Course Calendar

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09:00 Paediatric Trauma and Dealing With The Gag Reflex   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Paediatric Trauma and Dealing With The Gag Reflex (2681)
Venue: South Coast Dental Specialists Dorchester, Dorchester - Dorchester & W Dorset
Date: Tue 4 Jun 2019, 09:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: A full day where David will cover both paediatric trauma and dealing with anxious patients, particularly those with a strong gag reflex. This will include some acupuncture techniques.

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09:00 Blood without Sweat or Tears   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Blood without Sweat or Tears (SW19-06-06-1)
Venue: Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic centre, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Thu 6 Jun 2019, 09:00 to 16:45
Development outcome: C
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £150.00
Description: This course is a great opportunity to learn more about Minor Oral Surgery in general dental practice. Richard Kerr and the team from Exeter will be discussing patient assessment, instrument selection, flap design and the principles of dental alveolar surgery. There will be the opportunity to practice suturing techniques, flap control and the use of elevators using plastic models. If possible, please bring along a photo of your Minor Oral Surgery kit. This course will cover basic Minor Oral Surgery - it is not suitable for those wishing to extend their skills.

09:30 Case presentations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Case presentations (FD2607)
Venue: The Postgraduate Centre, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Thu 6 Jun 2019, 09:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: A, B, C, D
Course style: Lecture
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: We celebrate our last study day by looking at the achievements and progress you have made through the year in the form of a case presentation. Tim is returning to oversee the presentations and give us a talk, possibly entitled "The Elephant in the Room" participate in judging the best case presentation and giving constructive feedback. This is a low pressure meeting with expectations of high quality presentations in front of your own ESs. We will celebrate the last study day by having some food together afterwards possibly on a beach somewhere, tbc.

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09:00 Minimum Intervention (MI) Dentistry – can we do it? Yes, we can!!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Minimum Intervention (MI) Dentistry – can we do it? Yes, we can!! (SW19-06-07-01)
Venue: Future Inn Plymouth, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 7 Jun 2019, 09:00 to 16:15
Development outcome: C
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £90.00
Description: Prof. Avijit Banerjee from KCL Dental Institute @ Guy’s Hospital, London, UK is Professor of cariology and operative dentistry, Specialist in Restorative Dentistry, Prosthodontics and Periodontics and Programme Director, MSc Advanced MI Dentistry amongst other positions. Prof. Banerjee is coming to Plymouth with trade partners to provide a lecture and workshop based course explaining what MID is and the techniques that can be used in caries management. The course will be supported by GC UK, Septodont UK and Velopex UK and is also an opportunity to hear about Prof Banerjee's AMID MSc. This course is open to all members of the dental practice team (including dentists, nurses, oral health educators, hygienists, therapists, practice managers and other DCPs) and teams are actively encouraged to participate in this verifiable CPD course for all members registered with the GDC.

09:00 Smile Design and Destination Driven Dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Smile Design and Destination Driven Dentistry (SW19-06-07-02)
Venue: Gipsy Hill Hotel, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Fri 7 Jun 2019, 09:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £150.00
Description: An all-day programme which includes techniques of assessing a smile and carrying out trials and mock-ups before committing your patient or yourself to treatment. Techniques for single and multiple tooth restorations cover the choice of materials and procedures to offer options to your patients to manage predictable changes the colour and shape of teeth. Includes non-invasive adhesive techniques as well as veneers. Focus is on the Destination Dentistry approach: design first, build to that, minimising tooth reduction and maximising outcomes. Part seminar with table top hands-on.

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09:15 How to take good intra-oral radiograpphs and OPT'S   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: How to take good intra-oral radiograpphs and OPT'S (SW19-06-08-01)
Venue: Dental Radiography Room - Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Sat 8 Jun 2019, 09:15 to 12:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Radiography and radiation protection
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £45.00
Description: This course is primarily meant for PLVE applicants. If you are having trouble with OPT'S or using the paralleling technique for intra-oral radiographs or just want to confirm that you are doing it correctly, Tim Huckstep, Radiographer in the Dental Departments of Derriford Hospital will guide you through! Bring your own kit and he will be able to give you tips on how to get the best out of your equipment.

13:00 How to take good intra-oral radiograpphs and OPT'S   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: How to take good intra-oral radiograpphs and OPT'S (SW19-06-08-02)
Venue: Dental Radiography Room - Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Sat 8 Jun 2019, 13:00 to 16:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Radiography and radiation protection
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £45.00
Description: This course is primarily meant for PLVE applicants. If you are having trouble with OPT'S or using the paralleling technique for intra-oral radiographs or just want to confirm that you are doing it correctly, Tim Huckstep, Radiographer in the Dental Departments of Derriford Hospital will guide you through! Bring your own kit and he will be able to give you tips on how to get the best out of your equipment.

