Course Calendar

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09:00 Introduction to Conscious Sedation and a Core CPD Medical Emergency Update for DCP’s   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to Conscious Sedation and a Core CPD Medical Emergency Update for DCP’s (OX010912)
Venue: Terence Mortimer Postgraduate Centre, Banbury - Oxfordshire
Date: Sat 1 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: To Core CPD update in Medical Emergencies (please note this is not a hands on CPR course), providing underpinning knowledge suitable for DCP’s and an introduction for those Dental Nurses interested in Dental Sedation.

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09:00 TFT Residential Course   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT Residential Course (TFT030912)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Mon 3 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: TFT Residential Course - Introduction to Foundation Training

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09:00 TFT Residential Course - Communication Skills in Dental Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT Residential Course - Communication Skills in Dental Practice (TFT040912)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Tue 4 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Practical application of communication skills in dentistry; including role play.

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17:30 Partial and Complete Dentures Re-visited Part 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Partial and Complete Dentures Re-visited Part 1 (IOW050912)
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, IoW, Newport - Isle of Wight
Date: Wed 5 Sep 2012, 17:30 to 21:15
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: Although the adult population of the UK are increasingly retaining their natural teeth and predictions from the Adult Dental Health Survey 1998 indicate that the number of adults with no teeth will fall to 5% by 2018, the demand for removable partial and complete dentures is still significantly high due mainly to increasing expectations of patients particularly in terms of function and aesthetics. It is therefore, essential that general dental practitioners have a comprehensive knowledge of removable prosthodontics, in order to provide a high level of patient care.

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09:00 TFT Study Day - PDP Planning & Basic Restorative Techniques   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT Study Day - PDP Planning & Basic Restorative Techniques (TFT060912)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Thu 6 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Basic restorative techniques

09:30 CROSS INFECTION CONTROL   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: CROSS INFECTION CONTROL (MK060912)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 6 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: • A comprehensive review of Infection Control in the dental surgery, providing all members of the dental team with a broad knowledge of infection control. • Identifying infectious hazards encountered in dental practice, bacteria, viruses and prions. • Measures that can be adopted to manage identified risks in practice and compliance with HTM 01-05 • Looking at managing the risk of transmission of infectious agents in the dental surgery. • Enabling team members to risk assess their own practices and apply the latest standards (HTM 01-05) of Infection Control in their own surgeries.

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08:30 Cognitive Behavioural Techniques for Treatment Of Dental Fear   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Cognitive Behavioural Techniques for Treatment Of Dental Fear (BE070912A)
Venue: Trust Education Centre, Reading - Berkshire - West
Date: Fri 7 Sep 2012, 08:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: Despite huge advances in pain management meaning that modern dental treatments are almost free of pain: anxiety about undergoing dental treatment is still very common and can cause huge distress to both patients and dental care professionals. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Techniques are an evidence based way to help patients manage and overcome dental fear in a time-cost efficient manner. This one day introduction to the use of CBT for dental fear will provide participants with an overview of the topic identify techniques used as part of cognitive behavioural therapy for dental fear and identify the effectiveness of such techniques.

09:30 Practice Managers’ Forum   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Practice Managers’ Forum (PO070912)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 7 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £24.00
Description: Practice managers are taking on more and more responsibilities in the running of the dental practice. This event will help practice managers and/or practice owners to find out more about the impact of regulatory changes and will offer support and training specific to their roles.

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18:30 Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults (OX110912A)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Tue 11 Sep 2012, 18:30 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This course is intended to raise awareness about your roles and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults within your organisation.

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14:30 Orthodontic referrals – Are we getting it right?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Orthodontic referrals – Are we getting it right? (MK120912)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Wed 12 Sep 2012, 14:30 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: This afternoon course aims to help dentists to make ethical and appropriate orthodontic referrals.

17:30 Theory of Medical Emergencies   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Theory of Medical Emergencies (WI120912)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Wed 12 Sep 2012, 17:30 to 20:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: The GDC has stated that all Dentists and their teams must be able to respond to medical emergencies that may occur in their practice. It is also now mandatory to include medical emergencies training in the five year CPD cycles. The medical emergencies course will provide the dental practitioner theoretical underpinning for a range of commonly encountered emergency conditions and explore best practice.

18:00 Equality & Diversity   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Equality & Diversity (PO120912)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Wed 12 Sep 2012, 18:00 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: The Care Quality Commission change from standards, to regulations based on outcomes, requires providers to ensure that care and treatment is provided to service users with appropriate regard to their age, gender, religious persuasion, sexual orientation, racial origin, cultural and linguistic background and/or disability.

