Master clinical occlusion—and manage tooth wear with confidence in everyday practice

Tooth wear cases are increasingly common and often complex: when to monitor, when to intervene, how to plan predictably, and how to deliver restorations that respect occlusal stability. This 2-day course is designed to give you the practical occlusion knowledge and clinical decision-making framework to diagnose, treatment plan and manage localised and generalised tooth wear in general practice.

Led by Dr Mahul Patel (BDS (Lond), MJDF RCS (Eng), MSc RDP (Lond), MSc ConsDent (Lond), MPros RCS (Ed)), the programme focuses on clinical and applied occlusion—with techniques you can use to support contingency planning and to help you treat suitable cases in-practice.

What you’ll be able to do after the course

You’ll leave with clearer, more structured approaches to assessing and managing wear, including:

• Assessing and diagnosing pathological tooth wear
• Deciding active restorative intervention vs passive management (prevention and monitoring)
• Treatment planning wear cases using established principles of aesthetics and occlusal stability to support predictable outcomes
• Applying practical occlusion considerations for worn dentitions, including facebow and inter-occlusal records
• Improving your ability to find centric relation, choose articulator options appropriately, and understand the Dahl phenomenon (relative axial movement)
• Understanding the merits and drawbacks of different restorative protocols, materials and techniques—including metal alloys, ceramic and resin, and conventionally vs adhesively retained indirect restorations
• Building capability to treat worn dentitions across both localised and generalised presentations

Who this course is for

This course is ideal for:

• General dental practitioners who manage tooth wear as part of day-to-day practice
• Clinicians wanting to strengthen practical occlusion knowledge that supports better planning and delivery
• Practitioners who would like to treat suitable wear cases in-house rather than refer

Why attend

• Practical, clinically focused learning centred on the realities of tooth wear in general practice
• A structured approach that links diagnosis → decision-making → planning → restoration options
• Teaching from an experienced tutor with advanced restorative and prosthodontic credentials

If you want to feel more confident with occlusion and make wear cases more predictable in your hands, this two-day programme is built for you.