This fantastic course is being held at the Dentex Office in London. 6 hours CPD.

Aims By the end of this course, delegates will be able to demonstrate knowledge, understanding and practical skill in aesthetic restorative and cosmetic procedures in the following subject areas:

Aesthetic assessment and diagnosis

• Practical procedures for smile design
• Mobile Dental Photography (MDP) for diagnosis, communication and documentation
• Tooth Whitening (including air polishing and internal bleaching)
• Colour selection (including customised composite shade guides)

Posterior Composites:

• MI cavity preparation (including particle air abrasion)
• Magnification
• Isolation and adhesion
• Matrix techniques (for predictable tight anatomically correct contacts)
• Material selection (including bulk-fill materials)
• Anatomical placement and shaping techniques
• Optimising light curing
• Finishing and polishing techniques

Anterior composites:

• Case selection
• Composite shade selectionyIsolation and adhesion
• Anterior matrices
• Placement and shaping techniques (including a fast, innovative method for direct composite veneers)
• Finishing and polishing

Advanced direct composite techniques:

• Polychromatic layering techniques
• Managing wear cases with direct composite
• Fibre-reinforced composite resin-bonded bridges

Speaker bio: Louis Mackenzie is a GDP working in Birmingham and is a clinical lecturer at the University of Birmingham School of dentistry and in the postgraduate department at King’s college London. He delivers lectures nationally and internationally on direct and indirect restorative techniques, minimally invasive dentistry and clinical photography and runs a series of popular hands-on courses.

He is a member of the editorial board of Dental Update journal, is the head of clinical training at Simplyhealth Professionals and is academic lead of the University of Birmingham’s Master’s programme in Restorative Dentistry.