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08:45 Human Factors and Never Events: An interactive training day.   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Human Factors and Never Events: An interactive training day. (SW-19-06-10-01)
Venue: The Virtual Jet Centre, Chudleigh - Devon N & E
Date: Mon 10 Jun 2019, 08:45 to 16:45
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: Light buffet
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:30 hours
Cost: £150.00
Description: Using flight simulation and events that could occur in a dental situation, this course aims to help us understand how pressures can affect the way we work as a team. An immersive study day to familiarise members of the dental team with human factors relevant to their clinical practice utilising dental, medical and aviation expertise. This is an opportunity for the GDP team to update on patient safety and never events in Dentistry and develop HF skills including situational awareness, professional communication, brief/debrief and handover and put these skills into practice in teams on desk top flight simulators, a 737 simulator and within a plane fuselage under the expert tutelage of medical and aviation HF experts. All are welcome, whether in dental teams or as individuals.

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09:00 Trauma!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Trauma! (SW19-06-11-01)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Tue 11 Jun 2019, 09:00 to 16:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £90.00
Description: This is the perfect opportunity to refresh our knowledge of dental trauma. Using case scenarios, Paul Wilson and Robert Kelly will lead us through the contemporary management of acute dental trauma. We will discuss the long term complications, pulpal physiology and our legal obligations. This is an interactive course, with plenty of opportunity for questions, discussions and clinical tips.

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09:00 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 (SW19-06-12-01)
Venue: Holiday Inn Filton, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Wed 12 Jun 2019, 09:00 to 16:30
Development outcome: A, C
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £90.00
Description: The course is intended as an overview of the problems facing an increasingly 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. This course is suitable for PLVE dentists

18:00 Assessment of patients for dental treatment under conscious sedation   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Assessment of patients for dental treatment under conscious sedation (SW19-06-12-02)
Venue: Plymouth Community Dental Service, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Wed 12 Jun 2019, 18:00 to 20:30
Development outcome: A, B, C, D
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Light buffet
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: We all have phobic patients but at what point should we refer them? This course will explain what services are available at the Plymouth Community Dental Services and help us understand how to assess patients for their suitability for treatment under conscious sedation. This course is being held at the PCDS facility in Plymouth with Alison James, the sedation lead and Clare Beattie, the phobic lead for PCDS. It is an ideal opportunity to meet the team who help with these cases.

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09:00 Aesthetic dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Aesthetic dentistry (FD2696)
Venue: Education Centre, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Thu 13 Jun 2019, 09:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Aesthetics, Direct Composites, Smile Design, Indirect Options and Techniques

09:00 Laboratory Visit   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Laboratory Visit (FD2697)
Venue: Casterbridge Dental Studio, Dorchester - Dorchester & W Dorset
Date: Thu 13 Jun 2019, 09:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: Light buffet
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Hot Tips From The Lab

09:30 End of year Case Presentations from the FDs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: End of year Case Presentations from the FDs (FT2654)
Venue: Devonport Guildhall, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Thu 13 Jun 2019, 09:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: C, D
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Foundation Dentists will be presenting cases they have treated during the Foundation Training year.

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09:30 Dento-Legal Introduction to the NHS   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dento-Legal Introduction to the NHS (SW-19-06-21-01)
Venue: Health Education England SW, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Fri 21 Jun 2019, 09:30 to 16:45
Development outcome: B
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £90.00
Description: The aim of this course is to inform and update those returning or who are new to dental practice in the UK of current ethical and dento-legal requirements. This course is open to all and the speaker will be Brian Westbury senior dento-legal advisor at Dental Protection

13:30 The Role of the Dental Team in Early Detection of Skin Cancer.   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: The Role of the Dental Team in Early Detection of Skin Cancer. (SW19-06-21-2)
Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Fri 21 Jun 2019, 13:30 to 17:00
Development outcome: A, C, D
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:45 hours
Cost: £45.00
Description: Greg Knepil Consultant Surgeon (OMFS), has a special interest in skin cancer surgery as a consultant surgeon in UK undertaking 150 complex skin cancer surgeries per year for past 10 years, and training in skin cancer in UK and in Australia. He is going to talk to us about the role of the dental team in detection of skin cancer and advise us of how to proceed if we have concerns.

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09:15 Radiation Protection Superviser Update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Radiation Protection Superviser Update (SW19-06-25-1)
Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Tue 25 Jun 2019, 09:15 to 12:30
Development outcome: C, D
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Radiography and radiation protection
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £45.00
Description: An update for Dental practice radiation protection supervisors

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09:30 Who do you think you are?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Who do you think you are? (SW19-06-27-1)
Venue: Devonport Guildhall, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Thu 27 Jun 2019, 09:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £70.00
Description: This is an interactive workshop style course. Kit and Carol from Cascade are back to build on communication skills learned earlier in the year. This is done by examining personality traits using an adapted version of the Myers Briggs analysis. By understanding yourself, you can appreciate how you will relate to others. By understanding others it will help you relate to them