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08:30 Child Protection Course for all of the Dental Team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child Protection Course for all of the Dental Team (BE140912)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Fri 14 Sep 2012, 08:30 to 12:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: This is a single agency training course which aims to equip the whole Dental Team with a level 2 competence.

09:00 Non-Surgical Treatment of Perio Disease   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Non-Surgical Treatment of Perio Disease (OX140912)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 14 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: This course is intended for: GDPs/Therapists/Hygienists The day will comprise a combination of presentations and case studies, which will be discussed in small groups initially, then by the whole course. The main theme of the day will be the non-surgical management of periodontitis, including new treatment techniques, the use of antimicrobials and the management of furcation defects and perio-endo lesions.

09:30 Looking After Your Back : Practical Top Tips   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Looking After Your Back : Practical Top Tips (BE140912GDP)
Venue: Trust Education Centre, Reading - Berkshire - West
Date: Fri 14 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £18.00
Description: Did you know that back pain is a major cause of work loss and premature retirement among dentists? So why do dentists get back pain? Is it all about bad posture?

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09:00 DCP Study Day/Radiography Non Irmer/Oral Surgery   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCP Study Day/Radiography Non Irmer/Oral Surgery (BU170912)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Mon 17 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 16:15
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: This course is for Dental Nurses, Hygienists, Therapists and Student Dental Nurses.

09:00 IRMER: Radiography and Radiation Update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: IRMER: Radiography and Radiation Update (BU170912GDP)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Mon 17 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 16:15
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: DESCRIPTION: Ian Hamilton BSc BDS MSc This one day course covers the core subjects recommended for continuing training and education as contained within Para A3.7 of the NRPB Guidance Notes for General Practitioners on the Safe Use of X-Ray Equipment, June 2001 (which, remains extant despite the NRPB having being consumed into the Health Protection Agency).

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09:30 Improve Tooth Discolouration and Shade Taking the Easy Way   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Improve Tooth Discolouration and Shade Taking the Easy Way (OX190912)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 19 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £90.00
Description: A comprehensive overview of all tooth whitening techniques, home and power bleaching procedures (including various light activation and Lasers) will be covered and practiced using specially stained teeth.

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09:00 IR(ME)R - Update in Dental Radiography - Core CPD   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: IR(ME)R - Update in Dental Radiography - Core CPD (BE200912IRMER)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 20 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £18.00
Description: Are you up to date with IRR99, IR(ME)R2000, IR(ME)Amending Regulations 2006? Do you need to comply with CQC outcomes 1,2,3,4,11,13 and 14?

09:00 Radiography for DCPs - Core CPD!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Radiography for DCPs - Core CPD! (BE200912)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 20 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £18.00
Description: MORNING SESSION: This course is for DENTAL CARE PROFESSIONALS (non IRMER), and is intended as a refresher on this important core subject. It offers 3 hours CPD on Dental Radiography, and runs at the same time and venue as GDPs on the IR(MER) course, to enable a Team Day. It will be valuable for those who assist i taking and processing radiographs. CORE SUBJECT

09:30 Successful and Predictable Endodontics for the General Dental Practitioner   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Successful and Predictable Endodontics for the General Dental Practitioner (OX200912)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 20 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £95.00
Description: The course will involve both lectures and hands on. Participants will prepare and obturate both plastic blocks and extracted teeth using rotary instruments and warm gutta percha techniques.

17:30 Theory of Medical Emergencies   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Theory of Medical Emergencies (BA200912)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Thu 20 Sep 2012, 17:30 to 20:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: The GDC has stated that all Dentists and their teams must be able to respond to medical emergencies that may occur in their practice. It is also now mandatory to include medical emergencies training in the five year CPD cycles. The medical emergencies course will provide the dental practitioner theoretical underpinning for a range of commonly encountered emergency conditions and explore best practice.

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09:30 AM: Medical Emergencies. PM: Dental Management of Medically Compromised Patients   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: AM: Medical Emergencies. PM: Dental Management of Medically Compromised Patients (SO210912)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 21 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: A one day course addressing the influences of medical conditions on dental practice.

09:30 How to Stay out of Trouble – Complaints, Consent and Confidentiality - CORE CPD   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: How to Stay out of Trouble – Complaints, Consent and Confidentiality - CORE CPD (MK210912)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Fri 21 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: The morning intends to provide discussion around the reasons why complaints can lead to so many adverse outcomes and how to best deal with them to reduce the risk to dental practices.

