Dilemmas in Dental Materials (IOW07042016)

AvailabilityCourse has taken place
SubjectRestorative
DescriptionWith the rapid developments in dental materials science and with the new products appearing on the market at an ever-increasing rate, dental practitioners are increasingly looking to the dental material science community to give them steer on the selection of dental materials. This is happening at a time when we have also moved into the era of evidence based dentistry, such that the selection of dental materials should also be based on the evidence available. The oral environment is extremely complex and many factors influence the performance of a dental material. A direct relationship between materials properties and clinical performance simply does not exist. In this lecture it will be argued that one of the missing links in bridging this chasm is the application of engineering principles to dentistry.
Additional information

18:00 - 18:30: Registration

The educational programme starts at 18:30.

18:30 - 20:30: Workshop/lecture

20:30: Close

Equipment that attendees are required to bring on the day: Pen and paper.

VenuePostgraduate Centre, IoW, Newport - Isle of Wight  View details
Date & timeThursday 7 April 2016, 18:30 to 20:30
LecturerProfessor Richard Van Noort  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours2:00
Cost£12.00
Aims

The overall aim of the course is to make participants familiar with evidence based information on choosing dental materials.

Objectives

1. To raise the awareness of the complex relationship between materials properties and their clinical performance.

2. To identify the limitations of the current evidence base on dental materials.

3. To convince the listener that dental engineering is a vital to the development of predictors of clinical performance of dental materials

Learning outcomes

Following this course learners should be able to: 

1. Recognise and interpret the limitations of the available evidence base when predicting the outcome of a clinical intervention with a dental material.

2. Appraise and identify why the development of new materials and technologies creates greater challenges for clinicians with respect to materials selection.

3. Describe and relate key concepts related to safety of dental materials.

4. Assess the risks, severity and prevalence of adverse reactions to materials used in dentistry.