High Wycombe and Aylesbury Section - Prosthetic complications

What to expect

This lecture explores complications in prosthodontics, distinguishing success, survival and failure, and promoting reflective practice over blame. It covers mechanical and biological complications affecting teeth and implants, tracing causes to technician, patient, clinician and site/tooth factors, illustrated through clinical implant and denture case examples.

Timings

18:30 Registration

19:00 Lecture - Deepesh Patel

20:00 End of lecture and dinner

Learning objectives

• Appreciate that complications in prosthodontics occur

• Discuss success, survival and failure

• Identify factors influencing complications (technician, patient, clinician, site/tooth)

• Review the evidence base for prosthodontic complications

• Understand the value of reflection when complications happen

• Apply this through case discussion.

Development outcomes

C and D

Meet the speaker

Deepesh qualified from King’s College London in 2011 and began his career in general practice, where he developed a broad range of clinical experience. He went on to complete a four-year postgraduate Diploma in Implant Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, before undertaking specialist training in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics at the same institution.

In 2020, Deepesh completed his prosthodontics training with distinction, receiving the UCL Alumni Prize in Prosthodontics for clinical and academic excellence, and a place on the Dean’s List in recognition of his outstanding results. He is also a member of both the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Deepesh provides a full range of restorative and implant treatments for his patients across private practices in the South of England. He has also worked as a Locum Consultant at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, where he cared for patients requiring complex dental rehabilitation following head and neck cancer treatment.

Alongside his clinical work, Deepesh is passionate about education. He has taught at the Eastman Dental Institute as a Clinical Teaching Fellow and now continues to inspire the next generation of dentists as a Visiting Lecturer in Prosthodontics.