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Diploma in Restorative Dentistry (Level 7)

Certificate in Restorative Dentistry (Level 7) + Certificate in Operative Dentistry (Level 7) + Certificate in Aesthetic Dentistry (Level 7)

Modules

42 modules

Enhanced CPD

198

Locations

Manchester: April 2025

London: April 2025

Course fees

Per day fees (prices inc VAT) **

Manchester: £25,200

London: £26,400

All prices are plus £750 registration fee (inc VAT)

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Diploma in Restorative Dentistry (Level 7)

The Diploma in Restorative Dentistry (Level 7) combines the Restorative course, the Operative course & the Aesthetic course.

The Diploma is focused to support the development of delegates clinical knowledge and hands-on skills together with aesthetics in dental prostheses. The qualification consists of 42 modules in the form of seminars, hands-on training using Phantom Heads, practical workshops, demonstrations and online zoom seminars. There are 33 face-to-face days, and 9 online sessions.

The course itself provides the opportunity to increase your knowledge about key elements of Restorative Dentistry and apply these in hands-on sessions to improve your Operative Skills, together with achieving the Aesthetics your patient desires. Together these will give you the skills to enable you to help your patients obtain the Smile they have always desired.

During the course topics covered are Occlusion, Articulators, TMJ Splints, Basic Tooth Preparations, Introduction to Endodontics & Periodontics and Treatment Planning. The Operative part of the course you will work with a hand-picked team of demonstrators to practice techniques related to Anterior and Posterior tooth preparation, Bonded Crowns, Ceramic Crowns, Porcelain Inlays/Onlays, Direct Composite Restorations, Gold Preparations as well as Bridge Preparations. On the Aesthetic part of the course we cover various aspects of Smile Design & Lab Communications, Tooth Anatomy, Photography & Marketing, Veneer Preparations, Designing a Digital Smile and finally Botox & Dermal Fillers.

The Diploma in Restorative Dentistry (Level 7) will provide the knowledge and experience you need to understand, plan and deliver high quality private aesthetic treatment options for your patients.

Duration of Course:

Delegates have two options for earning their Diploma. They can complete all courses side-by-side, finishing within approximately 12 to 18 months. Alternatively, they can pursue the Diploma by completing the individual certificates one after another, achieving their Diploma in approximately 24 to 36 months.

Qualification:

Upon completion of the course and the assessments involved, you will receive the below qualifications accredited by EduQual & The Royal College of Surgeons of England:

  • Level 7 Diploma in Restorative Dentistry
  • Level 7 Diploma in Aesthetic Dentistry
  • Level 7 Diploma in Prosthodontics

All qualifications are accredited by EduQual & The Royal College of Surgeons of England. Centre accreditation from RCSEng is an award of excellence, and we take immense pride in our courses being the first & only private training courses to gain this accreditation.

Level 7 Diploma Course Prices:

  • Manchester – £25,200 (inc VAT)
  • London – £26,400 (inc VAT)
  • Registration Fee – £750 (inc VAT)
Form a Clear Pathway to a Master’s Degree

After completing Tipton Training’s Level 7 Diploma in Restorative Dentistry, dentists can move onto a MSc Degree course at Plymouth University comprising only of a part time distant learning dissertation. Learn more about our Master Degree routes here.

The below provides a brief overview of the 15 modules covered throughout the Restorative section of the Diploma.

Modules are delivered in the form of seminars, practical sessions, demonstrations and online zooms. 11 days are face-to-face and 4 are online.

Module 1: Principles of Occlusion

AM, Lecture:

  • 5 Principles of Occlusion
  • Slides between RCP and ICP
  • Gnathology and Pankey style Occlusions
  • Importance of Condylar Position
  • Bruxism
  • Anterior Guidance, Canine Guidance and Incisal Guidance
  • Mutually protected occlusion
  • The importance of none working side interferences

PM, Practical:

  • Jaw registrations on live patients
  • Facebow registration practical on live patients
  • De-programming techniques

Module 2: Occlusal Examinations

AM, Lecture:

  • How to examine the TMJs
  • Muscle palpation
  • Importance of RCP contact when crowning
  • Classification of lateral movement
  • How the slide determines the treatment plan
  • Conformative v Reorganised approach
  • 4 factors that identify your Occlusal plan
  • Canine disclusion and cusp angles

PM, Practical:

  • Occlusal Examination practical on live patients

Module 3: Endodontics

AM, Lecture:

  • Basic principles of modern endodontic treatment
  • Diagnosis and treatment planning, access cavities, canal location, shaping, cleaning and obturation.
  • Restoration of endodontically treated teeth.
  • Case presentation.

PM, Practical:

  • Hands on using reciprocating files.

