Course Summary:

This course is an introduction to OCCLUSION and mastication that is designed for dental professionals / clinicians and their teams. This CPD course is designed to reinforce the background information needed to manage with some occlusion pathology, treatment options and avoid related complication. A simple and quick talk about the important factors that impact on occlusion and required procedures that may help delegates to provide patients expectations.

Aims & Objectives

This online CPD course will provide you some information to help a better understanding of collusion and its involved factors. The principles that helps clinicians to manage their patients with its related practical tips to avoid making mistakes, helping to achieve better outcomes and increase profits. We would look at the basic principle of occlusion, the complications of occlusal abnormality, examination and clinical approaches for having an appropriate treatment with its science behind it to reproduce occlusion.

To understand the importance of occlusion in our treatments both negatively and positively on your treatment outcomes and how to make it easy.

Learning outcomes

Effective communication with patients,

practical approach to occlusal management

Provide patients expectations,

Raising concerns when patients are at risk,

Examinations and Treatment planning

Effective work with others in the dental team

Identify factors which cause issues,

Find out missing information.

Role Intended:

· Dentists,

· Dental Therapists

· Dental Technicians

· Clinical Dental Technicians

· Dental Students

CPD Hours:

1.5h

Subject areas:

Treatment planning, patient exam, diagnosis & management (A, B, C)

Pre-course material:

No pre-course reading material is required.

Enquiry:

Should you have any enquiry regarding this course please contact a.nankali@ukdentalcourses.com

For general enquiries for this course please contact enquiry@ukdentalcourses.com

Speaker

Dr Ali Nankali is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Teaching and Innovation (Adult Oral Health) Centre in the Barts and the London Medical and Dental School. In 1998, he took a keen interest in Restorative Dentistry, which led him to commence his extensive research on application of post/cores and a number of novel inventions including Nankali Post System, Nankali bur and new classifications.

Dr Nankali was awarded his PhD in 2004 by National Medical University (NMU) in Kiev, Ukraine where he registered as a Specialist / Consultant in Prosthodontics. Furthermore, his Engineering background in addition to his Prosthetics and Maxillofacial clinical experiences helped him in achieving ground-breaking outcomes on his researches related to distribution of masticatory force and mechanical strength of teeth's hard tissues that brought him to the attention of the scientific community.

At his current position, Dr Nankali is involved with undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students as well as regularly running CPD courses and conferences.

Membership of professional associations

Supreme Attestation Commission of the Ukraine – DR No. 000942 KYIV – May 2004

British Dental Association (BDA) – Membership Number 9015326 – February 2005

The UK General Dental Council- January 2010

British Society for the Study of Prosthetic Dentistry (BSSPD) – Membership Number 713 – October 2008

British Society for Restorative Dentistry (BSRD) – December 2008

European Prosthodontics Association (ERA) - May 2017

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