A Three-Day Course in Cosmetic DentistryFriday 1st and 8th of October and 12th November 2010

Do you want to be able to offer your patients predictable cosmetic dentistry of a consistently high standard? Do you currently refer patients elsewhere for their cosmetic treatments because you lack confidence? If so, what is stopping you from gaining the knowledge, skills and confidence to be able to take on cases that you would previously have referred?

This three day course aims to provide you with the ability to understand and accurately plan cosmetic dentistry cases. By carrying out tooth preparations on phantom heads, recording these with an impression, constructing provisional restorations and finally at a subsequent day actually cementing the restorations in place, allows you to go through the clinical stages of a cosmetic case right up to polishing the finally fitted restorations. We feel that the cementation phase is something that is often overlooked on courses such as this and feel that it is essential to go through this stage of treatment on phantom heads to see, understand and experience how stress-free cementing multiple veneers can actually be!

The course, in keeping with the overall ethos of the North of England Dental Academy, is to bring about and increase in both knowledge and practical skills, but above all else, to bring about an increase in confidence. All lecture notes and presentations will be given to delegates on CD along with step by step manuals to use on the step by step practical sessions. Close circuit DVD recordings can also be used to demonstrate techniques in the phantom head room, so that clinical material can be watched over and over again to study the methods being taught.

Run by Dr Nigel J Hargreaves BDS MDentSci (www.nigelhargreaves.com) we focus on teaching in a relaxed atmosphere with close supervision by approachable and attentive staff. The course is to be run from The Complete Smile Academy (www.completesmileacademy.co.uk) 8 Thomas Street, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 1PU. This extremely high-tech centre provides a wonderfully luxurious facility for both seminar and presentation work, along with the fully equipped on-site phantom head room for all practical sessions. Due to the heavy practical nature of the course and to allow for close training and supervision, places are limited to a maximum of 15 delegates on the course.

The total fee for the three day course is £1695 (including VAT), this includes all literature, manuals, lecture notes, phantom head teeth, burr kits, lunches and the 8 veneers restorations that are cemented on the course. A total of 18 hours of verifiable CPD is also awarded on completion of the course.

Click here to download the PDF version containing a registration form for this course.

Course Schedule

Day 1
Friday 1st October 2010

• Principles of Smile Design and how to Establish a Sound Smile Design Technique
• The Diagnostic Appointment
• Photography
• Digital Imaging and Photographic Enhancement
• Crown Lengthening - Electrosurgery or Surgery, when to use one or the other
• Materials Available, Laboratory Communication and Laboratory Prescription

Day 2
Friday 8th October 2010

• The Preparation Sequence
• Tooth Preparation Principals for Different Situations
• Develop an Incredible, yet Predictable Preparation Technique
• Bur Selection
• Impression Taking Techniques and Materials
• Creating Beautiful and Accurate Provisional Restorations
• Practical in the Phantom Head Room to Prepare 8 Upper Veneers, record them in an impression and then provisionalise them

Between Day 2 and Day 3, the 8 veneers will then be constructed from the impressions and records taken by delegates, ready to be fitted on the third and final course day

Day 3
Friday 12th November 2010

• Stress-Free Fitting Procedures
• Material Selection for Fitting Veneers
• Practical session fitting the veneers constructed from the previous session on the Phantom Heads
• Bringing the Whole Team up to Speed
• Troubleshooting to Get Predictable Results
• Fee Setting

Click here to download the PDF version containing a registration form for this course.