Course Calendar

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19:00 A Contemporary Overview of the Orthodontic Management of Impacted Canines - Orthodontic Study Circle   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: A Contemporary Overview of the Orthodontic Management of Impacted Canines - Orthodontic Study Circle (SW11-02-01-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth - Bournemouth & E Dorset
Date: Tue 1 Feb 2011, 19:00 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £6.00
Description: This lecture is going to cover the various options facing the clinician when dealing with impacted canines.

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09:00 Child Oral Health - Where Are We Today?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child Oral Health - Where Are We Today? (SW11-02-04-2)
Venue: Alexandra House, Swindon - Swindon & N Wiltshire
Date: Fri 4 Feb 2011, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £41.00
Description: A lecture based course covering various aspects of child oral health, including practical preventive strategies, restoring the primary dentition ( early caries, intra-coronal restorations, minimal intervention, gross caries, pulp therapy, stainless steel crowns), hypomineralised first permanent molars, child dental neglect & child protection, mental capacity act- and a quiz!

09:15 IR(ME)R Update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: IR(ME)R Update (SW11-02-04-3)
Venue: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Fri 4 Feb 2011, 09:15 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Radiography and radiation protection
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: IR(ME)RUpdate course open to all dental professionals who hold a qualification in dental radiography

09:30 Improve your crown preparations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Improve your crown preparations (SW11-02-04-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 4 Feb 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £80.00
Description: A course aimed at General Practitioners wishing to improve preparations to their pateints benefit

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13:30 Dealing with Difficult People   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dealing with Difficult People (SW11-02-08-2)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth - Bournemouth & E Dorset
Date: Tue 8 Feb 2011, 13:30 to 17:15
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: This course will give you the tools to help you stay calm, professional and assertive when dealing with difficult or demanding patients. The course is recommended for all Dentists, DCPs and Practice Managers.

18:00 An Ethical Revolution for Cosmetic Dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: An Ethical Revolution for Cosmetic Dentistry (SW11-02-08-1)
Venue: Future Inn Hotel, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Tue 8 Feb 2011, 18:00 to 22:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: This is a BDA meeting on the interface between orthodontics and restorative dentistry. An Ethical Revolution for Cosmetic Dentistry. There will be Tea and Coffee on arrival and a buffet supper later including wine and soft drinks. This meeting is aimed at dentists but all are welcome.

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09:30 Dealing with difficult patients   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dealing with difficult patients (SW11-02-09-1)
Venue: Buckerell Lodge Hotel, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Wed 9 Feb 2011, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: A must do day for all members of the dental team. Complaint handling has become a key requirement. Limited funding and time pressure can sometimes turn a surgery into a tinderbox. This day will give staff more options for handling both difficult situations and complaints.

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09:30 Dentoalveolar Surgery Course   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dentoalveolar Surgery Course (SW11-02-11-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Fri 11 Feb 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £37.50
Description: Style lecture and practical hands on workshops on correct handling of surgical instruments, flap design and suturing.

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17:30 Crown & Bridgework Techniques   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Crown & Bridgework Techniques (SW11-02-15-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Tue 15 Feb 2011, 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: £15.00
Description: Restorative Dentistry Study Group, Hands On Evening Course To Update Techniques For Crown & Bridgework.

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09:00 Improve your crown preparations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Improve your crown preparations (SW11-02-16-2)
Venue: Clinical Skills Lab, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Wed 16 Feb 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £60.00

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09:00 Excellence in anterior composites   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Excellence in anterior composites (SW11-02-18-1)
Venue: Lyngford House, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Fri 18 Feb 2011, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:30 hours
Cost: £97.00
Description: This hands-on course will cover the use of layered composite (HFO) to change and improve patient's smiles as a minimally destructive way of improving anterior aesthetics.It includes: patient communication, aesthetic composite veneers, predictable Class IVs, diastema closures, and the use of composites in tooth wear and complex cases. Includes hands on experience of stratified composite techniques. The Delegate fee includes : Refreshments, materials used on the course & a "Gift Pack" including a special composite instrument and composites.

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13:30 Deaf Awareness Training   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Deaf Awareness Training (SW11-02-22-2)
Venue: Thomas Sydenham Education Centre, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester - Dorchester & W Dorset
Date: Tue 22 Feb 2011, 13:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £7.50
Description: This is an afternoon workshop for all members of the dental team to improve awareness of deafness and its relevance in dental practice. The session will involve lectures, practical activities and role play activities all led by a deaf lead tutor. A small buffet lunch will be available from 12.30 with the course running from 1.30 to 4.30.

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08:45 Advanced Revision - Restorative Dentistry (AR4)   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Advanced Revision - Restorative Dentistry (AR4) (SW11-02-24-1)
Venue: Burwalls Education Centre, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: 3 day event starting on Thu 24 Feb 2011, 08:45 to 17:45
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 18:00 hours
Cost: £135.00
Description: The Advanced Revision Courses have been running extremely successfully in their current format for 12 years and offer a quite unique opportunity to enjoy a focused and comprehensive review of contemporary clinical dentistry in the very comfortable surroundings of Burwalls Continuing Education Centre. The courses are designed to be relevant to the continuing professional developmental needs of GDPs, Salaried Service, Military and Hospital based dentists and Dental Therapists and will be especially appropriate to those intending to sit the MJDF examination. The relaxed and informal presentation style preferred by the lecturers, many of whom are recognised UK experts in their subjects, provides an ideal format for interaction and open discussion. The courses have been evolving to sensitively respond to the challenge of presenting information in an accessible and enjoyable format, which whilst educating and informing, also sends clinicians back to their practices with renewed enthusiasm and the knowledge to improve treatment outcomes and patient aspiration. Past delegates have almost without exception commented favourably on the ability of the courses to achieve their expectations.

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09:30 law and ethics with complaint handling   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: law and ethics with complaint handling (SW11-02-28-1)
Venue: The Barn Function Centre, Berkeley - Gloucestershire
Date: Mon 28 Feb 2011, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £35.00
Description: Staying out of trouble - Avoiding clinical negligence claims and the General Dental Council.Summary- The course is open to all dental team members and will cover part of the law and ethics element of the GDC’s core CPD requirements The course will include risk management advice on avoiding clinical negligence claims, and minimising the risks of a GDC case and how to successfully manage complaints.