioners wishing to improve preparations to their patients' benefit

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09:00 Oral Health Education Study Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oral Health Education Study Day (SW14-02-08-2)
Venue: The Academy, Weston General Hospital, Weston-super-Mare - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Sat 8 Feb 2014, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £35.00
Description: A day aimed Oral Health Educators and Dental Nurses with an interest in Oral Health Education who would like to progress towards the certificate in Oral Health Education.

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18:00 Dilemmas and Decisions in Restorative Dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dilemmas and Decisions in Restorative Dentistry (SW14-02-11-1)
Venue: Future Inn Hotel, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Tue 11 Feb 2014, 18:00 to 22:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: The lecture aims to give a greater awareness of the clinical techniques and materials currently available to restore damaged or missing teeth and to give a better understanding of the various advantages and disadvantages associated with the treatment options available. It also hopes to give a greater appreciation of the clinical knowledge and skills required to successfully treatment plan and restore the damaged dentition.

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09:30 Antibiotics - use and abuse & Close Encounters of the Regulator Kind!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Antibiotics - use and abuse & Close Encounters of the Regulator Kind! (SW14-02-14-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Fri 14 Feb 2014, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: Dr Martin Fulford originally trained as a microbiologist and spent 13 years as a practical medical microbiologist. Retrained as a dentist in his mid thirties and then spent 17 years working as a general dental practitioner in the UK. During this time he managed to combine clinical dentistry with research, mainly in the field of infection control. Although now retired from clinical practice he is still active in research and is a scientific adviser, with a particular interest in infection control, to the British Dental Association. As an expert witness for the GDC's Professional Conduct Committee, this popular speaker is well-placed to deliver insights into good prescribing practice for dental conditions and to provide strategies for minimising risks of a GDC investigation.

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09:00 Impression taking for DCPs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Impression taking for DCPs (SW14-02-15-1)
Venue: Torrington Dental Practice, Great Torrington - Devon S & W
Date: 2 day event starting on Sat 15 Feb 2014, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £87.60
Description: Impression taking for DCPs - Impression taking for DCPs - Additional Skills Dental Nurse Training, Impression taking course for DCPs. DCPs attending this course will be required to attend an OSCE day 9 weeks later (12.4.14). Only those attending the 1st part will be able to participate in the OSCE. The OSCE is included in the course fee. Criteria of students entering the course, Registered dental nurse with the General Dental Council, (evidence needed) In current employment, Have the written support of his/her employer, Evidence of Professional Indemnity cover, Evidence of appropriate up to date CPD (eg BLS, Medical Emergencies), Not all participants will have undertaken a Dental Nurse Training course which has equivalence to NVQ 3. However it is felt that all students will have the ability to engage in the level of work required to successfully complete this course. DCPs attending this course will be expected to take impressions in their place of work and to fill out a record of experience document, cooperation from their Dentist is essential.

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09:15 Plaque and debris scoring scoring for Dental nurses   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Plaque and debris scoring scoring for Dental nurses (SW14-02-22-1)
Venue: Bath Orthodontics Ltd, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Sat 22 Feb 2014, 09:15 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £85.00
Description: A course for Dental Nurses. An extended duty in the GDC scope of practice. A course designed to give Dental Nurses the confidence and competence to apply a disclosing material to a patients teeth and to then record a score using a recognised indicy to help the patient to improve their oral hygiene.

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09:00 Changing trends in Paediatric Dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Changing trends in Paediatric Dentistry (SW14-02-27-1)
Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Thu 27 Feb 2014, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £42.00
Description: Join this very educational and informative course that will provide useful information to everyday clinical practice. Learn how to deal with cases in a very practical manner that until you know you would refer to the Paediatricians, and update your knowledge for optimum and good practice.