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IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by the Norfolk and Norwich Section and the Norfolk LDC

What to expect

Ali Chohan and Jin Vaghela are two of the most enthusiastic and engaging dental educators working today. They will describe a range of clinical skills that will equip you for the next 10 years of your professional life. As part of this symposium, they will cover a range of fascinating and innovative topics. Over three sessions they will explore these concepts to future proof your career:

  • Minimum Intervention Oral Care (MIOC)
  • Adhesive dentistry and tooth wear
  • Communication skills and neurolinguistics.

We will also receive a brief talk about independent financial advice from our sponsors, Chase de Vere.

This symposium aims to provide dental team members with a range of clinical and communication skills to prepare them for the future of primary dental care.

Please find the full programme below under 'More information'.

Access the event flyer and programme as a PDF and share with friends and colleagues!

Timings

13:30 Registration and refreshments 

14:00 Adhesive dentistry and tooth wear 

15:30 Afternoon break

15:50 Communication skills and neurolinguistics

17:20 Chase de Vere virtual financial session: Basics of the NHS Pension Scheme

17:50 Buffet dinner

18:50 Minimum Intervention Oral Care (MIOC)

20:30 End of lectures and networking

21:00 Close

Learning objectives

  • Deliver effective Minimum Intervention Oral Care (MIOC)
  • Provide reliable adhesive dentistry
  • Manage tooth wear cases
  • Employ efficient and communication techniques
  • Describe the application of neurolinguistics in clinical communication.

Development outcomes

A, C and D

Meet the speakers

Ali Chohan Colour 250X250 Ali Chohan Associate Professor Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry, DFT Educational Supervisor, Clinical Advisor NHS England
Jin Vaghela Colour 250X250 Jin Vaghela Founder, Smile Clinic Group and Smile Dental Academy
Ian Hawke 250X250 Ian Hawke Financial Advisor, Chase de Vere

More information

Please email [email protected] with any dietary requirements.

13:30   Registration and refreshments

14:00   Adhesive dentistry and tooth wear

Aim

To provide an overview of adhesive dentistry used to manage tooth wear

Learning objectives

  • List an update on diagnosis and assessment of tooth surface loss
  • Recognise the aesthetic components of managing tooth surface loss
  • Implement adhesive dentistry protocols to manage tooth wear
  • Outline the different treatment options available.

Learning content

  • Provide an update on diagnosis and assessment of tooth surface loss
  • Provide a protocol to assess the aesthetic components of managing tooth surface loss
  • Discuss the different treatment options available
  • Describe adhesive dentistry protocols to manage tooth wear.

Development outcomes

A, B and C

15:30 Afternoon break

15:50   Communication skills and neurolinguistics

Aim

To provide an overview of communication skills and neurolinguistics.

Learning objectives

  • List an update on communication skills
  • Recognise neurolinguistics
  • Implement neurolinguistics
  • Recognise personality types.

Learning content

  • Provide an overview of clinical communication skills
  • Describe neurolinguistics
  • Discuss personality types.

Development outcomes

A, B and C

17:20   Chase de Vere virtual financial session: Basics of the NHS Pension Scheme

Aim

To raise awareness and build an understanding of how the NHS Pension Scheme works.

Learning objectives

Provide details of the NHS Pension Scheme and related benefits with a focus on how dentist can plan for the retirement they are looking for.

Learning content

  • Review the NHS Pension Scheme
  • Explain the Annual Allowance and the Lump Sum Allowance
  • Discuss the benefits of being a member of the scheme
  • Determine ways to increase pension benefits
  • Describe flexible retirement options.

Development outcome

B

17:50 Buffet dinner

18:50 Minimum Intervention Oral Care (MIOC)

Aim
To provide an overview of Minimum Intervention of Oral Care with regards to managing high caries risk patients using the phased courses of treatment.

Learning objectives

  • Explain minimum intervention oral care
  • Describe modern caries diagnosis and management
  • Recognise how this can be applied in phased courses of treatment under the NHS.

Learning content

  • Describe minimum intervention oral care
  • Discuss modern caries diagnosis and management and explain how this can be applied in phased courses of treatment under the NHS
  • Describe a case.

Development outcomes

A, B, C and D

20:30  End of lectures and networking

21:00 Close

If you feel at all unwell, we encourage you to take a lateral flow test the evening before you are due to arrive - should your test result be positive, we ask you not to attend.

If your test is negative, but you do have symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, persistent cough; a high temperature; or loss/changes to your sense of taste or smell) we kindly request you consider not attending the event to mitigate any risk to other attendees.

Park Farm Hotel, Hethersett, Norfolk NR9 3DL

Venue location

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A complex topic made clear and comprehensible

Very informative event with a great speaker.

It is local, very well organized and the speaker was great.

Speaker was excellent and the venue very pleasant. Thank you!