Continuing Professional Development
In August 2000 I registered for the newly created General Dental Council’s CPD Continuing Education Programme. I subscribe to, and read, United States based journals such as Mosby’s Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, Dentistry Today and the CRA Newsletter. Other publications studied include the British Dental Journal, The Dentist, Dental Practice and the Journal of Aesthetic Dentistry.
I attend frequent day and evening courses to keep myself up to date with the latest techniques, favouring U.S. based speakers lecturing on restorative Dentistry and Dental Materials. Examples of courses attended are as follows:
January 2020
Teacher Education Day - Kings College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College & St Thomas' Hospitals
November 2019
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh - Mentoring and Reflection: Ways and Means
November 2019
British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, London - Two Day Sypmosium - Delivering Excellence: Tradition v Innovation
March 2019
Professional Conferences Core CPD Update, London - Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Patients, Decontamination, Radiography, Legal and Ethical, Oral Cancer - Various Speakers
January 2019
Teacher Education Day - Kings College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College & St Thomas' Hospitals
November 2018
British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, London - John Kois - The Functional Smile-Start with Why...
September 2018
Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh - Non Technical Dental Skills for Trainers - What should they be?
July 2018
Stars of Dentistry 2018, London - Dr John Kanca III, Dr G Gurel,Dr Didier Dietschi and Dr Robert Ritter
March 2018
John MacLean Memorial Symposium - Dr Koray Feran, Dr Andrew Chandrapul, Dr Riaz Yar and Mr Jonathan Parkinson
February 2018
Professional Conferences Core CPD Update, London - Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Patients, Decontamination, Radiography, Legal and Ethical, Oral Cancer - Various Speakers
February 2018
Dawood & Tanner Study Day, London - Dr Shanon Patel, Dr Andrew Dawood & Dr Susan Tanner , Prof Nairn Wilson, Prof Joanna Zakrzeska, Dr Stefano Fedele and Dr Vinod Patel.
January 2018
Teacher Education Day - Kings College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College & St Thomas' Hospitals
December 2017
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh - Examiners Course
October 2017
Professional Conferences, London - Irmer Course in Dental Radiography and Radiation Protection - Justification, Optimisation, and Limitation
October 2017
British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, London - 3 day Conference - Jordi Manauta, Attiq Rahman, Francesca Vailati, Markus Blatz, Maxim Belograd, Stefano Conti, Lawrence Murray
March 2017
Professional Conferences Core CPD Update, London - Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Patients, Decontamination, Radiography, Legal and Ethical, Oral Cancer - Various Speakers
March 2017
John McLean Symposium - Restorative Dentistry Success or Failure: Fact or Fiction, London - Daniel Edelhoff & Jan-Frederick Guth, Nicola Pietrobon, Koray Feran, Felix Wohrle, Jo Frencken, Sanjah Sethi and Christoph Thalacker
February 2017
Dawood & Tanner Study Day, London - Dr Shanon Patel, Dr Andrew Dawood & Dr Susan Tanner, Prof Mark Miodownik, Dr Mathew Garrett, Prof Avijit Banarjee, Prof Richard Ibbetson and Dr Micheal Heffernan.
