What to expect
Developments in dentistry have made it easier to do long term biologic harm quicker than ever before in pursuit of fashion- driven outcomes. Many 'cosmetic gurus' have promoted techniques and approaches that can produce gratifying short- term results, but many of those quick results are achieved at huge biological costs and/or by creating tooth position instability and consequential issues around long-term retention.
Potentially serious long-term problems are not always fully understood by trusting patients in advance of them having their precious dental capital assets depleted during elective, irreversibly damaging, treatments.
For a variety of reasons, some patients are not made fully aware of their viable minimally- destructive options which could well ‘satisfice’ in their particular case.
- Explain 'satisficing' in dentistry, which means achieving an outcome that is 'sufficient for it to be satisfactory' for that situation. 'Satisficing' can be contrasted with 'maximalising' which involves doing much more of some technically possible treatments, some of which can be advocated for fashion, cult-like beliefs, or other dubious reasons
- Explore ethical issues and responsibilities in cosmetic dentistry when treatment will deplete a patient’s dental capital
- Share practical clinical tips to address common complaints while preserving dental capital assets.
Timings
18:45 Registration and refreshments
19:30 Lecture - Martin Kelleher
20:30 Networking
21:00 Close
Learning objectives
- Describe the concepts of 'satisficing' and 'dental capital' and communicate these effectively during discussions about treatment choices
- Recognise and reframe interventions as either 'dental capital depleting' or 'dental capital preserving'
- Apply practical clinical tips to achieve satisfactory outcomes, including in challenging cases, while minimising loss of valuable dental capital assets.
Develepment outcomes
A, B, C and D
