Course Calendar

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09:30 Update on Infection Control   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Update on Infection Control (SW12-10-03-1)
Venue: Lyngford House, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Wed 3 Oct 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Disinfection and decontamination
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £38.00
Description: Essential requirements of HTM-01-05 must now be in place for all dental practices whether NHS or Private. This presentation aims to help you check that your practice is fully compliant. If you do not comply, then what is required, and how best to achieve compliance. What the CQC inspectors will be looking for, and how to keep them happy. The presentation will cover those infection risks which regularly challenge the dental team, and look at how good practice can be put into routine dental care in a way which is practical and pragmatic, and will fulfill clinical governance requirements.

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09:30 If Being Healthy Is So Good For Us - Why Don't We Do It?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: If Being Healthy Is So Good For Us - Why Don't We Do It? (SW12-10-04-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Thu 4 Oct 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: Health Behaviour Change - training that looks at how you might help patients develop insight into the need for, and importance of, change as well as gauging and developing their motivation and confidence of success.

18:30 Dental Extractions - Simples!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Extractions - Simples! (SW12-10-04-2)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth - Bournemouth & E Dorset
Date: Thu 4 Oct 2012, 18:30 to 21:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £35.00
Description: Our Dental Tutor for the Area Mr Steve Doman has kindly agreed to teach a Dental Extraction course in order to help those who need to build their confidence in simple exodontia. Delegates will need to bring 1) extraction forceps upper and lower and 2) Couplands elevators or luxators.

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09:00 Endodontic Update - Rotary Instruments   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Endodontic Update - Rotary Instruments (SW12-10-05-1)
Venue: Lyngford House, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Fri 5 Oct 2012, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 7:00 hours
Cost: £127.20
Description: This is a hands on course. Participants have the opportunity to try various rotary file systems for preparation using anatomically accurate artificial teeth, and obturation techniques using a range of delivery systems. Presentations will discuss the latest thinking in endodontic treatment and how to achieve the best results. Alastair Speirs is a Consultant and Clinical Director of Leeds Dental Institute. Ian cross is a Specialist Endontist in Leeds. Course fee includes all instruments and materials used on the course.

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09:00 Impression taking for DCPs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Impression taking for DCPs (SW12-10-06-1)
Venue: Padstow Dental Practice, Padstow - Cornwall
Date: 2 day event starting on Sat 6 Oct 2012, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 10:00 hours
Cost: £87.60
Description: Impression taking for DCPs - Impression taking for DCPs - Additional Skills Dental Nurse Training, Impression taking course for DCPs. DCPs attending this course will be required to attend an OSCE day 9 weeks later (1.12.12). Only those attending the 1st part will be able to participate in the OSCE. The OSCE is included in the course fee. Criteria of students entering the course, Registered dental nurse with the General Dental Council, (evidence needed) In current employment, Have the written support of his/her employer,Evidence of Professional Indemnity cover, Evidence of appropriate up to date CPD (eg BLS, Medical Emergencies), Not all participants will have undertaken a Dental Nurse Training course which has equivalence to NVQ 3. However it is felt that all students will have the ability to engage in the level of work required to successfully complete this course. DCPs attending this course will be expected to take impressions in their place of work and to fill out a record of experience document, cooperation from their Dentist is essential.

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09:30 Update on Current Concepts in Adhesive Dentistry - Bridgework, Inlays and Onlays   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Update on Current Concepts in Adhesive Dentistry - Bridgework, Inlays and Onlays (SW12-10-09-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Tue 9 Oct 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £66.00
Description: This course will update participants on current concepts in adhesive dentistry, and participants should understand the range of adhesive bridgework and inlay/onlay restorations available and their indications and current evidence base and review of planned cases. PARTICIPANTS ARE ADVISED AND ENCOURAGED TO BRING STUDY MODELS AND CLINICAL PHOTOGRAPHS TO STIMULATE DISCUSSION AND MAKE THE COURSE PERTINENT TO THEIR CLINICAL PRACTICE.

