The South West Dentistry Show is coming back to Bristol – find out what’s in store at Lecture Theatre One.
Back by popular demand, the South West Dentistry Show will be touching down at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol on Saturday 1 July 2023.
After two very successful runs, the show is back and set to be even better than before with the highest attendance to date.
Taking place on 1 July 2023, delegates, speakers and exhibitors will be gathering in Bristol for a fantastic day of networking and learning.
While it’s completely free to attend, registration is essential. Click here to save your place.
As always, FMC is bringing you an amazing line-up of leading clinicians and industry experts. The lectures will be covering every topic in dentistry, from facial aesthetics to buying and selling a practice.
And best of all, there are hours of CPD on offer. Each lecture is CPD-verified, so all you have to do is scan on the day and the certificates will be available on your Dentistry Club account.
Find out what’s in store in Lecture Theatre One…
Craig Mallorie – The A to Z of restoring a single implant crown for the GDP (one hour)
Craig is a dental surgeon based in Wales, UK whose practising week is exclusively focused on providing oral surgery and dental implant care via his peripatetic service known as ‘South Wales Oral Surgery’.
He will provide a start to finish explanation of how to restore a straightforward single dental implant to hopefully provide the GDP the knowledge to begin their restorative journey with dental implants.
Craig hopes attendees will understand:
- What a dental implant is
- The various components involved in restoring a dental implant
- The different types of implant crown
- How to fit a dental implant crown
- The process involved in taking impressions of a dental implant
- The necessary laboratory communication to allow for crown fabrication
- To appreciate common mistakes and how to try and avoid them
- The long-term maintenance requirements of a dental implant.
Jamie Williams – Preparing for sale – sponsored by Christie & Co (30 minutes)
As an agent within Christie & Co’s specialist dental team, Jamie advises those wishing to buy or sell a dental practice in the south west and south Wales, from the earliest conversations through to the day of completion.
He has been with Christie & Co since 2018. In that time, he has brokered a huge variety of sales, meaning that he has a wealth of experience to help achieve his clients’ sale aspirations.
He hopes attendees will:
- Learn more about the process of buying and selling and reaching a preparedness for buying and selling in the market
- Gain knowledge of Christie & Co’s offering as the leading agent in the dental sector
- Gain insight into the value of dental practices and current market conditions in the south west/south Wales and the rest of the UK in 2023.
Mark Topley – How to create a practice that people don’t want to leave, even when the going gets tough (30 minutes)
Mark Topley helps business owners and managers to grow their leadership, teams and businesses with purpose.
In this talk, he will bring his 20+ years of leadership experience in dentistry to help delegates successfully navigate the minefield of being a dental boss in 2023.
Mark said: ‘Almost every owner and manager faces the same team problems in 2023: recruitment, retention, remuneration and risk of poaching by competitors.
‘Every boss has to protect themself from these four R’s by creating an environment that people don’t want to leave, even when the going gets tough.
‘Too many bosses are beating a retreat, having lost energy and direction. They tolerate poor attitude and performance, powerless to address toxic culture creep.’
Avijit Banerjee – Advanced minimum intervention restorative dentistry – it’s time to build back together! (one hour)
Avijit holds the positions head of conservative and MI dentistry and programme director of KCL. KCL is his innovative, blended-learning masters in advanced minimum intervention restorative dentistry.
He has also been appointed to the NIHR Clinical Research Network, as oral and dental health speciality lead for South London. In this role, he is responsible for the development of primary care clinical trials and their professional recruitment programmes.
This presentation will outline the value and implementation processes to help advance your modern general dental practice in the post-pandemic era.
By using the principles of minimum intervention oral care (MIOC) delivery and judicious use of the oral healthcare team members, contemporary prevention-based oral health delivery can be achieved, with sustainable practice business models and a holistic team-care approach to help maintain long term oral health in our patients across their life-course.
Sheila Li – Dentistry driven facial aesthetics (one hour)
Dr Sheila Li is a multi-award-winning cosmetic dentist with a special interest in aesthetic medicine.
She qualified as a dentist from King’s College London and holds a first-class honours degree in biomedical sciences.
She has also been awarded a masters in aesthetic medicine with distinction from Queen Mary University of London.
‘Facial aesthetics plays an important role in the modern aesthetic dental practice,’ she said. ‘This lecture will provide an overview of how facial aesthetics can enhance aesthetic outcomes, and how injectables can be implemented into daily dental practice.
‘It will also showcase cases where injectables have been planned and executed predictably.’
Gus van Riessen and Chris Bell – Bristol Dental School: 2023 and beyond… – sponsored by Bristol Dental School (30 minutes)
Gus qualified as a dentist in The Netherlands in 1988. He moved to the UK two years later and has lived and worked there ever since.
With 35 years of experience in practising dentistry, 14 years in teaching dentistry and 32 years in running dental practices, he has a good insight into how the delivery of care in general dental practice works, both NHS and private, and how to prepare the dental students best for what they face after graduation.
Chris holds a clinical lecturer position in oral surgery and dental science at Bristol Dental Hospital.
After graduating from Bristol Dental School in 1980, Christopher became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Faculty of Dentistry in 1984.
He gained his masters degree in dental science in 2002.
The aim of their lecture is to introduce the new Bristol Dental School facility and models for delivery of dental education and patient care.
They hope attendees will understand:
- Their new school building and its facilities and rationale for move
- An overview of their patient pathways including options for shared care
- An outline of plans around postgraduate education
- Routes to engagement with GDPs in Bristol.
For more information and to register, visit fmc-stage.thinkdemo.co.uk/shows/south-west-dentistry-show.
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