Courses for General Dental Practitioners

We are pleased to be able to offer a comprehensive package of 6 teaching days: 4 days of 'Essential Periodontics', for both dentists and hygienists, and 2 days of 'Surgical Periodontics' for dentists only.

Please note that can we offer an in-practice follow-up package for those attending these courses.

Essential Periodontics

Module 1: Assessment and Diagnosis

This first module sets the scene for all the subsequent modules and covers the aetiology of periodontal conditions, their diagnosis and assessment. The day also covers risk factors for periodontitis in depth and there is an introduction to the concept of assessing periodontal prognosis for individual teeth. Full details

Module 2: Treatment Planning

This module picks up from Module 1 and looks at the principles of periodontal treatment planning, considering the role of oral hygiene in detail. Full details

Module 3: Non-Surgical Management

The main theme of Module 3 is the non-surgical management of periodontitis, including new treatment techniques, the use of antimicrobials and the management of furcation defects and perio-endo lesions. Full details

Module 4: Evidence-Based Practice

Module 4 examines the development of the evidence-based approach and the principles of clinical trials and systematic reviews and explains some basic statistical methods and terminology. Full details

Surgical Periodontics

Module 5: Surgery for the Diseased Patient

An initial presentation on indications for surgical therapy is followed by a description of a simple surgical technique for pocket reduction, using graphics, video and clinical cases. The rest of the session entirely hands-on using pigs jaws to practice the techniques described. Full details

Module 6: Surgery for the Non-Diseased Patient

An initial presentation on indications and techniques for pre-restorative surgery is followed by a practical session on pigs jaws, incorporating the surgical techniques learnt and practiced on Module 5. This is followed by an extesive presentation of treated human cases. Full details

Did you complete one our old format modules? If so, this chart will show you how the old modules have been mapped to our new structure.