Module 4: PFM / Zirconia / Emax Preparations

AM, Seminar:

  • Two handed preparations
  • Understanding bur selection
  • Tooth anatomy v Tooth Prep
  • Use of speed increasing handsets
  • Lab techniques
  • Functional cusp bevels
  • Shillingburg winged preps
  • Convergence angle and axial inclination
  • The advantages and disadvantages of digital scanning in Restorative dentistry

PM, Practical:

  • Tooth Prep practical preparing upper and lower teeth for zirconia and emax crowns

Module 5: Posts

Online Lecture & Tutorial:

  • Importance of the ferrule
  • Creating the ideal ferrule
  • Parallel vs Tapered posts
  • Nayyar cores
  • Shenker Post prep techniques
  • Adhesive Fibre/Zirconia Posts prep techniques
  • Occlusion on post retained crowns
  • When to use a post and when not

Online Zoom Q&A

Module 6: Articulators

AM, Seminar:

  • Choosing the right articulator to use
  • Average value articulator
  • The importance of articulators
  • Semi adjustable & Fully adjustable articulators
  • Importance of Condylar inclination
  • Bennett movement v immediate side shift
  • Bennett angle v progressive side shift
  • Digital v analogue articulators
  • Why are your restorations always high

PM, Practical:

  • Mounting your own Models on the semi adjustable Articulator

Module 7: Aesthetics

Online Lecture & Tutorial:

  • Understanding how to design a smile
  • Media v natural smiles
  • Golden proportion/ Golden percentage
  • Incisal length and profiles
  • Centre line options
  • Maxillary teeth – tooth proportions and central incisor dominance
  • Buccal corridors and axial alignment
  • Mandibular teeth

Online Zoom Q&A

Module 8: Porcelain Veneers

AM, Seminar:

  • Theory of porcelain veneer preparations
  • Treating Diastemas
  • Interproximal preparation types – conventional vs slice
  • Different options for crossing the Incisal Edge
  • Finishing techniques
  • Prep vs prepless techniques
  • Success Rates
  • Conventional vs slice preps
  • Butt Joints vs Sloping Butt Joints vs Mini Chamfers
  • Finishing preparations and which burrs to use

PM, Practical:

  • Preparing upper central incisors for veneers

Module 9: TMJ / Splints

AM, Seminar:

  • Understanding what causes TMD
  • Different types of treatment
  • Doing therapies v splints
  • Types of splints
  • How to adjust splints
  • Success rates / costs
  • Tanner Appliances
  • Anterior Repositioning splints
  • Anterior splints and deprogrammers
  • Avoiding a Closed Lock
  • Classification of clicking

PM, Practical:

  • Splint adjustment practical on live patients
  • The use of T Scan in adjusting & fitting splints

Module 10: Adhesion Composites

AM, Lecture:

  • Contraction (C) factor
  • Treatment of pulpal exposures
  • Placement and shrinkage, flowable and chemically cured composites
  • Surface layer considerations
  • Staining techniques
  • Classification of Dentine bonding agents and appropriate use
  • Bonding to different types of dentine
  • Tooth Anatomy

PM, Practical:

  • Canine rise class 3 composite practical

Module 11: Removable Prosthodontics

Online Lecture & Tutorial:

  • How to take good impressions
  • Jaw registrations
  • BPS Denture techniques
  • Practical Denture Design
  • Fixed Denture protocols
  • Stable Base Dentures

Online Zoom Q&A

Module 12: Periodontics

AM, Lecture:

  • Etiology and prevalence of periodontal diseases
  • Screening and diagnosis of periodontal diseases and conditions, including the new classification system
  • Guidelines for periodontal treatment, including step 1, step 2, step 3 and step 4
  • Introduction to periodontal surgery
  • Diagnosis of peri-implant diseases and conditions

PM, Practical:

  • Introduction to periodontal surgery
  • Distal wedge
  • OFP
  • Pocket reduction surgery
  • Periodontal regeneration

Module 13: Bridge Design

Online Lecture & Tutorial:

  • Choosing fixed/fixed v fixed moveable design
  • Cantilever designs
  • Adhesive bridge preps
  • Choosing the retainer type
  • Perils of double abutting
  • Reasons for bridge failures
  • Flexing v length of bridge
  • Lindhe and Nyman bridges/Periodontal Prosthesis
  • The use of stress breakers

Online Zoom Q&A

Module 14: Treatment Planning

AM, Lecture:

  • Treatment Planning the large restorative case, sequencing treatment
  • Dahl appliances, diagnostic waxing and the curve of spee
  • Boyle's plane analyser, importance of the Occlusal plane
  • Vertical dimension and facial aesthetics, golden proportion
  • Pink porcelain, emergence profile and soft tissue position
  • Introduction to Modjaw and T Scan and its role in Treatment Planning
  • Custom made Anterior guidance tables

PM, Practical:

  • Treatment planning on articulators
  • Diagnostic waxing
  • Occlusal adjustment on models to give final occlusal scheme
  • Deciding to reorganise or work conformatively

Module 15: Advanced Occlusion

AM, Seminar:

  • Load testing the joint
  • Choosing your condylar position
  • Types of canine guidance
  • Occlusal adjustment
  • Progressive guidance, programmed guidance
  • Long and wide centric, freedom in centric
  • Treatment of Class 2 patients

PM, Practical:

  • Lucia jigs practical on live patients
  • The use and introduction of Modjaw and T Scan in Restorative Dentistry
  • Jaw registrations
  • De-programming
  • Splint adjustments

The below provides a brief overview of the 10 modules covered throughout the Operative section of the Diploma.