January 2017
Teacher Education Day - Kings College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College & St Thomas' Hospitals
June 2016
Stars of Dentistry 2016, London - Drs Frank Spear, Lorenzo Vanini, john Cranham & Ian Bucle, John Kanca and Christain Coachman
January 2016
Dawood & Tanner Study Day, London - Drs Jonathan Collier, Charlotte Feinmann, Len D'Cruz, Shanon Patel, Fiona MacKillop, Andrew Dawood and Professor Trevor Burke
January 2016
Professional Dentistry CPD Update London- Complaints; Cross Infection Control; Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice; Legal & Ethics Update; Mouth Cancer; Radiography & Radiation Protection - Various Speakers
June 2015
British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry London - The Composite Showdown - Dr Gurindher Bhirth; Prof Trevor Burke; Dr Richard Lee; Dr Tif Qureshi; Dr Monik Vasant; Dr Nadeem Younis
February 2015
Professional Dentistry CPD Update London- Complaints; Cross Infection Control; Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice; Legal & Ethics Update; Mouth Cancer; Radiography & Radiation Protection - Various Speakers
January 2015
Dawood & Tanner Study Day, London - Dr Niall Kirkpatrick - New Concepts in Facial Rejuvination; Dr Richard Dawood - Emerging Infectious Diseases; Ebola and Other Risks in Healthcare; Dr Stefano Fedele - Jaw Osteonecrosis Associated with Bisphophonates and Other and Other Anti-resorbtives; Mr Nick Kalavresos - Current priciples of Reconstruction Following Surgery For Head and Neck; Dr Kathy Harley - Management of Enamel Defects in Young Patients; Dr Susan Tanner - Implant Restorations; 'Screwing Them Up'; Dr Rupert Hoppenbrouwers - Complaints and Compliments; Ms Jean Smith - How To Flirt; Dr Zaki Kanaan - White Talks; Dr Andrew Dawood - 3D Printing In Dentistry - A 'Disruptive' Technology.
January 2015
Teacher Education Day - Kings College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College & St Thomas' Hospitals
December 2014
Managing The Old, Frail And Ill In Practice - Dr Jo Omar
October 2014
An Update On recent Changes To Infection control In England - Dr Caroline Pankhurst
March 2014
Medical Emergencies for The Dental Team - King's Postgraduate Centre
January 2014
Dawood & Tanner Study Day, London - Jo Omar - Sedation in Your Pra?ctice; Dr Almas Husain - Adult Orthodontics, Devices and Desires;Dr Ana Angelova - Stem Cells in Dentistry; Dr Shanon Patel - Getting to the Root of the Problem; Trevor Brooker - CAD CAM: Exciting New Options; Prof Mark McGurk - Minimally Invasive Management of the salivary Gland Disease; Dr Susan Tanner - Implant Prosthodontic Problems; Dr Andrew Dawood - Perimplantitis: How Do We Manage It?
January 2014
Teacher Education Day - Kings College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College & St Thomas' Hospitals
January 2013
Dawood & Tanner Study Day, London - Dr Seema Sharma - CQC; Drs Dawood & Tanner - Secrets for Success with Implants; Dr Shanon Patel - Decision Making: Implants or Root Canal Treatment?; Prof Tara Renton - Why, When and How to Extract Wisdom Teeth; Dr James Goolnik - Marketing Your Dental Practice.
November 2012
BACD Manchester - David Garber & Maurice Salama -Success by Design - Integrating Biology, New Implant Design & Aesthetics in Simplified and Complex Therapy
October 2012
London - Gordon Christensen - The Bottom Line
November 2011
London - British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry - Various speakers
September 2011
London - Two Day Implant Symposium - Nobel Biocare - Various speakers
November 2010
London – Dr J Thorogood – ‘Radiology Update’
October 2010
Manchester Confederation of Dental Employers – 'Getting to grips with the Quality Care Commission’
September 2010
Two day London Symposium on Implants – Nobel Biocare – Various speakers
October 2009
London - Dr C Pankhurst - ‘Infection and Prevention for the Dental Team’
February 2009
Delegate at the Chicago Mid Winter Meeting - attending several courses over 3 days including;
Dr G Christensen (USA) Making Decisions On Controversies In Restorative Dentistry
Dr F Tuminelli (USA) The Challenge Of The Edentulous Arch With Dental Implants
Dr G Priest (USA) Revitalize Smiles with Crowns, Veneers and Implants
Dr C Jansen (USA) Lessons learned Restoring Dental Implants, Avoiding and Managing Restorative Complications
Dr S Ratcliff (USA) Cases I love….. and One I wish I’d Never Seen
Dr M Hyman (USA) Beauties and Beasts of Cosmetic Dentistry
February 2007
Delegate at the Chicago Mid Winter Meeting - attending several courses over four days including:
Dr G Christianson (USA) Direct and Indirect Restorations
Dr H Heyman (USA) Disturbing Trends in Aesthetic Dentistry
Dr C Misch (USA) Treatment Planning for Implants
Dr J Ferrucane (USA) Materials Update
July 2007
One Day Symposium Dr C Misch (USA) - “Avoiding Prosthetic Complications in Implant Dentistry" in London
September 2006
Nobel Biocare World Tour. A series of lectures and live clinical implant placements including use of BioGuide and All-on-Four.
