The Aesthetic Dentistry Day

Aesthetic Dentistry
The science and art of making our everyday dentistry imperceptible

The Liverpool Dental Hospital

Thursday 24th June 2010

Summary
Many dentists and laboratory technicians don’t know the average maxillary central incisor tooth crown is 10.5mm tall. Without key facts like these at our fingertips, creating anatomical restorations is going to be hit and miss. Develop your dental aesthetics and learn to apply them to ‘real world’ clinical practice where ultimately dental health must come first.

6 Hours CPD

Presented by Mr Peter Smyth BDS, MSc

Programme
Start 9:30am
Teaching by brief presentations, demonstrations and hands-on experience of the practical skills.
We will cover the following:
The 14 keys of an attractive smile – cosmetic dentistry
Colour and shade analysis in dentistry
Full case assessment – the basics for planning aesthetic dentistry
Composite stratification technique for anterior teeth
Composites for posterior teeth
A safe and effective protocol for home whitening
Working with your technician, wax-ups, recontouring, evaluation temporaries
Ultimate veneers, tooth preparation, impressions, try-in, cementation
Selecting materials for crown and bridgework
Periodontal and dental implant considerations
Complete denture aesthetics
Digital photography
Refreshments and lunch are provided
4.30pm finish

Or email your details via the contact form

Cost £199, please make cheques payable to: Cheshire Smile Clinic, post to Hannah Jane, Cheshire Smile Clinic, Hunts Cross Dental Centre, 14 Mackets Lane, Hunts Cross, Liverpool L25 OLQ. To pay by credit card please call Hannah Jane. Closing date 11th June 2010.

Root fill, Restore

6 Hours CPD

Presented by Mr Peter Smyth BDS, MSc

Programme
Start 9:30am
Endodontic techniques
Preparing teeth for endodontics
Finding and negotiating canals
Endodontic re-treatments
Managing cracks and root fractures
Elective endodontics
Removing fractured posts and instruments
Dental trauma
How to manage pulp exposures
When surgical endodontics is indicated
Managing limited access, anxious patients and the ‘hot tooth’

Restoration of pulpless teeth
Identify at the outset which teeth can be restored predictably, which are borderline or have a hopeless outlook
Preparing teeth for endodontics, sealing access cavities
How to remove a failed tooth, replace it immediately and plan a crown supported by a dental implant
Root filling teeth through crown & bridgework
How to remove crowns & bridgework
Amalgam dowels, when to prepare teeth for coronal coverage
Post design, fabricating cast post and cores, how to cement posts
When do root filled teeth need posts and ferrules
Hero posts for cosmetic emergencies!
Refreshments and lunch are provided
4.30pm finish

To reserve your place
Please call Hannah Jane on 0151 423 1601 or email your details to us via the contact form

Cost £299, please make cheques payable to: Cheshire Smile Clinic, post to Hannah Jane, Cheshire Smile Clinic, Hunts Cross Dental Centre, 14 Mackets Lane, Hunts Cross, Liverpool L25 OLQ. To pay by credit card please call Hannah Jane. Closing date 11th June 2010.

Occlusion, Articulation & TMD

The Liverpool Dental Hospital

Friday 28th May 2010

Summary
There is a lot of mystery surrounding this dental subject despite the fact that everything you need to know can be covered in a single day. Occlusal skills help us create long-lasting dentistry faster, with less chair side adjustment, and pain free comfortable patients. In a nutshell its occlusion-in-a-day!

6 Hours CPD

Presented by Mr Peter Smyth BDS, MSc

Programme
Start 9:30am
Teaching by brief presentations, demonstrations and hands-on experience of the practical skills.
We will cover the following:
Terminology, anatomy, theory and clinical significance, TMD an overview
An examination format, how to assess your patients TMJ’s and associated muscles
How to mark up teeth using foils and wax
Jaw manipulation, identifying slides and their significance
Making accurate impressions for study models
Jaw registration techniques for crown and bridge
How to mount models using a facebow transfer, record RCP, ICP and make check-bites
When to use a facebow and how to program the articulator
Carry out a pantograph tracing to illustrate and understand exactly what the tmj’s really doing during articulation
Occlusal schemes – what do you need for easy, intermediate and complex restorative cases
How to adjust composites, amalgam and cast restorations
Complete denture/dental implant occlusion and articulation
Refreshments and lunch are provided
4.30pm finish

To reserve your place
Please call Hannah Jane on 0151 423 1601

Or email us your details via the contact sheet

Cost £199, please make cheques payable to: Cheshire Smile Clinic, post to Hannah Jane, Cheshire Smile Clinic, Hunts Cross Dental Centre, 14 Mackets Lane, Hunts Cross, Liverpool L25 OLQ. To pay by credit card please call Hannah Jane. Closing date 14th May 2010.

What did your colleagues think of last year’s occlusion course?
‘I have attended several occlusion courses in the past and they all left me a little confused. Peter’s course helped clear up the confusion and cut out the dogma. An excellent day’ RSH

‘Lots of informal discussion, small groups’ CS

The Endodontic Day 1

Root fillings made ridiculously simple

A recipe for predictable endodontics!

The Liverpool Dental Hospital

Thursday 27th May 2010

Summary
Find endodontics hard? Rotaries confusing? Update your knowledge and practical skills in order to provide great root fillings with predictable results. Endodontics is difficult dentistry. Careful case selection and a superb recipe will help you identify and treat the easy/intermediate cases, avoid the pit falls, manage the problems and identify which teeth to refer.

6 Hours CPD

Presented by Mr Peter Smyth BDS, MSc

Programme
Start 9:30am
Teaching by brief presentations, demonstrations and hands-on experience of the practical skills.
We will cover the following:
Diagnosis of dental nerve disease and orofacial pain
How to treat toothache effectively
Identify easy, intermediate and complex endodontic cases
Equipment, materials, files, rotaries, irrigants
How to use bleach safely and effectively
Patient information, consent, anaesthesia, pre-emptive analgesia
How to prepare teeth for a root filling
Rubber dam for any tooth
The root filling recipe – access – determining working length – cleaning,
shaping with hand files/rotary instruments and obturation
Dressing & sealing teeth
When to use a reduced file selection
How to bleach discoloured anterior teeth
Refreshments and lunch are provided
4.30pm finish

To reserve your place
Please call Hannah Jane on 0151 423 1601

Or email us via the contact form on this web site

Cost £99, please make cheques payable to: Cheshire Smile Clinic, post to Hannah Jane, Cheshire Smile Clinic, Hunts Cross Dental Centre, 14 Mackets Lane, Hunts Cross, Liverpool L25 OLQ. To pay by credit card please call Hannah Jane. Closing date 14th May 2010.