All 10 modules are face-to-face hands-on sessions utilising Phantom Heads. Prior to each face-to-face session, you will gain access to an extensive collection of online webinars and recorded practical demonstrations, available via your Members Portal.

Module 1: Bonded Crowns

  • Anterior, premolar and posterior bonded crown preparations
  • Tooth handed preparation techniques
  • Speed increasing handpiece discussion
  • Laboratory techniques and prescriptions
  • Fibre optics, magnification and loops discussion
  • Which burs to use
  • How to produce quality impressions

Module 2: Porcelain Veneers

  • Preparation techniques - Margin design, incisal edge and interproximal prep
  • Specific examples examined – retroclined lateral incisor, proclined central incisior
  • Procedure to seal and impression prep
  • Prototype construction
  • Lab prescriptions
  • Cementation techniques

Module 3: Ceramic Crowns / Inlays Onlays

  • Dentine Bonded crown preparation
  • Procera Crown Preparation
  • Inlay/onlay Cavity design – axial walls, size of cavity, internal line angles and cavo surface margin prep
  • Preparation of LL6 for porcelain inlay
  • Preparation of LR6 for porcelain inlay
  • Functional cusp bevel

Module 4: Amalgams

  • Cavity designs
  • Etch and seal theory
  • Matrix techniques
  • Bonded amalgam technique
  • Other methods to increase retention – slots and boxes

Module 5: Composite Veneers

  • Update on anterior anatomy: “it’s all about line angles”
  • Direct labial veneer on upper central incisor -hands-on:
  • Use of colour shapers, brushes to customise during free-hand build-up
  • Class IV build- up using polychromatic shades and tints.
  • Focusing on anatomy and refining the finishing and then polishing of anterior composites restorations

Module 6: Posterior Composites

  • C factor theory
  • Class I, II restoration technique
  • Flowable composite and layering technique
  • Polishing and finishing
  • Matrix designs including sectional matrix systems

Module 7: Posts

  • Length, width, ferrule, quality of RCT and occlusion theory
  • Gold post core preparation
  • How to use Duralay to build cores for casting
  • Shenker Post preparation
  • Glass fibre/carbon fibre post core construction
  • Split cast post core
  • Venting of posts
  • How to obtain high quality impressions and which equipment to use

Module 8: Gold Preparations

  • ¾ gold crowns in UR4 and LR7
  • Gold onlay UR5
  • Gold 7/8 crown in UR7
  • Which burs to use and how to prepare each individual case

Module 9: Marylands

  • Theory on Maryland design
  • How to prep for Maryland bridge – Upper 3-3 case and UL4-6 case
  • Proximal extensions, three quarter crown preps, full grooves and labial wrap

Module 10: Bridge Preparations

  • Fixed moveable, fixed fixed and cantilever designs
  • Importance of crown height, width and taper
  • UL456 fixed moveable bridge prep
  • Box preparations

The below provides a brief overview of the 17 modules covered throughout the Aesthetic section of the Diploma.

Modules are delivered in the form of seminars, practical sessions, demonstrations and online zooms. 12 days are face-to-face and 5 are online.

Module 1: Smile Design & Lab Communications

AM, Lecture:

  • The Art and Science of Aesthetic Dentistry.
  • Importance of age, sex and personality assessment.
  • The impact of occlusal and incisal planes on the treatment plan.
  • Classification of smile lines.
  • Utilising the concept of Golden Proportion in Aesthetic Dentistry.
  • Communicating effectively with patients.
  • Marketing strategies that will help you compete in the cosmetic’s dental field.
  • Media vs natural smiles.

PM, Practical:

  • Lab Communications
  • Shade Taking
  • Digital Work Flow
  • Materials

Module 2: Smile Design & Tooth Anatomy

AM, Lecture:

  • Tooth components.
  • Incisal lengths
  • Tooth dimensions.
  • Zenith points
  • Axial inclinations
  • Interdental contact area (ICA) and point (ICP)
  • Incisal embrasure
  • Symmetry and balance
  • Maxillary teeth – tooth proportions and central incisor dominance
  • Buccal corridors and axial alignment
  • Mandibular teeth
  • Lab communications and prescriptions – facebow, diagnostics, Geller models
  • Pink Composites
  • Discrepancies of smile.
  • Types of models.
  • Indication for each model and pink porcelain.
  • Steps to correct usage of face bow and bite transfer
  • Articulators

PM, Practical:

  • Tooth Anatomy & Diagnostic Waxing

Module 3: Smile Design & Photography

AM, Lecture - Smile Design 3

  • Gingival Aesthetics – High, medium and low lip line
  • Treatment of gingival discrepancies and localised recessions
  • How to manage deficient pontic areas
  • Treatment of gingival asymmetries - canted maxilla
  • Gummy Smile

PM, Theory & Practical - Photography & Marketing

  • Understand clinical photography's evolving role for documentation and patient communication.
  • Explore image capture techniques using tools like the Smile Lite MDP and various articulators.
  • Explore the best camera settings, editing and cropping techniques.
  • Master digital tools like iPhones for ease of use, cross-infection control, ease of storage, ease of sharing, ease of editing & post production.
  • Gain hands on experience in dental photography.
  • Learn to enhance clinical photos using apps like Airbrush, Retouch, Pixelmator, and Typorama.
  • Learn how to apply photographic skills to dental procedures for optimal documentation and patient satisfaction.

