Occlusion Course

Most delegates will book this course combined with our 1-day Tooth Wear course

3-day course >75% Hands On

Course Dates and Costings: Click Here

7-hours of theory videos sent before the course to watch. Delegates are required to watch this before attending the course.
Lecture Handouts and Folders
24-hour CPD
A simplified approach to understanding Occlusion in your practice
Refreshments and Hot Lunch
Hands-on Sessions on each day
Unlimited advice and support for all our delegates
All laboratory work used in the course is provided by Mr. Hit Parmar, Fine Art Dental Studio

A full day purely based on case examples and how to apply fundamentals of occlusion into clinical practice:

How to assess Occlusion, to include static and dynamic motions.
The role of Tripodism in dentate patients.
Function vs. Parafunction
The use of articulating papers in restorative dentistry
The role of intra oral scanners and how to utilise these in restorative dentistry
Assessing and managing non --working side guidances and interferences
How to avoid / minimise adjusting restorations: crowns and fillings
Sequencing treatments for single unit indirect restorations
When to use canine risers
When to use bite registration materials
Facebow
TMJ and Muscles of mastication
Prepping the last tooth in the arch
Communication with the laboratory
Sequencing treatments for multiple units indirect restorations
DIGITAL FACEBOW

Hands-On:

Record occlusion
Record CRCP
Facebow
Palpating Muscles of Mastication
Canine risers

Understanding Centric Relation (CR)
Articulators and their clinical applications
Digital articulation
Understanding Jaw Position and its relevance to dentistry
Ways to record CR:
- leaf gauge
- lucia jig
Denar and Kois Facebow
Understanding different types of splints, their indications, limitation and uses

Hands-On:

Assessing occlusion
Assessing muscles of mastications
Facebow record
Using leaf gauge and lucia jigs to record centric relation
Communication with the laboratory
Understanding the stages to fabricate Michigan splint

Digital dentistry and occlusion
Fabricating Digital Splints
Translating the CR to managing TSL cases
Occlusion and Orthodontics/Aligners
Occlusion in relation to Periodontics
Occlusion in relation to Endodontics
Occlusion in relation to dentures
Occlusion in relation to Implants (if applicable to delegates)
Case discussions: Managing multidisciplinary cases
Occlusal adjustment

Hands-On:

Fitting and adjusting michigan splints on live patients

Speaker: Kushal Gadhia

Clinical Director at Centre Of Dental Excellence and Royston Dental Care
Former Consultant and Honorary Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at Eastman Dental Hospital
Specialist in Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry
Special interest in Dental Implants
BDS (Bris. 2005) MFDS RCS Eng MSc (Cons) FDS Rest Dent RCS Eng GDC No. 85673

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