march, 2021
Event Details
Overview Crown lengthening is a commonly required surgical procedure to improve access to restoration margins, lengthen the clinical crown or to improve aesthetics. This one-day course is
Event Details
Overview
Crown lengthening is a commonly required surgical procedure to improve access to restoration margins, lengthen the clinical crown or to improve aesthetics. This one-day course is aimed at general practitioners wishing to improve their clinical and surgical skills and increase confidence in undertaking this procedure on their own patients. The emphasis of this course is on improving the restoration of teeth by surgical removal or repositioning of the gingivae and supporting bone.
Program Delivery – Online Blended Learning and Hands-on Pre-clinical session
- Online web lectures via Learning Management System, Canvas.
- A short MCQ (multiple choice questions)to cement your knowledge on the lecture  topics. An additional one hour of Scientific CPD is awarded.
- Online Live Q&A Session for follow up questions and interaction with the presenters.
- Hands-on Pre-clinical lab session – this session is only available to participants who have first completed the online blended learning lectures, MCQ and Live Q&A session
Major Topics
- Anatomy of the periodontium and biologic width
- Indications and the periodontal/restorative interface
- Techniques for surgical crown lengthening on pigs heads
- Hands-on sessions raising flaps and removing bone
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be familiar with:
- treatment planning
- indication for and basic techniques in surgical crown lengthening
For enquiries, contact: [email protected]
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Speakers for this event
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Dr Andrei Locke
Dr Andrei Locke
Specialist periodontist - BDSc (Hons) (Melb), Grad.Dip.Clin.Dent, MDSc (Perio) (Melb), FRACDS (Perio), FPFA
Dr Andrei Locke completed his BDSc(Hons) in 1999 and MDSc(Perio) in 2004 at Melbourne Uni. He was an ITI Scholar in Bonn, Germany, returned to Melbourne in 2005 and works in private Specialist Periodontics rooms in Glen Iris. He consults in Shepparton, is a Senior Consultant at Monash Medical Centre and clinical demonstrator and past examiner for the Post-Graduate Periodontics course at Melbourne University. He has particular interest in the influence of tissue biotype on soft tissue surgery, bone grafting and implant surgery.
Specialist periodontist - BDSc (Hons) (Melb), Grad.Dip.Clin.Dent, MDSc (Perio) (Melb), FRACDS (Perio), FPFA
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Dr Melinda Newnham
Dr Melinda Newnham
Specialist Periodontist- BDSc, DClinDent (Melb)
Dr Melinda Newnham has been a dentist for 16 years, having completed her BDSc in Western Australia (1995), specialist training in periodontics in Melbourne (2006), and was awarded the ANZAP medallion in 2007. Throughout her professional career, Melinda has enjoyed presenting lectures and tutoring undergraduate hygiene and dental students, Australian Dental Council (ADC) examination candidates, general dentists, postgraduate periodontics students and periodontists. She enjoys all aspects of periodontics, including regeneration and augmentation procedures, aesthetics and implants. Melinda is in private practice in Moonee Ponds and is also the consultant periodontist at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.
Specialist Periodontist- BDSc, DClinDent (Melb)
Organizer
Melbourne Dental SchoolThe mission of the Melbourne Dental School is to be a world-class, research-based school, offering education of the highest quality and to play a leading national and international role with particular relevance to the Asia-Pacific region. 720 Swanston Street, Carlton, VIC 3053
Time
(Friday) 9:00 am - 1:00 pm AEST(GMT+10:00) View in my time
CPD Hours
7
Price
$997 (inc GST)
