SCOTLAND

Study day 2010 - programme and content

FGDP(UK) Scotland is proud to play host to two of the world’s leading aesthetic dentistry experts for this year’s study day. Learn invaluable skills and techniques in the art of bio aesthetics and complex oral rehabilitation.

Our programme for DCPs also represents fantastic value for money combining essential core skills lectures from Scotland’s leading dental nurse trainers and advice for day-to-day practice management with a hands-on materials update workshop from Coltène Whaledent.

Smile design on Friday 3 December at the Glasgow Science Centre

The speakers

Didier Dietschi holds positions of adjunct professor at the University of CASE Western (Cleveland, USA) and senior lecturer at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). He is associate clinician at the Geneva Smile Center.

Didier is recognised as being one of the world’s leading exponents of bio-aesthetics – redesigning smiles without unnecessary tissue sacrifice.

Michel Magne was born in la Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland in 1958. He was certified as a dental technician in 1979 and developed his technical education in fixed prosthodontics (ceramics) and aesthetics until 1984.

Currently working in the United States, he is author and co-author of several articles on aesthetic dentistry and is frequently invited to lecture on these topics.

Didier Dietschi

Didier is recognised as being one of the world’s leading exponents of bio-aesthetics – redesigning smiles without unnecessary tissue sacrifice. This technique ensures optimal patient satisfaction and better long-term health. His lectures will expose you to innovative thinking and take you to new levels in restorative adhesive dentistry. Didier recently developed the MIRIS 2 composite system in collaboration with Coltène Whaledent, a technique which takes you a step closer to the ideal of creating ‘artificial reality’.

Learning objectives to follow

Michel Magne

The importance of communication in achieving ultimate aesthetics with bonded porcelain restorations

Learning objectives

  • biomimetics: definition and principles
  • evolution of indications for bonded ceramic restorations: new scientific evidence
  • pre phase: patient consulting, photography status, study cast diagnostic
  • diagnostic approach: additive wax-up and acrylic mock-up
  • ceramic stratification: evolution of the refractory dye technique
  • luting procedures: step-by-step rationale

This is a CPD approved and verified course qualifying for six hours of CPD allowance.

Dentists may be able to claim costs for this course depending on the amount of NHS work they perform annually. Please visit the Practitioner Services NHS website at http://www.psd.scot.nhs.uk/professionals/dental/cpd.html for more information.

Aesthetic dentistry for DCPs onFriday 3 December at the Glasgow Science Centre

The core programme for dental nurses and practice managers is now available. Featuring a range of seminars and workshops the course is timetabled to qualify for six hours of CPD and costs just £99. Led by Coatbridge College lecturers Jennifer Lowe and Kate Wilson, DCPs will benefit from the latest material updates in aesthetic dentistry, receive information about courses which will enhance careers and bring employers tangible returns for their investment and gain valuable tips on general practice issues.

Course includes

 

  • the aesthetic dental nurse - a seminar on the role of DCPs in cosmetic treatments presented by Coatbridge College
  • dental education: the future - find out about the courses available for nurses and managers which will help improve job satisfaction and dental and general practice skills (presented by Coatbridge College)
  • a hands-on materials masterclass workshop from Coltène Whaledent on the latest materials
  • gold standard workshops presented by experts from Kerr UK, Dental Protection and the British Dental Practice Managers' Association

This is a CPD-verified course qualifying for six hours of CPD.