Module 4: Veneer Preparations (Theory)

Online Lecture & Tutorial:

  • Theory of porcelain veneer preparations
  • Various Labial surface preparation techniques including gingival prep
  • Interproximal preparation types
  • Conventional vs slice
  • Various palatal surface preparation techniques
  • Immediate Dentine Sealing
  • The pros and cons of Prepless veneers
  • Geller Models
  • Anatomy of Enamel and Dentine
  • Cross incisal edge or not

Online Zoom Q&A

Module 5: Veneer Preparations (Practical)

  • Preparation of upper and lower anterior teeth for veneers
  • Hands-on conventional vs slice techniques
  • How to use preparation matrices – various types
  • Choice of burs
  • Conventional impressions and digital scans
  • Fitting and adjusting prototypes

Module 6: Bleaching (Theory)

Online Lecture & Tutorial:

  • An update on bleaching.
  • Looking at the history, safety and use of bleaching.
  • Covering all aspect of at home and in surgery methods, they’re chemistry and modes of action.
  • Whitening methods, how to manage sensitivity and gain predictable results.
  • Vital, non-vital, at home and in surgery techniques discussed.
  • Advantages and disadvantages of both at home and in surgery methods.
  • DCPs and whitening.

Online Zoom Q&A

Module 7: Aesthetics & Orthodontics

  • Align Bleach Bond techniques
  • Orthodontic assessments and structure
  • Fixed vs removable orthodontics
  • IPR requirements and linking to veneer prep guidelines
  • The Concept of Restoratively Centered Digital Orthodontics.
  • The Complete Patient Assessment: Orthodontic, TMJ, Occlusal, Aesthetic, Facial.
  • Digital Workflow & Digital Monitoring
  • Malocclusions and treatment planning.
  • The Fundamentals of Fixed Appliance Orthodontics vs Aligner Orthodontics.
  • Use of splints for Retention

Module 8: Veneer Cementation (Practical)

  • Cementation protocol for veneers
  • Understand adhesion / Bonding
  • Isolation techniques
  • Removing prototypes – silane and HF acid
  • How to detect any problems in the laboratory work
  • Learn fundamentals of veneer assessments
  • Laboratory failures
  • Lab prescriptions
  • Several finishing techniques and steps after bonding
  • How to recement and repair veneers

Module 9: Aesthetic Perio

AM, Lecture:

  • Miller classification for marginal tissue recession
  • Treatment Planning surgical techniques
  • Crown lengthening
  • Connective tissue grafting
  • Apically-repositioned flaps
  • Replaced flaps
  • Laterally-repositioned flaps
  • Free gingival grafts
  • Frenum repositioning
  • Types of indications of each graft
  • Harvesting connective tissue grafts from palate
  • Treatment planning soft tissue surgery

PM, Practical:

  • Crown lengthening and connective tissue grafting on pigs heads

Module 10: Ceramic Crowns Inlays, Onlays, Overlays, Vonlays

Online Lecture & Tutorial:

  • Principles of tooth preparation for inlays / onlays
  • Techniques for minimal preparations
  • Hollow ground chamfer for cavosurface margins
  • Material choice
  • Understanding Emax
  • When to inlay or overlay / onlay cusps
  • Indications and contradictions
  • Cavity design
  • Impression techniques and scanning
  • Prototypes and temporisation
  • Cementation techniques

Online Zoom Q&A

Module 11: Facial Aesthetics (Theory)

Online Lecture & Tutorial:

  • Introduction to the exciting field of facial aesthetics.
  • Provides an overview of the latest scientific theories on the use of muscle relaxant solutions and hyaluronic acid-based dermal fillers, the most effective application techniques & their safety.
  • Guidance on insurance, marketing, and legal considerations for advertising and providing aesthetic treatments to patients.

Online Zoom Q&A

Module 12: Facial Aesthetics (Practical)

  • A combination of theory and live demonstrations on various facial aesthetics treatments.
  • The morning seminar will introduce you to the various facial aesthetic treatments available, how they can complement your dentistry and their safety.
  • In the afternoon you will be able to observe live demonstrations of muscle relaxant treatments on the forehead, frown lines, and crow's feet, which are the three most common areas.
  • Delegates will also have the chance to observe live demonstrations on a variety of dermal filler treatment applications, and if willing, to experience them on yourselves.
  • You will not be certified to perform these treatments following the completion of this course.

Module 13: Digital Smile Design (Theory)

Online Lecture & Tutorial:

  • The Principals of Digital Smile Design
  • The Digital Workflow in Practice
  • How to analyse a Smile Digitally
  • How to design a smile using keynote or powerpoint according to the landmarks of the face
  • Which information do we need to capture in order to apply digital smile design - photos, videos and intra-oral scans.