18:30 2020 and Beyond ~ the future of dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: 2020 and Beyond ~ the future of dentistry (SW12-10-09-02)
Venue: Lyngford House, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Tue 9 Oct 2012, 18:30 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: An evening exploring the drivers in dental care for the next decade and more and how they may impact on your practice

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09:30 Practical Minor Oral Surgery for the GDP   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Practical Minor Oral Surgery for the GDP (SW12-10-10-2)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Wed 10 Oct 2012, 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: This course will covers aspects of MOS relevant to the GDP: includes effective use of elevators , forceps , case selection, flap design, bone removal suturing and suturing using anatomical phantom jaws for the "surgery"

14:00 Periodontal Update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Periodontal Update (SW12-10-10-1)
Venue: Lyngford House, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Wed 10 Oct 2012, 14:00 to 19:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £28.80
Description: Professor Nicola West is at the forefront of research in new technologies in periodontitis and in particular dentine hypersensitivity. This lecture based programme gives an overview of new treatment modalities, and addresses the increasing problem of peri-implantitis. The course will be of interest to all members of the dental team, but of particular value to Dentists, Hygienists,Therapists and Nurses with a health education role.

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14:00 Leadership for Dental Teams   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Leadership for Dental Teams (SW12-10-11-1)
Venue: Thomas Sydenham Education Centre, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester - Dorchester & W Dorset
Date: Thu 11 Oct 2012, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: An afternoon course for all practice staff on innovative leadership for dental teams. Our presenters have a wide range of knowledge and experience across the dental world, education and the business environment. Paul Kelly is a GDP from Dorset who is currently working towards a PhD in health service innovation at Birmingham University. Danielle Wootton has vast experience lecturing in business management, strategy and human resource management. Our tutors say that “Leadership has featured prominently in the GDC’s consultation on revalidation, and the ability to lead is referred to in the CQC’s Essential Standards. But what is leadership, and how do you do it? This course aims to demystify the subject and provide you with some answers.” The course runs from 14.00 to approximately 17.00 providing 3.0 hours of CPD. Registration is from 13.00 when there will be a buffet style lunch.

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09:30 Toothwear: Aetiology & Management   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Toothwear: Aetiology & Management (SW12-10-12-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 12 Oct 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £48.00
Description: A restorative dentistry small group study day, lectured by Dr Alex Milosevic, interesting discussions on toothwear and dental erosion, treatment planning, the "Dahl Concept" etc...

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09:15 Dental Nurse Diploma Examination Preparation Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse Diploma Examination Preparation Day (SW12-10-13-1)
Venue: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Sat 13 Oct 2012, 09:15 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: An informal practical and theory course designed to help dental nurses approach both sections of the National Diploma Examination for Dental Nurses.

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09:15 Mouth Cancer Update Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Mouth Cancer Update Day (SW12-10-17-1)
Venue: Future Inn Hotel, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Wed 17 Oct 2012, 09:15 to 16:15
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: Update day for the dental team on the diagnosis, treatment pathway, support services and postoperative care for mouth cancer patients

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09:00 Child protection   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child protection (SW12-10-19-2)
Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Fri 19 Oct 2012, 09:00 to 15:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: Bristol Safeguarding Children Board is committed to providing a comprehensive and effective training programme to all agencies within Bristol. The distinctive character of inter-agency child protection training is a result of a complex web of individual, professional and organisational differences and the challenging nature of child protection. Training people together can make a significant contribution to building mutually respectful and trusting relationships, which form the foundation of any partnership working; therefore the process and experience of the courses are as important as the content.

09:30 Dental Acupuncture for the Dental Team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Acupuncture for the Dental Team (SW12-10-19-01)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Fri 19 Oct 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £66.00
Description: Acupuncture is another technique whereby diseases can be either cured or alleviated - or put in other words - an extra tool in a dentists toolbox. It has been known in China for the last 3-4000 years, and the technique has been able to demonstrate results that even today are surprising.

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10:00 'Brush, Pills & Knife - Opening Up the Options'   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: 'Brush, Pills & Knife - Opening Up the Options' (SW12-10-22-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Mon 22 Oct 2012, 10:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £72.00
Description: A course providing advice on management of advanced periodontal cases including practical exercises in the use of regenerative materials and when to use them

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09:15 Dental implant maintenance and trouble-shooting for GDPs’   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental implant maintenance and trouble-shooting for GDPs’ (SW12-10-25-1)
Venue: The Barn Function Centre, Berkeley - Gloucestershire
Date: Thu 25 Oct 2012, 09:15 to 16:45
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £37.00
Description: A whole day course by Mr Paul Wilson, consultant at Bristol Dental Hospital and specialist in private practice who places implants and corrects failing situations. The course is designed to show general dental practitioners what they should be doing to help maintain impalnts for patients and also what to identify when things are going wrong.

