Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

7MSc BlogSeptember 5-11, 2011United Kingdom EditionUnited Kingdom Edition T he highlight of my MSc life since I last wrote was the fi- nal residential. It took place over five days in June, Thursday- Monday across the first glimpse of summer we had at a weekend (al- though I’m not bitter at all). It was a sheer delight to be in the MAN- DEC centre whilst the rest of the UK was sun-tanning and watch- ing Wimbledon. The first two days were spent with Ulf Krueger-Jansen from Germany who had some outstand- ing visual presentations using composites and particularly Venus flowable from Heraeus Kultzer. If you get a chance to see this gentle- man’s presentations and if, like me you are in awe of beautiful dental photography, then you should go! He taught us how to keep proce- dures uncomplicated and efficient, including cavity preparation and composite layering. He covered the triodent matrix technique and aux- iliary aids for creating good proxi- mal surfaces in an easy manner. He covered the often overlooked but massively important surface design and polishing procedures to ensure an optimum surface texture. He had a very straight- forward method of restoring teeth with a mind to the natural struc- ture of dentin and enamel layers. His work was absolutely outstand- ing! We also had the opportunity to try some of the techniques in the hands-on sessions. The Saturday was spent with implant systems from Strauman and Nobel Biocare and lectures from Cemal Ucer. Our group is very mixed in their experience with implants and so it was useful to be able to compare the systems and to be able to discuss the differ- ences and common philosophies. Then came Sunday (after the Saturday night meal where I managed to eat my way round Manchester with Thai, Italian, Brazilian and Indian successively - delicious!), which was a full day of treatment planning discussion. We were split into groups of two and threeandsomeofushadtopresent ourcasestoapanelfromManches- ter University, including Eddie ScherandFionaClarkeandtherest of the class. We had time to discuss the treatment plan and justifica- tions and then were quizzed; this wasvery useful and sparked some interesting debates. Ask 30 differ- ent dentists how to do a case and you may well get 30 different an- swers... Monday was spent recovering from the shock of the dissertation explanation by Paul Brocklehurst; the good news is we can sign up to the aptly named ‘Methodology for Dummies’ being run by the Uni- versity – yes please. We are all still reeling from the Unit 6 Research Module. The antidote for this was the fast-moving practicals with the excellent Stephen Davies on vari- oushands-ontechniquesincluding equilibration, fabricating anterior guide planes, Broderick Flag tech- nique (answers on a postcard) And back home and straight into loads more webinars and FISCH (treatment planning) Case 2. It was a strange feeling that this was the last time we will be to- gether as a class. We have now set up a Facebook group and there is a lot more interaction between us independent of webinars as we try to figure out how we will make it through all the assignments to the end of the course. The dissertation is the scariest as it is the furthest away from our comfort zones. Apparently, we need to expect 100hrs of work between Septem- ber and December (I’ve worked that out - it’s a full-time job along- side our other full time jobs!) Not to be taken lightly! Any questions? Email me! DT We’ll meet again... Elaine Halley discusses the final residential About the author Elaine Halley BDS DGDP (UK) is the BACD Immediate Past President and the principal of Cherrybank Dental Spa, a private prac- tice in Perth. She is an active member of the AACD and her main interest is cosmetic and ad- vanced restorative dentistry and she has studied extensively in the United States, Europe and the UK. 40% of denture patients are concerned about denture odour1 Recommend Poligrip denture cleansing tablets to help your patients control denture odour That’s because brushing dentures with ordinary toothpaste can scratch denture surfaces3 . And scratched surfaces can lead to bacterial growth4 leading to denture odour. 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