Speakers included; Chris Lewis, Liene Molly, Lesley David, Tion Mankoo, Ashad Ali, Roland Glauser, Karl Bishop, Andrew Dawood, Jack Hahm, Gerry Cleary, Raj Patel, Bill Abbo, Susan Tanner, Van Dooren/Hegenbarth, Inaki Gamborena, Eric Rompen, Chris Orr and Jorg Strub.
May 2006
One Day Symposium Dr Galip Gurel (Turkey) - “Failures of all ceramic restorations in the anterior aesthetic zone” in London
October 2005
One Day Symposium British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry – various speakers on “Aesthetic Dentistry – Past Present and Future” in London
February 2005
Delegate at the Chicago Mid Winter Meeting - attending several courses over 3 days including;
Dr D Nathanson (USA) Materials and Selection and Procedure
Dr D Garber (SA) Considerations Dental Aesthetics
Dr K Misch (USA) Implants for the Completely Edentulous patient
October 2004
Dr B Bichacho (USA), One day Symposium - “Considerations for the Esthetic Reconstruction of The Smile – A Periodontal Perspective” in London.
April 2004
Dr A Sudan (USA), One Day Symposium - “Updates in Aesthetic and Implant Dentistry” In London
February 2004
Delegate at the Chicago Mid Winter Meeting - attending several courses over 3 days including;
Modern Concepts in Adhesive Dentistry
Ovate Pontic Form in Tissue Guidance for Esthetic Excellence
Materials Update
Control of The Periodontal/Restorative Interface
Physiologic Principles for The Implant Success
November 2003
CRA Dentistry Update, one day symposium in London
October 2003
Privately organised course in Digital Photography, Image Manipulation, Photoshop and Power Point Presentations
April 2003
Dr J Castelnuovo “Gingival Level Alteration” in London
December 2002
Delegate at the Greater New York Dental Meeting - attending several courses over 4 days including;
New Restorative Systems
Cosmetic Dentistry - Practising and Producing
Ultraconservative Rehabilitation
Periodontal Plastic Surgery to enhance Aesthetics and Restorative Procedures
August 2002
Attended courses in Dental Digital Radiography and Imaging and in Digital Photography. The latest Sirona and Fuji systems have subsequently been installed in the surgery.
April 2002
Dr M. Salama (USA), a one day symposium on “Treatment Alternatives for Replacing Anterior Teeth in Adults” in London.
June 2001
Gordon Christiansen’s (USA) two day Symposium - “CRA Dentistry Update” at Lake Tahoe, U.S.A.
May 2001
Dr. G. Chiche (USA), one day symposium under the title “Recipes for Predictable Anterior Aesthetics” in London
March 2000
Dr John Kanca III (USA), one day symposium entitled “New Advances in Adhesive Dentistry II” London
December 1999
Greater New York Meeting - Three day series of seminars and a trade show.
April 1999
Dr Ronald Goldstein (USA), one day symposium entitled “The Prosthetc Failure - how to prevent and how to correct” Annenberg Lecture, London
March 1999
Two day course on endodontics under Dr. P. Machtou (Fr) and Dr. J. Webber (UK), entitled “The Root to Success” at the Royal Society of Physicians, London.
June 1998
One day symposium entitled “New Advances in Adhesive Dentistry I” presented by Dr John Kanca III (USA), in Bradford, England.