Tooth Wear: Six-Day Practical Programme (Incidental Training)
A six-day programme on assessing, planning and restoring tooth wear through analogue and digital workflows.
Course provider
When
Next: 1 Jul 2027
CPD
42 CPD
Duration
6 days across two compulsory three-day modules
Where
Newcastle upon Tyne
Overview
About this course
A practical programme for dentists progressing from single-tooth work to larger tooth-wear cases, with case discussion and supervised planning.
Programme
- Module 1: causes and prevention of wear, comprehensive assessment, occlusal terminology and anatomy, analogue and digital records, mounting casts, facially driven treatment planning, creating restorative space, occlusal design and adjunctive treatment.
- Practical planning: smile design, facebow and centric-relation records, digital mounting, analogue and Exocad wax-ups, equilibration and laboratory planning.
- Module 2: selecting and sequencing transfer techniques, case discussion, compromises and complications.
- Practical transfer: injection-moulding stents and clinical stages; semi-indirect and indirect additive composite; palatal stents and shells; freehand direct methods; and provisional indirect restorations.
Attendance and payment
Cohort 4 includes both 1 to 3 July and 16 to 18 September 2027, 09:00 to 18:00 each day, in Newcastle upon Tyne. These are two parts of one programme, not alternative dates.
The full fee is GBP 6,000 including VAT. GBP 3,000 is paid on booking; the remaining GBP 3,000 is invoiced separately and is due by 2 May 2027. For a booking within 60 days of the first module, the balance is immediately due. Successful completion is associated with 42 hours of verifiable CPD and development outcome C.
Outcomes
What you will learn
- Assess tooth wear and its causes, and plan preventive or restorative management.
- Apply occlusal and facially driven planning principles using analogue and digital records.
- Practise additive wax-ups and model equilibration, select methods to create space, and compare restorative transfer techniques.
Before you book
Prerequisites
A sound working knowledge of single-tooth restorative dentistry is expected. Incidental's direct and indirect programmes, or equivalent training, are recommended but are not compulsory.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is the advertised GBP 3,000 the total course fee?
No. It is the initial payment. The full fee is GBP 6,000 including VAT, paid in two GBP 3,000 instalments.
Do I attend both modules?
Yes. The six-day programme includes the July and September modules as one cohort.
Provider
About the course provider
Incidental Training
The programme is taught by Alan Burgin, Chris O'Connor, Ollie Bailey and Colin McGuirk.
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