Online Zoom Q&A

Module 14: Digital Smile Design (Practical)

  • How to apply DSD in Practice
  • The language of digital dentistry
  • How to use the digital smile design to treatment plan
  • Hands-on photography and video for DSD
  • Tips for using intra-oral scanners diagnostically
  • Hands-on Powerpoint and Keynote to create patient DSD Presentations
  • How to use and integrate the Smile Design Apps and other technology

Module 15: Advanced Composites

  • Introduction of some new techniques that will improve labial composite bonding, and diastema closure.
  • 100% hands-on
  • Revisit anterior tooth anatomy
  • Unica anterior Matrix system
  • This matrix allows the reconstruction of both cervical and interproximal margins with a significant advantage in terms of shape management and predictability of the restoration.
  • Hands-on: Build-up UR1, UL1 to achieve balanced central incisors.
  • Refining finishing and polishing protocols
  • Diastema closure using the “Frontal Wing” method
  • This technique provides the ideal emergence profile, optimal integration, tight contacts and maximal aesthetics

Module 16: Treatment of Tooth Wear

AM, Lecture - Treatment of Tooth Wear, with composite:

  • Identify and control the aetiological factors
  • A power point discussion of the types of tooth wear, and prevention.
  • Dahl technique- for localised anterior tooth wear
  • Accurate diagnosis to improve success
  • Laboratory communication and additive analogue or digital wax-ups
  • Predictable restorative solutions to improve aesthetics and restore function: case discussions with long term follow-up

PM, Practical:

  • Hands on tutorial
  • Use of different silicone indices to build-up tooth form using composite
  • Palatal putty index: build-up upper 3-3 with attrition/abrasion.
  • Translucent silicone & injection moulding in treatment of erosion

Module 17: Occlusion

AM, Lecture - Occlusion:

  • 5 Principles of Occlusion
  • Intra and extra oral examinations
  • Examining ICP, RAP, RCP and slides
  • Use of Analogue vs Digital Articulators
  • Balancing and non-working side contacts
  • Types of splints
  • Reorganised vs conformative approaches for restorations
  • Digital occlusal techniques

PM, Practical - Occlusion:

  • Jaw manipulations and records
  • Deprogrammers
  • Occlusal examination procedures
  • Use of T Scan

The Level 7 Diploma in Restorative Dentistry consists of 17 units delivered over 42 days in the form of lectures, practical sessions, demonstrations and online zoom lectures. 33 days will be face-to-face and the remaining will be online zoom lectures / e-learning lectures.

You will be awarded a total of 198 hours of Enhanced CPD as a result of realising each Learning Outcome on these face-to-face days.

Restorative Learning Outcomes

Unit 1: Principles of Occlusion

  • Learning Outcome 1: Comprehensively evaluate and demonstrate the understanding of basic, intermediate and advanced principles of occlusion.
  • Learning Outcome 2: Evaluate, select and apply appropriate occlusion techniques for manipulation of the jaw, identification of slides, managing and controlling occlusion for a reorganised bite.
  • Learning Outcome 3: Evaluate and apply appropriate techniques relating to TMJ and Splints, which splint to use when and where, management of the patient, maintenance and review.

Unit 2: Principles of Tooth Preparation

  • Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the main factors to be considered for use in Tooth Preparation, bur selection and dimension, preparation techniques and the science behind them, Shillingburg Preps and Magne.
  • Learning Outcome 2: Critically appraise current techniques and accompanying material considerations involved with the application of porcelain veneers.
  • Learning Outcome 3: Evaluate and demonstrate the techniques for the use of posts. Which Posts design, material, ferrule and managing the root filled tooth.
  • Learning Outcome 4: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of adhesion composites and their application to patients.

Unit 3: Tooth Replacement for Missing Teeth

  • Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate an understanding of Bridge Preparation Techniques and Adhesive Requirements.
  • Learning Outcome 2: Analyse and Apply the Essential Techniques for Implants.

Unit 4: Treatment Planning and the Use of Articulators

  • Learning Outcome 1: Evaluate the Treatment Planning Considerations to be made for Patients.
  • Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate understanding of the principles of articulators, types of articulators and the science behind choice of use.

Unit 5: Endodontics and Periodontics

  • Learning Outcome 1: Evaluate the Endodontic restorative management of teeth.
  • Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate an understanding of periodontology.

Operative Learning Outcomes

Unit 1: Principles of Tooth Preparation

  • Learning Outcome 1: Explain, evaluate and practise the principles of Anterior and Posterior Tooth Preparation.
  • Learning Outcome 2: Evaluate and apply appropriate techniques for successful Bonded Crowns.

Unit 2: Principles of Ceramic Indirect Restoration

  • Learning Outcome 1: Critically appraise current techniques and accompanying material considerations involved with the application of porcelain veneers.
  • Learning Outcome 2: Evaluate and demonstrate the techniques for the fabrication and application of all ceramic crowns.
  • Learning Outcome 3: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles essential for effective application of Porcelain Inlays/Onlays.

