Current thinking in crowns, veneers, onlays and bridges: 2 days hands-on. (BE100125- 2 Part )

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Documents
Add to Day 2 Handbook Porcelain Onlays Burs needed for 2024 course
Crown and Bridge Course Reading listHandbook Day 1- 10 Jan Anteriors
Handbook Day 2 -17 Jan Posteriors WPH Site Map. Use Entrance 4 Car Park C

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SubjectRestorative
Description2 days of theory and hands-on: treatment planning, tooth preparation, impression technique, temporisation, try-in and cementation, approaches to managing tooth wear, the heavily restored dentition and fixed and removable reconstructions. Best practice in the preparation of crowns, veneers, porcelain onlays, bridges will be demonstrated and learners will prepare a variety of plastic teeth for full and partial coverage crowns, fixed & resin bonded bridgework and veneers. There is a 1:4 teaching ratio which facilitates feedback and support. Both days must be attended. NOTE the bur list which is specified in the "Additional Info" section. THESE ARE NOT SUPPLIED, but we will have equivalent Diatech sets available. Hot drinks and water will be available on arrival, but catering is not provided. You can bring your own, or a snack lunch and drinks may be purchased in the nearby main hospital building. We will start promptly at 09:00 each day, please allow ample time for your journey and parking, particularly if travelling across Slough from the M4. USE ENTRANCE 4/ Car park C (£8.50 a day); Slough Station is 20 minutes away by taxi, or about 30 minutes by local bus. The Postgraduate Centre is a low 60s style brown brick building, and is located 50m to the right when you use Entrance 4 (for the car park, drive straight ahead).
Additional information

UPDATE: Diatech bur sets will be available to use if you cannot obtain or already own an Eastman set.

Option 1: 

Eastman CPD Clinical Crown & Bridge Bur Kit – contains 10 diamonds

Contact Shottlander Tel 01462 – 480848; N.B If you tell them you are on the Wexham Park C&B course they will give you the bur kit with a 20% discount off the current cost (2024-£85). However we are advised that Schottlander can only obtain these burs in packs of 5.

OR Option 2.

Do it yourself with “Two striper” burs from any supplier - see the full list in the course documents (top of this page).

And consider the additional burs for eg long clinical crowns-these are not standard in the Eastman Bur Kit

Course queries? Email the Tutor nicola.spillane@nhs.net (usual working day Tuesday only)

VenueSkills Room, Wexham Park, Slough - Berkshire  View details
2 SessionsSession 1:   Fri 10 Jan 2025, 09:00 to 16:30
Session 2:   Fri 17 Jan 2025, 09:00 to 16:30
LecturersDr Ken Hemmings & Dr Sandip Popat  View details
Target audience

Recommended: Community Dentist, or Dental Core Trainee, or Eligible for Introduction to NHS course, or Forces Dental Officer, or NHS Dentist, or Non-NHS Dentist

Development outcomeA, C
Course styleHands-on
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours12:00
Cost£500.00
Aims

The aim of this course is to provide dentists with an update in current thinking and hands-on practice and skills in crowns, veneers, onlays and bridges.

Objectives
  1. Outline and update general considerations and principles of treatment planning for tooth replacement.
  2. Explain and demonstrate techniques for provision and temporisation of crowns, ¾ crowns, veneers, porcelain onlays, fixed and resin-bonded bridges.
  3. Practise preparation of plastic teeth for crowns, ¾ crowns, veneers, porcelain onlays, fixed and resin-bonded bridges.
  4. Practise temporisation of plastic teeth prepared for crowns, ¾ crowns, veneers, porcelain onlays, fixed and resin-bonded bridges.
  5. Provide information and tips for impression taking, temporisation, cementation and maintenance of crowns, veneers, onlays, bridges. 
Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, learners should be able to:

  1. describe the principles of tooth replacement
  2. evaluate and select appropriate restorations to replace missing teeth and tooth structure with laboratory made restorations so as to improve predictability of clinical treatment and outcomes
  3. Communicate a range or restorative options to patients
  4. demonstrate the preparation and temporisation of crowns, veneers, porcelain onlays and bridges