09:30 IR(ME)R update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: IR(ME)R update (SW12-10-25-2)
Venue: New College Swindon, Swindon - Swindon & N Wiltshire
Date: Thu 25 Oct 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Radiography and radiation protection
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £42.00
Description: IR(ME)R Update course open to all dental professionals who hold a qualification in dental radiography

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09:00 Update on intra and extraoral lesions for the dental team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Update on intra and extraoral lesions for the dental team (SW12-10-26-1)
Venue: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Fri 26 Oct 2012, 09:00 to 12:45
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: To refresh GDPs in the recognition of benign and malignant lesions - when, where and what to refer.

13:30 Child Protection   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child Protection (SW12-10-26-2)
Venue: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Fri 26 Oct 2012, 13:30 to 16:15
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: Awareness of child protection is important for everyone. The dental team may be well positioned to help in cases of child abuse and neglect. Signs of child abuse will be discussed, and information provided on what to do when concerns are raised. It is important to know the local referral pathways, to know what happens to the child immediately and to be aware of the possible long term outcomes after a referral is made. An insight into forensic odontology that is relevant to child abuse will be provided, and also opinions presented from healthcare professionals as to whether dental caries fits in with the spectrum of neglect.

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09:30 Impression taking for DCPs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Impression taking for DCPs (SW12-10-27-1)
Venue: Clinical Skills Lab, Devon - Devon S & W
Date: 2 day event starting on Sat 27 Oct 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 10:00 hours
Cost: £87.60
Description: Impression taking for DCPs - Additional Skills Dental Nurse Training, Impression taking course for DCPs. DCPs attending this course will be required to attend an OSCE day 10 weeks later (5.1.13). Only those attending the 1st part will be able to participate in the OSCE. The OSCE is included in the course fee. Criteria of students entering the course, Registered Dental Nurse with the General Dental Council, (evidence needed) In current employment, Have the written support of his/her employer, Evidence of Professional Indemnity cover, Evidence of appropriate up to date CPD (eg BLS, Medical Emergencies), Not all participants will have undertaken a Dental Nurse Training course which has equivalence to NVQ 3. However it is felt that all students will have the ability to engage in the level of work required to successfully complete this course. DCPs attending this course will be expected to take impressions in their place of work and to fill out a record of experience document, cooperation from their Dentist is essential.

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18:00 Fluoride Application in Primary Care - a course for DCPs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Fluoride Application in Primary Care - a course for DCPs (SW12-10-29-1)
Venue: South Bristol Community Hospital, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: 2 day event starting on Mon 29 Oct 2012, 18:00 to 21:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 8:00 hours
Cost: £100.00
Description: A 2 day interactive and practical course to explain the theory and evidence for Fluoride application in general practice as part of a preventive regime

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09:30 Dentistry...Wow!!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dentistry...Wow!! (SW12-10-30-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Tue 30 Oct 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £48.00
Description: Reinvigorating your ' Magnificent Obsession' for working in the dental profession!!! This course is an ideal antidote to the despair and melancholy being felt in the profession! It's designed to remind you that you can continue to practise successfully and enjoy the work you do, despite the pressure and legislation surrounding dentistry.... Course includes:- • Working efficiency and increased profitability in your business • Patient / team satisfaction and good customer care in the patient journey. • Greater confidence in handling difficult people and remaining assertive • Increased self-esteem and reduced stress levels • Boost you and your staff's confidence in marketing the practice and reduce failure to attend rates amongst your patients.

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09:30 Surviving the Human Zoo Strategies for dealing with stress in dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Surviving the Human Zoo Strategies for dealing with stress in dentistry (SW12-10-31-1)
Venue: Buckerell Lodge Hotel, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Wed 31 Oct 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £48.00
Description: Strategies for dealing with stress in dentistry Dental professionals across the UK are struggling with bureaucratic burdens, CQC regulations,revalidation, HTM-01-05 measures, information governance, and mountains of seemingly endless red tape. Concerns about having to practice defensive dentistry to avoid negligence claims, plus a culture driven by media fuelled consumerism and a faltering economy. All put dentists and their teams under a lot of pressure whilst leaving them feeling disillusioned and extremely frustrated this course will redress the balance