Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

October 2013United Kingdom Edition12 Showcase Tribune See CS Solutions for yourself at this year’s BDTA Dental Showcase Stand No. P.05 © Carestream Dental Limited, 2013. For more information or to place an order in the UK please call 0800 169 9692 in Ireland please call +44 1438 245000 email sales.uk.csd@carestream.com or visit www.carestreamdental.co.uk PATIENTS AREN’T PATIENTSO DO FIXED RESTORATIONS IN ONE APPOINTMENT WELCOME TO THE NEW REALITY Our new digital restoration solution is designed to complement your work, not complicate it—and let you simply work better. SCAN MILLDESIGN D r Oliver Harman is now coming to the end of his two-year MSc in Restorative & Aesthetic Dentistry, with only a couple of weeks before the disser- tation section of the course. Designed to advance prac- titioner’s skills in this area, the course is provided by re- nowned education provider Healthcare Learning: Smile- on in collaboration with the University of Manchester. The second half of the MSc course has provided everything I have come to expect. The latest modules have taught me a lot about how much I still have to learn, and it has been an exciting and at times chal- lenging journey. Module four was an intro- duction to the research and evidence-base behind every- thing we do. This was com- pletely new to me as such an area was not included in my initial training to become a dentist, and with this came my greatest challenge from the MSc course. While it was extremely interesting to delve into all the research associated with the practical work I do, it was a real eye-opener – for all the things I didn’t know! When I first qualified, I was told how things worked, shown how to do them and that’s what I did; so this was a whole new way of thinking. The test for this module was a particularly rude awakening, as I realised just how much there still was to learn. I am however pleased to report that I did pass the mod- ule after some hard work. Having considered myself a fairly experienced clinician, I was surprised to find sections of this course quite so chal- lenging. That said, I think it was invaluable to go back to basics and to be able to form my own opinions directly from the evidence-base available. I experienced a different style of teaching here as well – it was clear the course instruc- tors were training us for bigger things. This module in particu- lar encouraged a high level of thinking and reasoning, which has already had a huge influ- ence over the way I practice dentistry. Highly aesthetic By the time we reached module five, I was somewhat relieved to return to the wet-fingered “I know that I do not know” Journey through an MSc in Restorative & Aesthetic Dentistry with Oliver Harman ‘I have also been thoroughly im- pressed with all the academics leading the course, who re- ally know their stuff and have been fan- tastic instructors’ Journey’s end for the class of 2013 as they graduate with t