Course Calendar

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18:30 Break the habit, not the teeth: manage your bruxist   Availability: Places available
Title: Break the habit, not the teeth: manage your bruxist (SW-26-01-06-01)
Venue: Webex, .... - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 6 Jan 2026, 18:30 to 19:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: £15.00
Description: Bruxism is not a disease or disorder. Bruxists should be able to brux but we have to help them avoid tooth damage. In this hour long webinar Professor Brian Millar will show us how to identify, manage, advice and treat these patients. This is a demonstration webinar. There will not be a power point presentation but a workbook will be available to accompany the online session. Prof. Brian Millar is repeating his popular webinar series. This webinar can be booked as a stand alone session. Please be aware there may be some reinforcement of the content from other topics in the series.

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18:30 How to tackle the 'Hot Pulp'   Availability: Only 4 places available
Title: How to tackle the 'Hot Pulp' (SW-26-01-12)
Venue: Zoom, N/A - N/A - Virtual
Date: Mon 12 Jan 2026, 18:30 to 20:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: An evening webinar led by Rahat Ali to discuss and cover ways to treat the 'hot pulp ' ,these teeth are always a dentists dilemma and Rahat will discuss why they are difficult to anaesthetise as well as ways to hopefully overcome this problem. The course will also cover modern treatment options for root canal treatments. Rahat is always an engaging and enthusiastic speaker who is a restorative consultant in Liverpool Dental Hospital as well as working in practice.

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14:00 The orthodontic and oral surgery interface   Availability: Places available
Title: The orthodontic and oral surgery interface (DCT 2025-26 08)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 20 Jan 2026, 14:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: B, D
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This course aims to provide the theory of dento-alveolar anomalies and management with a joint orthodontic and oral surgical approach

18:30 Tooth Wear   Availability: Places available
Title: Tooth Wear (SW-26-02-20-01)
Venue: Webex, .... - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 20 Jan 2026, 18:30 to 19:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Webinar
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: £15.00
Description: In this webinar, Professor Brian Millar will show us how to diagnose tooth wear and and provide us with a deeper understanding of the causes, intervention options and management.

19:00 Pulpitis reclassification and vital pulp therapy   Availability: Places available
Title: Pulpitis reclassification and vital pulp therapy (SW26-01-20-01)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 20 Jan 2026, 19:00 to 20:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This evening is a great opportunity to get to grips with pulpitis. We will be joined virtually by Alexander Brett. Alex will be discussing the reclassification of pulpitis and the implications this has for management. We will consider diagnosis, how we might manage pulpitis with modern vital pulp therapy, and the importance of monitoring complete pulpotomies.

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19:00 Fast Track Referrals, Oral Lesions, Malignancy   Availability: Places available
Title: Fast Track Referrals, Oral Lesions, Malignancy (SW-26-01-22-01)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Thu 22 Jan 2026, 19:00 to 20:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This evening is an opportunity to ensure that we fully understand the process of making fast track referrals, and can identify which lesions we should be referring via this system. Mark Singh (Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Bristol) will be helping us to understand the significance of intra oral lesions and their management in primary care.

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18:30 Restoration of the root filled tooth   Availability: Only 6 places available
Title: Restoration of the root filled tooth (SW-26-01-26-01)
Venue: Zoom, N/A - N/A - Virtual
Date: Mon 26 Jan 2026, 18:30 to 20:30
Development outcome: A, C, D
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: This online course will explain how to restore the endodontically treated tooth with composite, conventional crowns, onlays and post crowns. Rahat is a consultant restorative dentist at Liverpool Dental Hospital and works in practice dealing in endodontics. His courses are always well received and enthusiastically delivered.

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09:00 Indirect Restorations! - Hands on   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Indirect Restorations! - Hands on (SW26-01-28-01)
Venue: University of Plymouth- SDLE, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Wed 28 Jan 2026, 09:00 to 16:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £200.00
Description: This is a great opportunity to practice preps on plastic teeth. This course, delivered by Malcolm Prideaux will cover basic preps including full metal crown, porcelain bonded crown, inlays, onlays and all ceramic options for anterior and posterior teeth. All dentists are very welcome to attend – this day is suitable for International Dental Graduates with Agreement terms, or those of us who lack confidence or experience placing indirect restorations. If you are looking to develop more advanced skills, this might not be the best course for you. For more information, please email lucy.silk3@nhs.net Please ensure you bring your loupes if you have them, eye protection, sensible shoes, clinical top and a sealed water bottle. Please bring a packed lunch, or you may choose to visit a local café or sandwich shop.

09:00 Myers Briggs   Availability: Only 2 places available
Title: Myers Briggs (DCT 2025-26 05)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Wed 28 Jan 2026, 09:00 to 16:45
Development outcome: B
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 7:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Effective management of self and effective management of others or effective work with others in the dental team, in the interests of patients; providing constructive leadership where appropriate.

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19:00 Are you mentoring a colleague who is new to the NHS? Why not connect with other mentors and share experiences   Availability: Places available
Title: Are you mentoring a colleague who is new to the NHS? Why not connect with other mentors and share experiences (SW26-01-29-02)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Thu 29 Jan 2026, 19:00 to 20:00
Development outcome: B, D
Course style: Webinar
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: Are you a mentor for an International Dentist?  Supporting a colleague as they start work in the Southwest is extremely rewarding.  However, mentoring can be challenging.  Please join Malcolm Prideaux (Associate Dean) and Lucy Silk (Dental Tutor), online, for an informal opportunity to meet other mentors, discuss what’s going well, share good practice and explore some scenarios together.