Overview

This two-day course will highlight the knowledge and skills you need to assess, treatment plan and treat patients requiring conventional complete dentures.

It includes hands-on sessions and demonstrations in clinical skills labs

Day one Wed. 7th Dec, Day two Wed. 14th Dec 2022.

Please note: You can also take a related two-day course focusing on removable partial dentures.

Course content

The complete dentures course will cover the following:

• Patient selection and clinical assessment
• Denture design, retention, support and stability
• Individualised treatment planning using the principle of biometric guides
• The rationale for tooth placement using the principle of biometric guides
• Clinical techniques
• Identifying and dealing with complete denture problems
• Aesthetics
• Denture occlusion and teeth selection

Who this course is for

The course is aimed at general dental practitioners who want to improve and enhance their skills in complete denture construction.

You must hold an approved dental qualification.

Teaching

You'll learn through a combination of:

• lectures
• hands-on sessions in clinical skills labs

CPD points and certificate

You'll get 13 hours of verifiable CPD and a certificate of attendance on completing the course.

Quality controls

All Eastman teachers are experienced professionals. You'll be asked to submit written feedback via a questionnaire at the end of the course, which is used to monitor the course's quality of teaching and value for money.

Refunds

Please read the Eastman's refunds policy before booking.

Course team

Dr Pranay Sharma

Pranay joined the UCL Eastman Dental Institute in London in 2000 and completed a four-year specialist training program in fixed and removable prosthodontics, with distinction for his clinical case presentations. He was subsequently awarded the MRD, the highest formal qualification available for the prosthodontic speciality, by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Pranay is the programme director for the Removable Prosthodontic Programmes and is a part-time clinical lecturer in prosthodontics and implant dentistry at the Eastman, where he also runs hands-on courses in removable prosthodontics for dentists. Pranay is an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and an internal examiner for the restorative master’s course at the Eastman.

Course information last modified: 30 Nov 2022, 16:01