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ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

What to expect

During this webinar, Ian Dunn will discuss the role of crown lengthening covering assessment, planning and surgical techniques enabling you to enhance your restorative outcomes.

A CPD certificate (in the name of the purchaser) will be available to download once viewing of this online lecture has been completed. It is a recording of a webinar delivered in June 2026.

Learning objectives

  • Understand the role of functional and aesthetic periodontal surgery to facilitate aesthetic restorative outcomes
  • Revise the concept of biologic width
  • Review different techniques for crown lengthening
  • Understand how to discuss crown lengthening procedures with patients
  • Understand biological width and why you cannot just cut the gum away without a proper assessment.

Development outcome

A, C

Meet the speaker

Ian Dunn Specialist in Periodontics

Ian qualified from Leeds in 1998. He went into NHS general practice after qualifying and was a general dental practitioner for many years. During that time, though a part time teaching role at Liverpool University, he developed a passion for periodontology and concentrated his postgraduate studies and teaching activities on perio whilst maintaining a busy general practice list. This culminated in him pursuing an MSc in Periodontology and ultimately becoming the Teaching Lead in Periodontics at Liverpool University and gaining a place on the GDC Specialist List in Periodontology.

Ian continues to maintain a busy referral network on the North West working between Liverpool and Wilmslow. He has been the Honorary Editor and Webmaster for the British Society of Periodontology and lectures nationally through the UK, having spoken at most of the major UK dental conferences.

More information

Once you have completed the booking your confirmation notification will contain the link needed to view the webinar on the iLearn platform.

Please note it can take a little while for details of new orders to pass between servers. If after successfully logging in to the iLearn platform the lecture is not appearing on your  profile, please do give it a few more minutes and refresh your browser if you still have it open. The new session will appear in the top left when it has made it over to your account.

Please contact us should you require a version of this recording with closed captions.

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