09:30 Radiation and Radiation Protection Update for Dentists and Dental Professionals - IR(ME)R   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Radiation and Radiation Protection Update for Dentists and Dental Professionals - IR(ME)R (OX210912R)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 21 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This course meets the requirements of IR(ME)R 2000, fulfils the GDC criteria for 5-yearly cpd in this core subject and has been accredited by the College of Radiographers. Ian Hamilton is a practising dentist with a background in radiation protection and an MSc in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiography. His course feed-back reports consistently rate this mandatory training day as a lively and entertaining event.'

09:30 Smile (Part 1) Minimal Invasive Options and Techniques   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Smile (Part 1) Minimal Invasive Options and Techniques (BA210912)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Fri 21 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:45
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £105.00
Description: Seminar - patient assessment, minimally invasive option, smile design, choice of materials, composites, veneer design, shade and tooth reduction, pre-op whitening and orthodontic solutions.

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09:30 Smile (Part 2) Aesthetic Indirect Options & Techniques including Managing Occlusal Changes   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Smile (Part 2) Aesthetic Indirect Options & Techniques including Managing Occlusal Changes (BA220912)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Sat 22 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:45
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: Seminar - Choice of indirect materials, treatment options, preparation design, selecting an articulator, dealing with tooth wear and managing occlusal changes, using provisional restorations to design and check the occlusion.

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17:30 Disinfection and Decontamination for Dental Nurses (CORE & CQC 8)   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Disinfection and Decontamination for Dental Nurses (CORE & CQC 8) (SO240912)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Mon 24 Sep 2012, 17:30 to 20:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: A two hour course for DCPs describing the causes of infections, and discussing how their transmission in the dental surgery can be prevented.

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17:30 Partial and Complete Dentures Re-visited Part 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Partial and Complete Dentures Re-visited Part 2 (IOW260912)
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, IoW, Newport - Isle of Wight
Date: Wed 26 Sep 2012, 17:30 to 21:15
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: Although the adult population of the UK are increasingly retaining their natural teeth and predictions from the Adult Dental Health Survey 1998 indicate that the number of adults with no teeth will fall to 5% by 2018, the demand for removable partial and complete dentures is still significantly high due mainly to increasing expectations of patients particularly in terms of function and aesthetics. It is therefore, essential that general dental practitioners have a comprehensive knowledge of removable prosthodontics, in order to provide a high level of patient care.

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08:00 Assert Yourself With Confidence and Impact   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Assert Yourself With Confidence and Impact (BE270912A)
Venue: Trust Education Centre, Reading - Berkshire - West
Date: Thu 27 Sep 2012, 08:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £18.00
Description: In this course you will discover the negative impacts of the passive and aggressive cycle and that the only way to achieve success is through assertiveness. You will identify what is stopping you from being assertive and learn how to assertive: enabling you to stand up for yourself and deal with bullies so that they no longer bother you. You will learn to listen to yourself so that you know when it’s okay to say no and when it’s better to say yes. You will learn how to say no in a firm but fair manner. You will practice your new skills in a safe environment so that you are ready to put them to use as soon as you finish the course.

10:00 DF1 Study Day - Management of Dental Emergencies; earning Styles   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DF1 Study Day - Management of Dental Emergencies; earning Styles (VT270912O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 27 Sep 2012, 10:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Recognition, management & provision of emergency dental care in general dental practice

10:00 TFT Study Day - Radiology   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT Study Day - Radiology (TFT270912A)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 27 Sep 2012, 10:00 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This session will focus on revision of the use of holders for Dental Radiography and will use visual aids to test the skills of the group to identify technique faults and pathology

14:00 TFT Study Day - Making The Most Of Clinical Photography   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT Study Day - Making The Most Of Clinical Photography (TFT270912B)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 27 Sep 2012, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: An introduction into clinical photography; theory and hands-on.

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09:00 A Guide to minor oral surgery and implant surgery in general practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: A Guide to minor oral surgery and implant surgery in general practice (PO280912)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 28 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £28.00
Description: This course is essential for General Dental Practitioners who want to improve their skills and gain more confidence in dento-alveolar surgery. The day will cover the following:

09:30 Radiography for DCPs-Core CPD!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Radiography for DCPs-Core CPD! (MK280912)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Fri 28 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This course is for Dental Care Professionals, and intended as a refresher on this important core subject. It offers 5 hours CPD on Dental Radiography.