Course Calendar

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14:00 An Introduction to Dental Photography   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: An Introduction to Dental Photography (SW13-10-01-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £18.00
Description: A small group workshop on intra-oral and extra-oral digital photography designed to enhance our communication with patients, fellow professionals and our associated businesses. This very hands-on afternoon session is delivered by a local GDP with a passion for the subject. Ross has delivered this course across the region to F1s, GDPs and DCPs over a number of years. Participants are encouraged to bring along their own camera and be prepared to have their photograph taken as they will gain more from the session – other cameras will be available if this is not possible.

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09:00 Improve your crown preparations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Improve your crown preparations (SW13-10-02-1)
Venue: Clinical Skills Lab, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Wed 2 Oct 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: A great hands on day that you will be able to exercise practically your crown preparations and benefit from the tips and valuable knowledge of the lecturers.

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09:30 Dental Acupuncture for the Dental Team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Acupuncture for the Dental Team (SW13-10-04-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Fri 4 Oct 2013, 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.

13:30 PARTIAL DENTURE DESIGN   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: PARTIAL DENTURE DESIGN (SW13-10-04-2)
Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Fri 4 Oct 2013, 13:30 to 16:45
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: A lecture on the principles and key features of RPD design, followed by a hands on design session with plenty of opportunity for discussion and questions.

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09:00 Dental Nurse Diploma OSCE Preparation   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse Diploma OSCE Preparation (SW13-10-05-1)
Venue: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Sat 5 Oct 2013, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 4:00 hours
Cost: £24.00
Description: An informal practical course designed to help dental nurses approach the Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) section of the National Diploma Examination for Dental Nurses.

09:15 Challenging Disablism   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Challenging Disablism (SW13-10-05-2)
Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Sat 5 Oct 2013, 09:15 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £33.00
Description: Alison John and Associates (AJA) are a group of Disabled and Non-Disabled trainers and consultants who have been working together since 1999. They aim to promote a world that is inclusive of all differences. They have been involved with the BUOLD Special Care Dentistry course from its inception in 2001. Ali has lead the first study day of each course with a very interactive approach which has received excellent evaluations each year. She aims to challenge your way of thinking about disability issues and enable you to take a fresh look at how your dental practice can remove the barriers that some people face in accessing dental care.

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09:00 Dental Implant Maintenance and Trouble Shooting for GDPs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Implant Maintenance and Trouble Shooting for GDPs (SW13-10-10-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Thu 10 Oct 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: Scenario based course which will update practitioners on evidence-based protocols for implant maintenance, and give tips and strategies for solving common implant-related problems.

09:30 Manage complaints - learn from the feedback   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Manage complaints - learn from the feedback (SW13-10-10-2)
Venue: Passage House Hotel, Newton Abbot - Devon S & W
Date: Thu 10 Oct 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: We commonly view the impact of complaints upon our organisation as having a negative or damaging effect. It is inevitable for complex organisations to sometimes fail to give the service, which is expected by those it strives to serve. In order to uphold good practice we should seek to minimise complaints, whilst at the same time learning from the complaints we receive, in order to continually improve the service we provide to our patients.

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09:30 Pain and Pain Control   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Pain and Pain Control (SW13-10-11-2)
Venue: Passage House Hotel, Newton Abbot - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 11 Oct 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: This is a day long course looking at various aspects of pain and pain control. Whilst concentrating on dental pain control and current use of local anaesthetics, there will be an opportunity to hear from our medical colleagues how they use pharmacology, psychology and complementary methods to effect coping strategies to painful conditions

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14:00 Successful Partial Denture Design   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Successful Partial Denture Design (SW13-10-15-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Tue 15 Oct 2013, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £27.00
Description: This course, presented by a Consultant Senior Lecturer at Bristol University, allows hands-on experience of partial denture designing in a relaxed but informative setting.

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09:30 Crown & Bridgework   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Crown & Bridgework (SW13-10-16-1)
Venue: Clinical Skills Lab, Devon - Devon S & W
Date: Wed 16 Oct 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £72.00
Description: A Restorative Dentistry Study Day, "Crown & Bridgework" It is a hands on/practical, interesting,refresher course, to keep up to date with the latest techniques and materials.

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09:00 Changing trends in Paediatric Dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Changing trends in Paediatric Dentistry (SW13-10-17-1)
Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Thu 17 Oct 2013, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £42.00
Description: Join this very educational and knowledgable course that will provide useful information to everyday clinical practice. Learn how to deal with cases in a very practical manner that until know you would refer to the Paediatricians, and update your knowledge for optimum and good practice.

