Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

26 Advertorial “Thank you for your time and your passion is inspirational, I genuinely feel privileged to have attended .” Mark Durnall Cornwall “The Dawson Academy UK has made a massive difference to how I do my dentistry making it now completely predictable.”nnegan Belfast Greg Finnegan Belfast Call us on +44 (0)151 342 0410 Advanced Dental Education Ian Buckle (BDS) Core Curriculum Series 2012/13 UK 21 ⁄2 Day Lecture & Hands On with Dr Ian Buckle 23hrs CPD: £1995+VAT for each module Lecture&HandsOn Autumn-Winter 2012/13 Date Venue Module 1 Comprehensive Examination & Records Oct 18th - 20th Wirral Module 2 Treatment Planning, Sept 27th - 29th London Functional Aesthetic Excellence Module 3 The Art & Science of Equilibration Nov 29th - Dec 1st Wirral Module 4 Restoring Anterior Teeth Jan 31st - Feb 2nd Wirral “ “ Moiz Mohammed Principal BDS(UBrist) Extensive experience in restora- tive dentistry with over 10 years of specialised postgraduate training on all cosmetic and reconstructive aspects of dentistry. He continues to lecture on Cosmetic dentistry and has completed the prestigious Dawson academy foun- dation course ,based in St Petersberg. He is a member of numerous organisa- tions which focus on stable and func- tional aesthetic outcomes. For further information on this introductory course, basic Core Curriculum of learning and team events, please contact: www.bdseminars.com info bdseminars.com +44 (0)151 342 0410 The Dawson Academy UK | Hilltop Court | Thornton Common Road | Thornton Hough | Wirral | CH63 4JT | UK A career path change and discovering my passion Special offer - 10% off Comprehensive Examination & Records Oct 18th-20th 2012 offer ends Sept 21st 2012 I qualified as a dentist in 2002, and like many spent my early career completing vocational training, working within the NHS, and paying off my student debt! With the treatment constraints of certain areas of NHS funding, I was keen to push my career to- wards the independent/private sector, and wanted a skill-set to enable me to do this. In 2006 I completed a year-long, one day a month restorative dentistry course amongst other CPD courses, and was considering what to spend my money on next! In 2008, I heard Glenn Du- Pont from the Dawson Academy lecture on Solving Anterior Wear Problems, and then did the break- out session taught by Glenn and Ian Buckle. Several dentists I’d spoken to had recommended the Dawson Academy and I was con- sidering going to Florida to com- plete the courses. Fortunately, Ian was in the process of bringing the core curriculum to the UK, and having liked what I’d heard decid- ed it was something that I’d like to do. I phoned Sally-Ann (Ian’s wife and course administrator), and re- served my place. I was to be one of the first dentists to pass through the (UK style!) Dawson Academy continuum. May 2009, and I’m checking into a hotel at for the initial Daw- son Academy lecture: Functional Occlusion – From TMJ to Smile De- sign. The usual questions featured in my thoughts. Would it be worth the cost? Would I learn things that would improve my dentistry? Would they be applicable to my practice and relevant to me? Over the next six months I completed the remainder of the core curriculum which cov- ered Examination and Records, Aesthetics, Treatment Planning, Occlusal Equilibration, and Re- storing Anterior Teeth. The small- group nature of the hands-on ses- sions encouraged discussion and the opportunity to ask questions, and seeing the familiar faces of participants at each of the cours- es led to group camaraderie and a heightened sense of learning together. Without exception, the lecturers always wanted to give as much information as possible, and many class-sessions had tim- ings extended at their insistence to enable this. This added lots of value and made the courses ex- cellent value for money. Mention must also be made of the venue – I attended the hands- on classes at Ian’s practice in the Wirral. The facility is lovely, but it is the friendliness and support of his staff that really make the courses run well. They also pro- vide an excellent social program, so it’s not all just learning! So, the benefits of studying with the Dawson Academy? It is simply the best post-graduate courseI’vetaken.Somuchso,that when Ian set up some advanced courses I readily signed up. It has given me a set of clinical princi- ples and a framework in which to apply them. It has made my work more successful and predictable and has increased my enjoyment of dentistry. Furthermore, the lec- tures and course material forms a collection (along with Pete Daw- son’s textbook) to which I fre- quently refer. I have a part-time teaching position at The Univer- sity of Birmingham, and I would like to think that it has helped me to teach some occlusion concepts to my undergraduate students. In short, I feel that it is an ex- cellent course, the continuum has also given me the chance to meet like-minded dentists, many of whom have become good friends. I’m sure many of them would agree with my thoughts. DT Chris Dakin discusses the UK Dawson Academy... Simply the best About the author Chris Dakin qualified in 2002 and works as an associate dentist in pri- vate practice in Shipston-on-Stour, and Coventry, enjoying all aspects of aesthetic restorative dentistry. He is also a part-time clinical lecturer at The University of Birmingham School of Dentistry, and has lectured on oc- clusion in restorative dentistry both locally and nationally. September 3-9, 2012United Kingdom Edition