Course Calendar

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09:00 Dentist on the Ward- OMFS Day 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dentist on the Ward- OMFS Day 1 (DCT 26-27 - 01)
Venue: Holiday Inn Taunton M5 Jn 25, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Thu 3 Sep 2026, 09:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: B, C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 7:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: A simulation day covering everything you need to know as a day 1 DCT/F2 in OMFS. Including practical and small group sessions.

10:00 Introduction To Foundation Training   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction To Foundation Training (44191)
Venue: Mercure Salisbury White Hart Hotel, Wiltshire - Swindon & N Wiltshire
Date: Thu 3 Sep 2026, 10:00 to 16:00
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: An informal day to meet your fellow Foundation Dentists and to discuss the requirements for successfully completing the course. I the afternoon we will be completing an FFP3 respirator fitting course to enable you to be able to fit respirators for others.

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08:30 DCT Regional Induction 2026   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCT Regional Induction 2026 (DCT 2026-27 - 02)
Venue: Holiday Inn Taunton M5 Jn 25, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Fri 4 Sep 2026, 08:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: B
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 8:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: For all DCTs new to training in the South West

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09:30 Resin Bonded Bridges and Partial Denture Design   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Resin Bonded Bridges and Partial Denture Design (SW-26-09-10-01)
Venue: Novotel, Bristol Centre, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Thu 10 Sep 2026, 09:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £90.00
Description: This course is an opportunity to consider how we might replace missing teeth. We will be joined by Musaab Siddiqui (Consultant in Prosthodontics, University of Bristol Dental School) who will be considering the appropriate use of Resin Bonded Bridges (RBB), including case selection and clinical techniques. We will also be revising the principles of partial denture design with the opportunity practice using plastic models. This will be a small group course with plenty of opportunity for questions, discussion and clinical tips.

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09:00 Creative with composite- direct restorations   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Creative with composite- direct restorations (SW-26-09-17-01)
Venue: Holiday Inn Taunton M5 Jn 25, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Thu 17 Sep 2026, 09:00 to 16:30
Development outcome: A, C, D
Course style: Lecture with table top practice elements
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £200.00
Description: This popular all-day course covers the many uses of composite resin as a restorative, preventative and aesthetic assessment material. New materials and techniques including discussion on the use the latest range of adhesive aesthetic materials as well as traditional methods is covered. Hands-on sessions include anterior veneers with direct and preform techniques, and posterior teeth using a range of direct, chairside and indirect techniques. Emphasis is on simple effective placement and finishing procedures.

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09:00 Aesthetic Indirect Restorations   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Aesthetic Indirect Restorations (SW-26-09-18-01)
Venue: Holiday Inn Express Junction 25 M5, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Fri 18 Sep 2026, 09:00 to 16:30
Development outcome: A, C, D
Course style: Lecture with table top practice elements
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £200.00
Description: Professor Brian Millar will be providing a day of seminars and table top hands on practice to update on conventional and new indirect restoration techniques. Content includes crowns, overlays, onlays, vonlays, endocrowns and vertipreps, using a range of materials, covering each stage from planning through to cementation.

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13:00 Dental Apprenticeships, Local Talent, Lasting Impact   Availability: Places available
Title: Dental Apprenticeships, Local Talent, Lasting Impact (SW26-0)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Wed 23 Sep 2026, 13:00 to 14:00
Development outcome: B
Course style: Webinar
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: Description: this short session will serve as an introduction to the dental apprenticeships how they help support both dental nurse and dental technician recruitment and progression and outline local availability. 

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18:30 Occlusion not Confusion   Availability: Places available
Title: Occlusion not Confusion (SW-26-09-29-01)
Venue: Webex, .... - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 29 Sep 2026, 18:30 to 19:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: £15.00
Description: This one hour webinar session will cover assessing the occlusion quickly and going on to fix basic problems (tooth wear, cracked tooth syndrome, TMJ pain) easily with reversible, non-aerosol generating procedures. Professor Brian Millar aims to help the dental team in practicing non-cutting, more adhesive dentistry techniques, getting the occlusion right without the need to adjust and polish, under rubber dam. This is a demonstration webinar. There will not be a power point presentation but a workbook will be available to accompany the online session. This webinar is a repeat of part of a series provided by Brian Millar. It can be booked as a stand alone session.