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09:30 How do you successfully manage the periodontally susceptible patient? Managing disease before you begin any restorative or implant treatment   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: How do you successfully manage the periodontally susceptible patient? Managing disease before you begin any restorative or implant treatment (SW13-10-18-1)
Venue: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Fri 18 Oct 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £50.00
Description: This is a practical and interactive day aimed to help dentists manage particular cases they see everyday in practice. Topics covered will be management of gingival recession, furcation involvement, management of residual pocketing, reducing risk of recurrent periodontal disease, reducing risk of periimplantitis

09:30 Orthodontic Clinical Assistant Refresher   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Orthodontic Clinical Assistant Refresher (SW13-10-18-4)
Venue: Plymouth Medical Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 18 Oct 2013, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: This is our annual opportunity to get together and talk orthodontics! Topics this year are "the six-month smile - myth or magic?", "problem solving in the mixed dentition" and "treatment planning - are you thinking the same way as your peers?"

13:30 Complete Dentures? Problem Solved   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Complete Dentures? Problem Solved (SW13-10-18-2)
Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Fri 18 Oct 2013, 13:30 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: An interactive course covering the problems and possible solutions related to the provision of complete dentures. Seminar style with ample opportunities for discussion

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09:30 Putting Perfect Perio Planning into Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Putting Perfect Perio Planning into Practice (SW13-10-21-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Mon 21 Oct 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £45.00
Description: A interactive course based on problem solving. Case studies of actual patients are used to develop sound periodontal care plans to achieve desired outcomes

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09:30 impression taking for dcp's   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: impression taking for dcp's (SW13-10-25-1)
Venue: The Dentist, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Fri 25 Oct 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £87.60
Description: Impression Taking for DCP's - Title Impression taking for DCP's Description Additional skills dental nurse Training - Impression taking course for DCP's DCP's attending this part of the course will be required to attend an OSCE day 6 weeks later - only those attending the 1st part of the course will be able to attend the OSCE 2. check prescriptions for patient for impression 3. prepare the surgery and patient for impression taking and bite registration 4. select and prepare materials to be used for the taking of dental impressions 5. use a safe technique to take accurate impressions of the patients jaws and register the bite to an appropriate standard 6. Be able to manage any complications that might occur during the procedure 7. ensure continuity of care for the patients

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09:30 Training Providers of Dental Nurses   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Training Providers of Dental Nurses (SW13-10-26-1)
Venue: Buckerell Lodge Hotel, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Sat 26 Oct 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £48.00
Description: Informal day for trainers of dental nurses who are teaching a qualification leading to registration with the GDC

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08:45 Fibredontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Fibredontics (SW13-10-30-3)
Venue: Thomas Sydenham Education Centre, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester - Dorchester & W Dorset
Date: Wed 30 Oct 2013, 08:45 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £90.00
Description: Discover how fibre technology can revolutionise treatment planning. Improvements in materials and bonding techniques are a key factor in providing the clinician and the patient with new minimally invasive choices.Conventional treatment options I.e. metal and ceramic may well prove too expensive for many patients in todays economic climate.Direct fibre reinforced bridges are a reliable and aesthetic way to replace missing teeth in a single visit whether temporarily,transitionally or for the long term.This is a good alternative for patients who can't tolerate the conventional acrylic dentures. In a friendly and enthusiastic atmosphere you can experience this comprehensive and informative hands-on training session,which will be delivered in three modules throughout the day. Each module starts with an introductory lecture including clinical cases,illustrating the different techniques followed bt step-by-step demonstration. Finally ,you will be given the opportunity to work with the fibres and complete each excercises under supervision

09:15 The Team Approach to the Management of Periodontal Disease   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: The Team Approach to the Management of Periodontal Disease (SW13-10-30-1)
Venue: Lyngford House, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Wed 30 Oct 2013, 09:15 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:30 hours
Cost: £46.80
Description: A lecture and workshop based course aimed at Dentists, Hygienists, Therapists and Nurses. Roger Yates is a Consultant / Senior Lecturer at Bristol Dental School. This is an update of a very well received course he provided in Taunton over 2 years ago. Early booking is recommended.

09:30 Cleaner, Whiter, Brighter   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Cleaner, Whiter, Brighter (SW13-10-30-2)
Venue: Bedruthan Steps Hotel, Mawgan Porth - Cornwall
Date: Wed 30 Oct 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £45.00
Description: Tooth whitening- a comprehensive overview of all tooth whitening techniques, home and power bleaching procedures ( including various light activation and lasers) will be covered and practised, using specially stained teeth. Shade taking and aesthetics - the best methods in manual and electronic shade taking. You will be able to formulate a shade prescription ready for your technician after practising all the latest techniques. The course consists of a lecture followed by hands-on for both the morning and afternoon sessions.

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18:00 What to do when the CQC calls!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: What to do when the CQC calls! (SW13-10-31-1)
Venue: Livermead House Hotel, Torquay - Devon S & W
Date: Thu 31 Oct 2013, 18:00 to 20:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £24.00
Description: Many disconcerting stories have circulated about the visits of the CQC inspectors. Peter Hodgkinson, advisor to the CQC lifts the lid to let you know what to expect and how to prepare for it optimally