Unit 3: Direct Composite Restorations

  • Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate an understanding of Anterior composites as used in Restorative Dentistry.
  • Learning Outcome 2: Evaluate and Apply the Essential Techniques/considerations to be used in application of posterior composites.
  • Learning Outcome 3: Explain the use and demonstrate the application of Composite veneers.

Unit 4: Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth

  • Learning Outcome 1: Critically evaluate the types of posts and cores available and apply appropriate dentistry to patients.
  • Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate an understanding of amalgams and their application with patients.

Unit 5: Principles and Application of Gold Preparations

  • Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate an understanding of Gold preparations and their application.
  • Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate an understanding of Gold related Inlay/ Onlay techniques

Unit 6: Principles of Bridge Preparations

  • Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate an understanding of Bridge Preparation Techniques.
  • Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate an Understanding of the principles and application of Maryland Bridges.

Aesthetic Learning Outcomes

Unit 1: Principles of Smile Design

  • Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the relevant factors needed for effective smile design
  • Learning Outcome 2: Explain and apply the principles of co-coordinating and integrating practice of smile design with soft tissue treatments
  • Learning Outcome 3: Evaluate, select and apply appropriate anterior wax up techniques

Unit 2: Orthodontics and Pre-alignment

  • Learning Outcome 1: Critically evaluate the benefits of phased treatment planning for enhanced predictability and consent
  • Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate an understanding of restorative outcomes after orthodontics

Unit 3: Advance Veneer Preparations and Cementation Techniques

  • Learning Outcome 1: Critically appraise current techniques and accompanying material considerations involved with veneer preparation
  • Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate current techniques associated with Veneer Preparations and Cementations techniques
  • Learning Outcome 3: Demonstrate an understanding of aesthetic outcomes using minimal invasive veneer preparations

Unit 4: Principles of Aesthetic Periodontics

  • Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate an understanding of Aesthetic Periodontal Issues
  • Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate an understanding of Gingival Recession and Latrogenic Damage

Unit 5: Principles and application of Advanced Composites

  • Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the diagnosis & management of tooth surface loss
  • Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate and understanding of the techniques associated with direct stratification composite veneers
  • Learning Outcome 3: Demonstrate an understanding of techniques associated with treatment of black triangles without the need for extensive structural alterations

Unit 6: Principles and Design of a Digital Smile

  • Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate an understanding of Digital Smile Analysis and Planning
  • Learning Outcome 2: Apply and Critically Evaluate Advanced Smile Design Techniques on Patients

Professor Paul Tipton

BDS, MSc, D.G.D.P RCS, Dip Rest Dent, Dip Imp Pros, Dip Pros, Dip Aesth Dent, FCGDent. Specialist in Prosthodontics. Visiting Professor of Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry, City of London Dental School.

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Professor Paul Tipton is an internationally acclaimed Prosthodontist who has worked in private practice for more than 30 years. He is the founder of Tipton Training, Europe’s leading private dental training institution and the author of over 100 scientific articles for the dental press. A passionate and charismatic speaker, Paul has been teaching for over 30 years, both in the UK and internationally.

He was voted one of the ‘most influential dentists in the UK’ by his peers in Dentistry Magazine in 2013 and in the top 3 dentists in Aesthetic Dentistry’s 25 poll, November 2012. 

In 2021 Prof Tipton was voted one of the “World’s Top 100 Doctors” by the Global  Summits.

In 2022 Prof Paul Tipton was amongst the few awarded for the “Dentistry’s Top 50 Dentists 2022”.

Most recently in November 2022 Professor Paul Tipton won the Kimberley Finlayson ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ in recognition for his outstanding contributions to private dentistry and dental education.

Professor Tipton qualified from Sheffield University in 1978 and in 1982 opened his own referral practice in Manchester. He continued to build his skills, studying at Eastman Dental Hospital in London, where after 2 years of study, he obtained a Masters Degree in Conservative Dentistry in 1989. In the same year he started teaching on the University of Manchester’s MSc in Restorative Dentistry. He is now a lecturer on their MSc programme in Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry and also lectures at Kings College London (LonDEC).

In 1991 Professor Tipton founded his private dental training academy, Tipton Training. During this time, Tipton Training have successfully trained over 5,000 dentists and this number continues to rise year after year.

In 1992, Professor Tipton was awarded an honary Diploma in General Dental Practice from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and was appointed a member of the British Dental Association’s Independent Practice Committee. In 1999, he was certified as a Specialist in Prosthodontics by the General Dental Council.

Professor Paul Tipton is on the editorial board of Private Dentistry Magazine, Restorative & Aesthetic Practice and Implant Dentistry and is a medical writer and part of the advisory board at Expert Beauty Magazine and ‘Woman’s’ magazine. He was a founding member and on the Board of Directors of the British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry and the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.

He is currently the President of the British Academy of Restorative Dentistry and was recently elected Fellow of the International Academy of Dental Facial Esthetics (IADFE).

Prof. Tipton practices at his clinics in Manchester, Nottingham and London.  Further details can be found at www.drpaultipton.co.uk or www.tclinic.co.uk.

