Occlusion: Basics & Beyond

About This Course

A comprehensive occlusion training course focusing on pragmatic applications of occlusion in everyday dentistry, from basic restorations to full-mouth ortho-restorative cases. The course provides a risk-based, structured approach to the assessment and management of occlusion without requiring specialized equipment.

Learning Outcomes

✓Understand the principles of occlusion in relation to everyday dentistry
✓Evaluate the difference between function and parafunction with careful consideration of their envelopes
✓Revise the anatomy of the masticatory system as relevant to simple and complex dentistry applications
✓Perform a pre-restorative assessment of occlusion to achieve predictable restorative results
✓Discern when to conform and when to reorganise the occlusion and recall step-by-step protocols for each approach
✓Troubleshoot occlusal problems and compromises on single-unit restorations
✓Use facebows and articulators in practice and learn when alternative records can negate their need
✓Assess, diagnose and treatment plan for tooth wear cases of all types
✓Apply the principles of force management in the waxing up and adjustment of restorations in static and dynamic occlusion

Course Curriculum

1.Module 1: Occlusal Foundations - Understanding function vs parafunction, anatomy and physiology with clinical relevance
2.Module 2: History, Exam and Records - Basic and comprehensive occlusal exams, occlusal records with 4K loupe-mounted camera footage
3.Module 4: Conforming and Protecting - Proper conforming techniques and methods to idealise the occlusion
4.Module 5: Re-Organising and Beyond - Comprehensive assessment and full-mouth rehabilitations with composite, ceramic, bridges and partial dentures at increased vertical dimension

Course Details

Price: Free
CPD Hours: 34
Format: online
Duration: 34 hours / 8 weeks

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