'Simplicity without compromise – a realistic proposition?'

In the post-COVID era of dental practice, simplicity and predictability are paramount to the efficient running of a practice. In the past, 'simple' products sometimes meant that corners had to be cut, which led to less than ideal clinical performance. This presentation will focus on the current generations of restorative products, which allows simple, predictable outcomes without compromising outcome or longevity. We will discuss current adhesives for direct and indirect restorations, different composite techniques for different clinical situations and clinician preferences, and simplified luting of ceramic restorations.

Learning Outcomes:

By attending this webinar, participants will learn the following:

The current state-of the-art of adhesion to tooth tissue and the current 'gold standard'
How today’s composite resins allow high quality restorations to be delivered effectively and efficiently
How adhesive cementation of indirect restorations can be simplified without compromising clinical outcomes.

Speaker: Christopher Orr

Dr Christopher Orr is one of UK’s most prominent cosmetic and aesthetic restorative dentists, who practices in his multidisciplinary clinic in central London. He is an Accredited Member of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and also a Certified Member of the European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry. He was voted as the most influential private practitioner in the UK, by the readers of Private Dentistry magazine in 2013. He is also founding and Past President of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry as well as being a Past President of the Odontological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, a former Director of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and former Course Director for the MSc in Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry at the University of Manchester. As well as these responsibilities, he was Director of Credentialing and Chairman of Accreditation Examiners at BACD for several years, and is currently Chairman of the judging panel for the Aesthetic Dentistry Awards, UK dental industry’s aesthetic awards programme. He teaches through his education company, Advanced Dental Seminars, in London. He is the sole lecturer for the one-year comprehensive course programme in cosmetic dentistry and aesthetic restorative dentistry for general dentists. This is UK’s most popular course on the subject and booked a year in advance each year. So far over 1600 dentists have completed the programme over the last 18 years. The ADS facility at London Bridge comprises the largest privately-owned postgraduate dental training facility in Europe. In addition he lectures extensively around the UK and abroad, having been an invited speaker at conferences throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia. His work has been widely featured in the UK and international press, across radio, television, print and online media. Dr Orr has authored an interactive learning title on Digital Clinical Photography and assisted with the production of a BBC documentary on the science behind cosmetic treatments. Outside of dentistry he enjoys wine, cooking, photography and travel. Usually he tries to combine all of these by travelling around the world with his wife to eat, drink and photograph new things.

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This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activity full complies with the CPD requirements of the General Dental Council.

And FMC certifies this activity for 1 hour of enhanced CPD in the subject of Simplicity without compromise – a realistic proposition.

This CPD meets the criteria for the GDC’s development outcome C.