6 Module Return To Practice With Confidence – Cohort 2 (2026)
LonDEC (London Dental Education Centre)
6 Module Return To Practice With Confidence – Cohort 2 (2026)
Six-module, in-person return-to-practice course combining lectures and hands-on phantom-head training across 2026, delivering 36 hours verifiable CPD and a certificate of attendance.
Return to practice with confidence—refreshed, compliant, and clinically up to date
Stepping back into UK dentistry after a career break (or following the ORE) can feel daunting—especially when expectations around NHS systems, governance, ethics, and documentation have moved on. This six-module, in-person programme is designed to help you rebuild day-to-day confidence in a safe, supportive and non‑judgemental learning environment, while updating your clinical approach to meet current standards.
Delivered by LonDEC at King’s College London Dental Institute, the programme blends three lecture-based days with three intensive hands-on days in a phantom head skills laboratory, so you can consolidate essential knowledge and practise core restorative techniques with guidance.
Who this programme is for
Dental professionals returning to practice after a career break
Clinicians completing or recently completing the ORE
Practitioners seeking to feel more confident and competent when starting or returning to NHS practice
Why dentists choose this course
A structured pathway back to NHS practice
You’ll revisit the areas most likely to impact confident, safe practice—NHS regulations and the dental assurance framework, risk reduction, and the practical application of rules using real-world scenarios.
CPD Hours
36 Hours
Target Audiences
Dentist
Qualifications
Certificate
Course Formats
In Person
Available Sessions
10 Jul 2026
LonDEC, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, 3rd Floor Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
N/A
£1,665
About This Course
Return to practice with confidence—refreshed, compliant, and clinically up to date
Stepping back into UK dentistry after a career break (or following the ORE) can feel daunting—especially when expectations around NHS systems, governance, ethics, and documentation have moved on. This six-module, in-person programme is designed to help you rebuild day-to-day confidence in a safe, supportive and non‑judgemental learning environment, while updating your clinical approach to meet current standards.
Delivered by LonDEC at King’s College London Dental Institute, the programme blends three lecture-based days with three intensive hands-on days in a phantom head skills laboratory, so you can consolidate essential knowledge and practise core restorative techniques with guidance.
Who this programme is for
Dental professionals returning to practice after a career break
Clinicians completing or recently completing the ORE
Practitioners seeking to feel more confident and competent when starting or returning to NHS practice
Why dentists choose this course
A structured pathway back to NHS practice
You’ll revisit the areas most likely to impact confident, safe practice—NHS regulations and the dental assurance framework, risk reduction, and the practical application of rules using real-world scenarios.
Available Sessions
10 Jul 2026
LonDEC, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, 3rd Floor Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
Strengthen your understanding of informed consent, transparency, confidentiality, and robust clinical records aligned with GDC expectations, so you can apply principles clearly in everyday patient interactions.
Strengthen your understanding of informed consent, transparency, confidentiality, and robust clinical records aligned with GDC expectations, so you can apply principles clearly in everyday patient interactions.
Evidence-based dentistry and guideline confidence
Evidence-based dentistry and guideline confidence
Re-engage with evidence-based decision-making and learn how to interpret and apply key UK guidance, including:
Re-engage with evidence-based decision-making and learn how to interpret and apply key UK guidance, including:
BSP, SDCEP, FGDP, and NICE recommendations
Case presentation standards and the role of clinical photography and documentation for referrals, audit, and professional communication
BSP, SDCEP, FGDP, and NICE recommendations
Case presentation standards and the role of clinical photography and documentation for referrals, audit, and professional communication
Hands-on restorative rebuilding in the phantom head lab
Hands-on restorative rebuilding in the phantom head lab
Three practical modules focus on re-establishing precision and workflow across indirect and direct restorations, including:
Three practical modules focus on re-establishing precision and workflow across indirect and direct restorations, including:
Indirect restoration preparation techniques and material selection (e.g., lithium disilicate, zirconia, hybrid ceramics)
Temporisation and definitive luting: provisional restorations, cement selection, isolation, finishing and excess removal
Contemporary direct restoratives: composite placement techniques (with supplementary review of amalgam where appropriate)
Indirect restoration preparation techniques and material selection (e.g., lithium disilicate, zirconia, hybrid ceramics)
Temporisation and definitive luting: provisional restorations, cement selection, isolation, finishing and excess removal
Contemporary direct restoratives: composite placement techniques (with supplementary review of amalgam where appropriate)
What you’ll take back to practice
What you’ll take back to practice
By the end of the six modules, you’ll be better placed to:
By the end of the six modules, you’ll be better placed to:
Work more confidently within NHS rules, documentation and compliance expectations
Apply ethical and legal principles to clinical scenarios involving consent, confidentiality and record keeping
Use evidence-based guidelines to support diagnosis, treatment planning and referrals
Refresh key restorative skills through supported, practical rehearsal in a phantom head skills laboratory
Work more confidently within NHS rules, documentation and compliance expectations
Apply ethical and legal principles to clinical scenarios involving consent, confidentiality and record keeping
Use evidence-based guidelines to support diagnosis, treatment planning and referrals
Refresh key restorative skills through supported, practical rehearsal in a phantom head skills laboratory
Programme format and recognition
Programme format and recognition
Six separate in-person modules (one training day per module)
A blend of lecture-based learning, practical workshops and peer-led discussion
Course notes included
Certificate of attendance from LonDEC, King’s College London Dental Institute
6 hours verifiable CPD per module (36 hours total)
Six separate in-person modules (one training day per module)
A blend of lecture-based learning, practical workshops and peer-led discussion
Course notes included
Certificate of attendance from LonDEC, King’s College London Dental Institute
6 hours verifiable CPD per module (36 hours total)
Tutor
Tutor
Delivered by Ms. Chrisoula Nicolopoulos (BDS, PG Dip Med Ed).
Delivered by Ms. Chrisoula Nicolopoulos (BDS, PG Dip Med Ed).
Important: This programme runs as six distinct module days—please ensure you can attend all modules to gain the full benefit of the structured return-to-practice pathway.
Important: This programme runs as six distinct module days—please ensure you can attend all modules to gain the full benefit of the structured return-to-practice pathway.