Dr Matthew Holyoak

BDS, Dip Rest Dent (RCS Eng), MSc (Rest Dent)

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Matthew maintains a private practice in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire with an emphasis on Cosmetic and Advanced Restorative dentistry.
Recently appointed as Educational Supervisor in Advanced Restorative & Cosmetic Dentistry at the School of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education. He is also a Senior Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at UCLan.

He has a specific interest in Aesthetic Dentistry including smile design, composite resin restorations, minimally invasive ceramic restorations and the restoration of dental implants.

He lectures on smile design, hands on training in composites and restoring dental implants for FGDP, Ankylos Implants, Tipton Training & NW Deanery.

He has teaching experience with FGDP, Diploma in Restorative Dentistry & UCLan MSc courses in Restorative & Cosmetic Dentistry
Matthew is a full member of BAAD, and an associate member BSOS.

He is also a Clinical Opinion Leader with some of the UK’s leading dental companies, giving advice on the clinical use of restorative dental materials and the development of new materials and techniques.

Dr Ash Rayarel

BDS, MFGDP(UK), MSc (Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry)

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Dr Ash Rayarel is a distinguished dental professional who graduated from Manchester University in 1989. His commitment to continuous learning and professional development is evident in his attainment of the MFGDP(UK) qualification in 1998, as well as completing all of Tipton Training’s post graduate courses and an MSc in Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry.

Ash has been an integral part of the Tipton Training faculty for over 12+ years, and is one of the leading lecturers at Tipton Training.

Dr Rayarel also teaches undergraduate students at the University of Manchester and has been an Educational Supervisor for over 20 years.

He has completed a PG Certificate in teaching and mentoring from UCLAN and more recently from Edgehill University. Ash is a member of the BACD, BARD and Salford LDC.

Dr. Warren Martin

BDS LDS RCS(Eng) MSc MFDS RCS(Edin)

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Dr. Warren Martin graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1993 and immediately entered general practice. In 1994 he was awarded a Licentiate in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Warren’s interest in developing his clinical skills further has seen him combine working in practice whilst travelling across the world to study and train with world renowned restorative experts and some of the biggest names in dentistry today. Having started to implement new techniques he also sought further qualifications to heighten his knowledge of restorative dentistry.

In 2003 after two years study, Dr Martin graduated from the University of Manchester with a Masters Degree in Prosthodontics. Following which, he proceeded to teach the undergraduate students and supervise research projects within the University Dental Hospital.

Towards the end of 2004 Warren was elected as a member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh before returning to University of Manchester in 2008 to undertake the mono-specialty training in Prosthodontics.

Since 2004 Dr Martin has been the owner and principal dentist at Greyholme Dental Suite just outside Cheltenham and has recently taken up a teaching position on the Masters Degree program in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics at the University of Manchester Dental Hospital.

Dr Adam Toft

BSc (Hons), BDS (Hons), MFGDP (UK), MMedSci (Rest Dent), Dip Aesth (BARD) FBARD PGCertEd (Sheffield)

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Dr Adam S. Toft qualified in 1995 with Honours from Sheffield University, having already gained a chemistry degree in Bangor, Wales. Since qualifying he has been interested in all aspects of dentistry, especially orthodontics, restorative and cosmetic dentistry.

Adam has completed a 2 year postgraduate orthodontic course and a 4 year placement at the Royal Hospital, Chesterfield as a clinical assistant in the Orthodontic Department. He enjoys attending postgraduate courses and has been a vocational trainer for newly-qualified dentists over a number of years.

Adam has completed a 1 year Certificate course in Restorative Dentistry in Manchester as well as a yearlong Certificate in Practical and Aesthetic Dentistry with Tipton training in the mid 2000’s.

Furthermore, in order to offer his patients the very best in Aesthetic Dentistry, Adam has also recently completed an MMedSci Course at Sheffield University. He studied part–time over two years and has been learning and carrying out the very latest in adhesive and cosmetic dentistry.

He has taught as a part–time clinical tutor at Sheffield’s Charles Clifford Dental Hospital where he helped to supervise and tutor final year dental students.

Adam is one of the head lecturers here at Tipton Training, having worked alongside Professor Tipton for over 10 years. Adam mentors and lectures on the restorative, operative and aesthetic courses.

He is a founding committee member of the British Academy of Restorative Dentistry (BARD) and also a member of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD).

Dr. Paul Mandon-Gassman

BDS

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I qualified from Sheffield in 1987 and moved to Kent in 1994, working at his current practice since 1998, becoming a co-owner in 2002 and achieving Denplan Excel Accreditation in 2004.

For over 20 years I have sought out the best teachers in the world in cosmetic, reconstructive and functional dentistry to gain the skills that I now offer patients at Sturry Dental Practice in Canterbury, Kent. I created the exclusivesmiles.co.uk brand to showcase the best that modern dentistry has to offer. I also provide sessions at Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital for Medway Community Healthcare as a Dental Officer treating special needs patients.

As a previous full member of the British Academy of Cosmetic dentistry (BACD), I have experience in treating all type of cosmetic problems from simple tooth whitening to full smile makeovers. In the past I have been a member of the BACD membership, communication and congress committees. I have a reputation for a conservative approach to dentistry that will offer long term aesthetic results from the minimum of intervention; this can be seen with my use of various brace systems to align teeth prior to a final makeover.

