Additional event information
Optimised posterior composite restorations:
predictable long-term success at your fingertips
Friday 24 February 2012
Thistle County Hotel, Newcastle
We are also running this event on Friday 18 November 2011, London
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Achieve confidence in placing long lasting composite restorations.
The speakers will discuss postoperative sensitivity, material wear, how to successfully adjust the cavity design and understand how to best avoid leakage and build up a multilayer entity. Learn about "the comp up technique" and discover how to understand and rebuild the occlusal relief in order to treat direct composite resin placements.
The day will provide you with valuable clinical techniques that can put into practice immediately to provide more comfortable, aesthetic restorations.
Programme
08:30 Registration, refreshments and exhibition
09:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
Dick Birkin, Head of Regional Services, British Dental Association
09:05 The “comp up technique"
- Detecting why conventional posterior composite restorations fail.
- Discussing occlusal anatomy, its function and functional analysis.
- The "occlusal compass".
10:30 Morning refreshments and exhibition
10:50 State of the art bondodontics I
- Discussing basics of reliable bonding – the rules of the game.
- Understanding mechanics of diseased tooth structure.
- Investigating how to best mimic remaining dentin elasticity to avoid premature failure throughout fracture.
12:20 Lunch and exhibition
13:20 State of the art bondodontics II
- Identifying the substrate.
- Discovering how to avoid postoperative sensitivity.
- Bonding - what to do and how to use it efficiently.
- Understanding your composite material.
14:50 Afternoon refreshments and exhibition
15:10 From layering to finishing
- Dealing with rebuilding the dentin.
- Understanding the multilayer result.
- Determining the adequate result.
16:40 Closing remarks from the Chair
16:45 Close
© British Dental Association 2011
Speakers
 | Edward Lynch
Head of Dentistry, University of WarwickEdward Lynch is a specialist in Endodontics, Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry and a BUPA Consultant in Oral Surgery. He has held the position of Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Gerodontology as well as Consultant in Restorative Dentistry to the Royal Hospitals. He also served as the Consultant Editor of Gerodontology, Treasurer and Secretary to GORG, IADR. He has served as Senior Lecturer in Conservative Dentistry and Hon. Consultant in Restorative Dentistry and Postgraduate Course Organiser for the University of London, where he was full time for 20 years. He is a Consultant to the ADA, a spokesperson for the BDA, a scientific board member of the International Health Care Foundation and ISBOR and is on the editorial board of numerous international journals. He is also the Chairman of the European Experts group on tooth whitening. |
 | Liviu Steier
Owner, MS Dentistry and Honorary Associate Clinical Professor Course Director, University of WarwickLiviu Steier is Specialist in Prosthetics of the DGPro and Specialist in Endodontics. He is Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at Warwick Medical School and course director of the MSc in Endodontics. He is Visiting Professor at Florence School of Dental Medicine in the Restorative Department. He has been Programme Director and Co-director of over 200 continuing education programs around the world and has published extensively including referred chapters in textbooks. He is a fellow of different international dental academies as well as having memberships in several societies. He is member of the Scientific Board of the Journal of Endodontics. He is Editor-in-Chief of REALITY ENDO Clinical Editor of Dental Tribune UK and maintains private practices in Germany and 20 Wimpole Street. |
Booking information
The seminar costs:
BDA members: £265
Non-members: £345
Dental Care Professionals: £195
The fee includes refreshments, a standing buffet lunch and all course documentation.
Accreditation
The seminar meets the educational criteria set by the GDC for verifiable CPD (6 hours) and is certified by the British Dental Association.
Hotel accommodation
If you wish to stay overnight during the event please contact Fresh! Reservations, our appointed hotel booking agency, direct on 0845 310 3333 or email them at bda@freshres.co.uk
Further information
For further information on the programme and arrangements for the seminar please contact:
Merete Ficken, Events Executive, British Dental Association, 64 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8YS
Tel: 020 7563 4590; Fax: 020 7563 4591; Email: events@bda.org
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received in writing either by fax to 020 7563 4591, or by email to events@bda.org, or by post to The Events Department, BDA, 64 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8YS. This must then be followed by a telephone call to confirm receipt. Cancellations received 29 days or more prior to the seminar will be entitled to a 100% credit voucher or refund. Cancellations received between 15 days and 28 days (inclusive) prior to the seminar will receive a 100% credit voucher or a 75% refund to attend a future BDA seminar. For cancellations received between 1 day and 14 days (inclusive) prior to the seminar, no credit voucher or refund will be given. Failure to attend the event on the day will constitute late cancellation and no credit voucher or refund will be given. Substitutions are welcome at any time.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the programme may change and the BDA reserves the right to cancel the event or alter the venue and/or speakers.
Exhibition, promotion and networking opportunities at future events
Are you interested in meeting established dentists and their teams? Do you want to strengthen ties with existing customers?
If your answer is YES then you really need to be part of a small, exclusive group of exhibitors to successfully promote your products and services. For more information please contact Peter Cowie, Events Marketing and Sales Executive on 020 7563 4578 or email peter.cowie@bda.org
