Course Calendar

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09:30 Back to the Future? Reciprocating files again!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Back to the Future? Reciprocating files again! (SW13-11-01-3)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 1 Nov 2013, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £98.00
Description: This course will provide update on file systems including the new reciprocating files and compare their use to hand and rotary NiTi instruments bringing individuals in line with current thinking so providing sound care for their patients. To obtain maximum benefit dentists will need to provide several molars to enable the planned exercises to take place

14:00 Occlusal Splints - What, When & How?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Occlusal Splints - What, When & How? (SW13-11-01-2)
Venue: Lyngford House, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Fri 1 Nov 2013, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:45 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: A hands-on course. Participants will adjust and fit a hard acrylic splint to a 'patient'

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09:15 Impression taking for dental nurses session 2 - OSCE   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Impression taking for dental nurses session 2 - OSCE (SW13-11-02-1)
Venue: Weston Orthodontic Centre, Weston-super-Mare - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Sat 2 Nov 2013, 09:15 to 12:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: Session 2 OSCE Objective Structured Clinical Examination. DCP's attending this course must have completed Part 1 Impression Taking and completed the log book

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14:00 Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (SW13-11-06-1)
Venue: Lyngford House, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Wed 6 Nov 2013, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: This is a lecture / workshop based course covering the protection of children and vulnerable adults. Issues relating to competency and the Mental Capacity Act will be addressed. The CQC appear to consider this to be a high priority when undertaking surgery inspections. Attendance on this course, together with your practice protection policy document, should provide sufficient evidence that staff have undergone appropriate training. It is a CQC requirement that all staff (not just clinical) undergo such training.

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09:00 Child protection   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child protection (SW13-11-08-1)
Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Fri 8 Nov 2013, 09:00 to 15:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
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.

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18:00 An Oral Medicine and Oral Cancer Symposium   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: An Oral Medicine and Oral Cancer Symposium (SW13-11-12-2)
Venue: Future Inn Hotel, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Tue 12 Nov 2013, 18:00 to 22:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: Konrad Staines is the newly appointed Consultant Senior Lecturer in Oral Medicine at Bristol Dental School. This course addresses developing an understanding of the range of oral manifestations that may develop secondary systemic disease and the diagnostic challenges that these conditions present. It also addresses risk factors, clinical signs and symptoms of potentially malignant oral lesions and oral cancer.

18:00 Success – learning – Personal Development Plans and all that stuff   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Success – learning – Personal Development Plans and all that stuff (SW13-11-12-3)
Venue: Livermead House Hotel, Torquay - Devon S & W
Date: Tue 12 Nov 2013, 18:00 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: What benefit can I derive from a Personal Development Plan? How can it help others in the practice? Answer these questions in a short evening course with Alasdair Miller. His experience in staff development and leadership has seen the Deanery office in Bristol blossom as an exemplar in team working!

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09:30 They Moan We Grow   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: They Moan We Grow (SW13-11-14-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Thu 14 Nov 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £42.00
Description: Complaints Handling - sometimes it feels as if all people ever do is complain. However, there might be vital information contained within their complaint which will help you improve your services. By effectively managing our reaction to the situation itself we find that complaints become less stressful and more beneficial. A complaint dealt with smoothly and efficiently can create a potential customer/patient for life. This workshop has NO role play, but will give you the skills to handle a range of complaints.

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09:00 Management of the Paediatric Patient   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Management of the Paediatric Patient (SW13-11-15-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Fri 15 Nov 2013, 09:00 to 13:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 4:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: A comprehensive lecture based half day programme to cover a range of paediatric dentistry subjects.

09:30 Posterior Tooth Preparation for Cuspal Protection   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Posterior Tooth Preparation for Cuspal Protection (SW13-11-15-2)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 15 Nov 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £90.00
Description: A “Hands-on” day, comprising practical tooth preparation, temporisation and impression taking regarding preparations for providing cuspal protection. We will cover 3 /4 - 7/8 crowns MO/MOD onlays with cuspal coverage “Top Hat” restorations for gold, indirect composite and ceramic restorations. The practical sessions will be interspersed with mini lectures and discussions on: Patient/tooth assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning. Managing cracked teeth. Materials choice. Bonding systems. Participants are asked to bring posterior extracted teeth, including those with large restorations for use in the treatment planning and practical sessions.

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09:00 'Back to the point with L.A!'   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: 'Back to the point with L.A!' (SW13-11-21-2)
Venue: Clinical Skills Lab, Devon - Devon S & W
Date: Thu 21 Nov 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £80.00
Description: An update for Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists who are qualified to deliver Inferior Dental Nerve Blocks and Local Infiltration Analgesia.

