Occlusion Basics and Beyond (OBAB)

IAS Academy offers Occlusion Basics and Beyond as a self-paced online programme with Jaz Gulati and Mahmoud Ibrahim. Lessons address occlusal assessment, force management and restorative decision-making. The programme offers 34 CPD hours and includes a textbook and starter kit. The full course costs GBP 2,199 including VAT. Enrol through IAS Academy.

Five learning modules

1. Foundations: clinically relevant anatomy, function and parafunction.
2. History, examination and records: basic and comprehensive assessments demonstrated with close-up clinical video.
3. Risk and planning: force management and choosing between conformative and reorganised treatment.
4. Conforming and protecting: maintaining and improving the existing occlusion in everyday restorative work.
5. Reorganisation: assessment through delivery of larger rehabilitations using composite, ceramic, bridges or partial dentures at an increased vertical dimension.

Cases include post-orthodontic patients, missing teeth, limited restorative space, cracked teeth, compromised canines and anterior wear. Quizzes and challenges accompany the lessons, with discussion beneath the lectures.

Included equipment and access

The starter kit contains a Huffman leaf gauge and 8-micron Hanel shimstock, with postage included. A hardback companion book adds cases and reference material. Access lasts twelve months; the listed GBP 399 annual continuation is optional and requires a separate decision, rather than automatic renewal.