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IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by the Oxford Section

What to expect

A guided walking tour through a fully operational modern dental laboratory. Participants will explore workflows, observe digital technologies in action and learn how these processes integrate with clinical dentistry to improve patient care and practice efficiency. Including expert-led discussions and examples of how collaboration between lab and clinic supports optimal outcomes.

Timings

18:30 Registration and networking

18:45 Walking Tour - Ashley Byrne

21:00 Ends

Learning objectives

By the end of this walking tour participants will be able to:

  • Describe components of a digital dental laboratory and how these relate to clinical practice
  • Identify opportunities to enhance collaboration with dental laboratories for more predictable patient outcomes
  • Understand how digital workflows can reduce chair time and increase practice efficiency
  • Evaluate how adopting modern lab workflows can contribute to practice growth and patient satisfaction.

Development outcome

C, D

Meet the speaker

Ashley Byrne 250 Ashley Byrne Associate Director of Byrnes Dental Laboratory

Ashley Byrne is the Associate Director of Byrnes Dental Laboratory, a leader in modern dental technology and part of Corus, a European network of digital dental labs across nine countries. After earning his degree in Dental Technology in 2000, Ashley founded his own lab with his father in 2006. As an early adopter of scanning and CAD-CAM, his lab has become a pioneer in digital dentistry.

Ashley lectures internationally on digital dentistry and team building, having spoken in the USA, India, South Africa, and more. He is an ITI Fellow, a Fellow of the College of Restorative Dentistry, and serves on the board of the Dental Laboratory Association.

More information

We are looking for enthusiastic members to join the Oxford Section committee. A role on the committee is a great way to get involved in the BDA at a local level and to help provide and shape local educational and networking events. It’s also great to have on your CV!

A brief description of the different roles in a committee is available here

The Section has the support of the centrally-based Local Services team who are on hand to help and advise on any aspect of running the Section and planning events.

If interested, or for more information, please contact us at [email protected]

Byrnes Dental Laboratory, Unit 11 Ashurst Court London Road, Oxford OX33 1ER

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Very informative, pleasant atmosphere, excellent delivery.

Tutor knowledgeable, interactive and approachable. Really relevant content.

The lecture content was great and the lecturer provided a lot of useful theory and cases to supplement this.