Course Calendar

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09:00 Oral Medicine - Local and Systemic Implications for the General Dental Practitioner and Oral Healthcare Team   Availability: Places available
Title: Oral Medicine - Local and Systemic Implications for the General Dental Practitioner and Oral Healthcare Team (SW-26-04-09-01)
Venue: Taunton and Pickerage Golf Club, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Thu 9 Apr 2026, 09:00 to 16:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Core topics
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £90.00
Description: Professor StJohn Crean is returning to the South West to take us through the presentation of oral disease and highlighting the signs of systemic disease that may present in the oro-facial region. StJohn Crean is an engaging speaker who explains the processes, such as immunology behind oral signs and symptoms. He will cover oral cancer screening and commonly occurring oral medicine problems that we are likely to come across in our daily practice.

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09:00 Oral Medicine - Local and Systemic Implications for the General Dental Practitioner and Oral Healthcare Team   Availability: Places available
Title: Oral Medicine - Local and Systemic Implications for the General Dental Practitioner and Oral Healthcare Team (SW-26-04-10-01)
Venue: Copthorne Hotel, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 10 Apr 2026, 09:00 to 16:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Core topics
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £90.00
Description: Professor StJohn Crean is returning to the South West to take us through the presentation of oral disease and highlighting the signs of systemic disease that may present in the oro-facial region. StJohn Crean is an engaging speaker who explains the processes, such as immunology behind oral signs and symptoms. He will cover oral cancer screening and commonly occurring oral medicine problems that we are likely to come across in our daily practice.

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09:30 Preparations - onlays, crowns and bridges - from preparation to cementation by blended learning   Availability: Places available
Title: Preparations - onlays, crowns and bridges - from preparation to cementation by blended learning (SW-26-04-16-01)
Venue: Exeter Dental Education Facility, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Thu 16 Apr 2026, 09:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 12:00 hours
Cost: £250.00
Description: This is a fantastic opportunity to gain 12 hours CPD via webinars, lectures and some hands on experience both table top and in a clinical skills lab covering aspects of preparation design and techniques for provision of indirect restorations in various materials. Professor Brian Millar and Dr. Fariha Hussain from Kings College London will deliver a large amount of information on this topic via blended learning. There will be some practical elements that can be tried table top and an opportunity to experience margin placement and preparation in the CSL. This will be quite a fast paced course building on existing knowledge but there will be plenty of chances to ask questions in a relaxed environment and an opportunity to hear about further learning available with Prof. Millar and Dr Hussain at KCL.

19:00 Dental Trauma part 3: Avulsion and Intrusion   Availability: Places available
Title: Dental Trauma part 3: Avulsion and Intrusion (SW26-04-16-01)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Thu 16 Apr 2026, 19:00 to 21:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Webinar
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: Join us for the final webinar in our series covering the management of dental trauma in mature teeth. This evening, Serpil Djemal, founder and Chair of Dental Trauma UK and Sarah Garner, Lead of Adult Dental Trauma at Bristol Dental Hospital will be discussing the presentation and management of avulsion and intrusion.

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09:30 Tooth Wear, Occlusion & Splints by Blended Learning   Availability: Places available
Title: Tooth Wear, Occlusion & Splints by Blended Learning (SW-26-04-17-01)
Venue: Exeter Dental Education Facility, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Fri 17 Apr 2026, 09:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Lecture with table top practice elements
Catering: Light buffet
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 12:00 hours
Cost: £250.00
Description: This is a fantastic opportunity to gain another 12 hours CPD via webinars, lectures and some hands on experience both table top and in a clinical skills lab covering aspects of tooth wear, occlusion and splints. Professor Brian Millar and Dr. Fariha Hussain from Kings College London will deliver a large amount of information on this topic via blended learning. There will be some practical elements that can be tried table top and an opportunity to gain more hands on experience in the CSL. This will be quite a fast paced course building on existing knowledge but there will be plenty of chances to ask questions in a relaxed environment and an opportunity to hear about further learning available with Prof. Millar and Dr Hussain at KCL.

10:30 Preformed Metal Crowns for Primary Molars - Hands on study session   Availability: Only 9 places available
Title: Preformed Metal Crowns for Primary Molars - Hands on study session (SW-26-04-17-02)
Venue: Egypt Mill, Nailsworth, Stroud - Gloucestershire
Date: Fri 17 Apr 2026, 10:30 to 12:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £75.00
Description: This course will cover the evidence base behind the use of preformed metal crowns. There will be a practical table top element where all delegates will have the opportunity to place preformed metal crowns on models and practice handling and sizing crowns.

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14:00 Cleft Teaching Session   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Cleft Teaching Session (DCT 2025-26 12)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 21 Apr 2026, 14:00 to 16:00
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Cleft Teaching

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09:00 Back to practice - a refresher course for dentists and dental therapists   Availability: Places available
Title: Back to practice - a refresher course for dentists and dental therapists (SW26-04-22-01)
Venue: University of Plymouth- SDLE, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Wed 22 Apr 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: If you’re thinking of returning to clinical dentistry, but worried that your handpiece skills are rusty – this is the day for you. Malcolm will be leading an informal session for dentists, dental therapists, those preparing for ORE and anyone thinking of rejoining the register after a break. We understand this can feel daunting. This is a friendly, non-judgmental opportunity to practice cavity preps, handle materials, explore matrix systems and wrestle with rubber dam. We will be using plastic ‘teeth’ in phantom heads. For more information, please contact lucy.silk3@nhs.net This will be a small group of no more than ten people, so plenty of time for questions, discussions – and absolutely no tests.