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Six-module, in-person return-to-practice programme combining lectures and phantom-head hands-on training to prepare for NHS practice and updated professional requirements (36 hours verifiable CPD).
Stepping back into clinical dentistry after a career break—or following the ORE—can feel like walking into a new landscape of regulations, expectations, and evolving techniques. This six-module, in-person programme is designed to help you rebuild assurance in NHS practice while refreshing the knowledge and hands-on skills you need to work safely, ethically, and effectively.
Delivered at LonDEC, King’s College London Dental Institute, the course combines structured face-to-face teaching with intensive phantom-head practical training in a supportive, non-judgemental learning environment.
Stepping back into clinical dentistry after a career break—or following the ORE—can feel like walking into a new landscape of regulations, expectations, and evolving techniques. This six-module, in-person programme is designed to help you rebuild assurance in NHS practice while refreshing the knowledge and hands-on skills you need to work safely, ethically, and effectively.
Delivered at LonDEC, King’s College London Dental Institute, the course combines structured face-to-face teaching with intensive phantom-head practical training in a supportive, non-judgemental learning environment.
You’ll work through the key themes needed for a safe and confident return:
You’ll work through the key themes needed for a safe and confident return:
Build a practical understanding of the NHS dental contract and regulations, interpret grey areas using real-world scenarios, and strengthen record-keeping and clinical justification to support audit and inspection processes.
Build a practical understanding of the NHS dental contract and regulations, interpret grey areas using real-world scenarios, and strengthen record-keeping and clinical justification to support audit and inspection processes.
Reinforce ethical and legal responsibilities including valid informed consent, transparency in communication, confidentiality/data protection, and defensible record keeping aligned with professional standards.
Reinforce ethical and legal responsibilities including valid informed consent, transparency in communication, confidentiality/data protection, and defensible record keeping aligned with professional standards.
Refresh the principles of evidence-based practice and apply key UK guidance (including BSP, SDCEP, FGDP and NICE) to diagnosis, treatment planning, and referral—supported by appropriate documentation and case presentation standards.
Refresh the principles of evidence-based practice and apply key UK guidance (including BSP, SDCEP, FGDP and NICE) to diagnosis, treatment planning, and referral—supported by appropriate documentation and case presentation standards.
Reintroduce core preparation principles for indirect restorations, with an emphasis on material-specific designs and contemporary restorative materials.
Reintroduce core preparation principles for indirect restorations, with an emphasis on material-specific designs and contemporary restorative materials.
Develop practical confidence in provisional restorations and cementation/adhesion decisions—selecting protocols and luting agents to suit restorative material and clinical scenario.
Develop practical confidence in provisional restorations and cementation/adhesion decisions—selecting protocols and luting agents to suit restorative material and clinical scenario.
Refine techniques for functional and aesthetic direct composite restorations, with an additional review of situations where amalgam may still be appropriate.
Refine techniques for functional and aesthetic direct composite restorations, with an additional review of situations where amalgam may still be appropriate.
Delivered by Ms. Chrisoula Nicolopoulos (BDS, PG Dip Med Ed).
Delivered by Ms. Chrisoula Nicolopoulos (BDS, PG Dip Med Ed).
If you’re aiming to return to UK clinical practice with stronger decision-making, refreshed restorative techniques, and a clear grasp of NHS and professional expectations, this programme offers a structured path back—with teaching and hands-on training designed to rebuild confidence step by step.
If you’re aiming to return to UK clinical practice with stronger decision-making, refreshed restorative techniques, and a clear grasp of NHS and professional expectations, this programme offers a structured path back—with teaching and hands-on training designed to rebuild confidence step by step.