09:15 Managing the care of the medically-compromised elderly dentate patient in general practice.   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Managing the care of the medically-compromised elderly dentate patient in general practice. (SW13-11-21-1)
Venue: The Barn Function Centre, Berkeley - Gloucestershire
Date: Thu 21 Nov 2013, 09:15 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £50.00
Description: The course is intended as an overview of the problems facing an icreasingly aged dental population.Patients are keeping their teeth longer and are surviving longer due to advances in medical care and medications. With increasing age comes the problems of reducing mobility, poor diet due to low income, dry mouth through polyphamacy, reduction in care due to limitations on home/care home funding and increasing incidance of the many forms of dementia. Dental treatment needs to be aligned with the specific needs of the patient; likewise the clinician is in an ideal posistion to monitor the patient's general health and involve other facets of the care network. Current guidelines sugest simplicity in treatment , an holistic approach, and working from the ground up- working with the family and carers regarding diet and prevention, and with General Medical Practitioners to reduce overprescription and therefore side effects of just about every drug available.

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09:30 A Practical Guide to Filling Teeth   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: A Practical Guide to Filling Teeth (SW13-11-22-01)
Venue: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Fri 22 Nov 2013, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £50.00
Description: The speaker on this course will be Louis Mackenzie, a General Dental Practitioner and Clinical Lecturer at Birmingham dental school.The course will be mainly ‘Hands-on’ and will cover:- • Discussion of the current status of direct restorations • Case selection for direct restorations • Materials overview: Amalgam, composite and adhesive systems • Cavity preparation for direct restorations • Moisture control and bonding techniques for composite & amalgam • Contemporary matrix systems • Placement and shaping techniques for direct composite restorations • Amalgam carving • Finishing & polishing techniques • Practical tips and tricks / overcoming problems with direct restorations • Practical guide to anatomy of anterior and posterior teeth

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09:00 Dental Nurse Diploma OSCE Preparation   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse Diploma OSCE Preparation (SW13-11-23-2)
Venue: New College Swindon, Swindon - Swindon & N Wiltshire
Date: Sat 23 Nov 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.

09:00 Impression taking for DCPs session 2 OSCEs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Impression taking for DCPs session 2 OSCEs (SW13-11-23-1)
Venue: Mount Wise Dental Practice, Devonport - Devon S & W
Date: Sat 23 Nov 2013, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 4:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Only delegates who attended the first course on 7th September can apply

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09:00 Dental Erosion and its Management   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Erosion and its Management (SW13-11-26-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Tue 26 Nov 2013, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £48.00
Description: Aims- To update the practitioner in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of dental erosion.

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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 (SW13-11-27-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Wed 27 Nov 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £96.00
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"

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09:15 Protect yourself, protect your patients   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Protect yourself, protect your patients (SW13-11-29-2)
Venue: Leigh Court, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Fri 29 Nov 2013, 09:15 to 16:15
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Disinfection and decontamination
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £48.00
Description: Protect Yourself - The control of infection in dental practice is of vital importance to protect the health and safety of the dental team and their patients. It is, however, sometimes difficult to know exactly what is practical and safe. This one day course is designed for the whole dental team and its 5 hours verifiable CPD will be sufficient for all the CPD core topic requirement necessary for DCP registrants and dentists by the General Dental Council. All of your five years CPD requirement on decontamination in one day! Not only that, but the course will be presented with exceptional style and good humour by one of the country’s leading experts on decontamination. The course will cover all aspects of infectious diseases relevant to dentistry including: ... their relative risks and recommended preventive action. l Surgery design, with infection control in mind, will be discussed together with the debate on central versus surgery sterilisation facilities. l The use of automated methods of decontamination will be dealt with practical hints on how they should be used. l The proper use of disinfectants suitable for each area of the surgery will be discussed in detail and water line decontamination will be covered. l At the end of the course participants should have gained a thorough knowledge of infection control and decontamination procedures and be able to practice it safely in their surgeries to the standard required by HTM01-05.

09:30 Toothwear: Aetiology & Management   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Toothwear: Aetiology & Management (SW13-11-29-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 29 Nov 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: 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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13:00 Dental Nurse Diploma OSCE Preparation   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse Diploma OSCE Preparation (SW13-11-30-2)
Venue: Knowledge Spa, Truro, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Sat 30 Nov 2013, 13:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
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 Strucutred Clinical Examination (OSCE) section of the National Diploma Examination for Dental Nurses.