I have a special interest in the treatment of head, neck and facial pain and its relation to poor jaw function and am a member of the British Society of Occlusal Studies (BSOS) which exists to help practitioners treat and prevent these common problems. Membership is by invitation only to practising dentists who have completed an arduous training programme which typically takes five years. I have lectured on the subject to other dentists and technicians and provided hands on courses on Facebow use and jaw registration.

I am an “opinion leader” for Ivoclar Vivadent and lecture and tutor hands on courses for them on Composites, Cements and tooth preparation for the Emax ceramic system.

I like to help people to understand what dentistry can offer them and as the No1 ‘Active Dentist’ on the award-winning patient education website All About Teeth (allaboutteeth.co.uk), spend time answering the public’s questions regarding their dental concerns. I am also a member of the Association of Dental Implantology UK (ADI, visit adi.org.uk), a registered charity dedicated to providing the profession with continuing implant education and the public with a greater understanding of the benefits of dental implants. I am a full member of the Tipton Training Dental Academy which provides me with the latest dental scientific knowledge and clinical techniques. I am honoured to have been asked by Paul Tipton to act as a Study Club Chairperson for the British Academy of Restorative Dentistry

Dr. Hugo Grancho Pinto

BDS (Lisbon) 2004. Specialist in Periodontology, lecturer at Manchester University

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Hugo is a registered specialist in periodontics with the General Dental Council and he focuses his clinical practice around the diagnosis and treatment, both nonsurgical and surgical, of gum disease, aesthetic periodontal surgery and implant dentistry.

Hugo qualified as a dentist from the University of Lisbon, practiced general dentistry for a couple of years and has been working in private practice in the areas of periodontology and implant dentistry exclusively since 2006.

Hugo competed a 3 years full time Specialist Training Program in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry in Lisbon. He has a Diploma in Clinical Periodontology from the Gothenburg University and completed a Post-Graduation in Implant Dentistry at the Oral Rehabilitation Institute, in Lisbon.

Hugo is an academic clinical lecturer in the postgraduate program in periodontics at the University of Manchester. He was a lecturer in the Periodontology Department in the University of Lisbon until 2008. He also lectures nationally and internationally on periodontics and implant dentistry.

He is an active member of the British Society of Periodontology, American Academy of Periodontology and Portuguese Association of Periodontology and Implants.

Outside dentistry he loves spending time with his wife and kids and enjoys playing tennis and travelling around the world

Dr Andy Carragher

LDS RCS, BDS, MClinDent, CPS

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Dr Andrew Carragher has 25 years experience in Private and NHS Practice, including 21 years as owner and principal of his own clinic.

He completed the Tipton Training courses early in his career and went on to complete a Master’s Degree in Prosthodontics where he discovered his passion for teaching and went onto become Senior Clinical Teacher in Restorative Dentistry at Liverpool University Dental Hospital.

During his 12 years in that position, Dr Carragher has taught hundreds of students the fundamentals of restorative dentistry and guided them in clinical practice. He is now senior lecturer with Tipton Training and specialising in advanced composite techniques.

Dr Elaine Halley

BDS, M.Sc (Advanced Cosmetic Dentistry)

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Principal Dentist at Cherrybank Dental Spa

Dr Elaine Halley graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1992 and with more than 20 years experience as a general dentist with a special interest in cosmetic and advanced restorative dentistry and facial aesthetics. She treats patients from across Scotland and the UK at her private practices, Cherrybank Dental Spa in Perth and Edinburgh.

Dr Halley was President of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry in 2008-2009 achieved Accreditation in 2010. Her main interest is cosmetic and advanced restorative dentistry and she has studied extensively in the United States, Europe and the UK. In 2012 she was awarded a Masters degree in Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry with distinction from the University of Manchester.

Dr Halley serves on the editorial board for the leading trade magazines, Private Dentistry and Aesthetic Dentistry Today, and is a member of the judging panel for the Scottish Dental Awards sponsored by FMC. Her work has been widely featured in the media including Top Sante, Radio 4 and STV.

She has been working with Christian Coachman and Digital Smile Design since 2012 and is a Master Clinician and an Instructor for Digital Smile Design. Her clinics are built around the DSD concept which has improved both treatment planning and case acceptance.
She has authored numerous articles on subjects ranging from clinical case studies to practice management and Implementing DSD and lectures frequently on these subjects. She has lectured and taught on many hands-on programs throughout the UK and abroad.

Gary Jenkinson

I have been qualified as a dental technician for over 30 years

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I have been qualified as a dental technician for over 30 years, in that time I’ve gained experienced in all aspects of dentistry.

My parents told me to do something you love because if you don’t it will feel like work and you’re there for a long time son, fortunately for me I love dental technology and my passion and hunger to learn and do the best I can for my clients and ultimately the patients is down to loving what I do.

I like sharing my knowledge and passion for dental technology, I lecture and teach whenever I can, it’s been a pleasure teaching and helping with Paul Tipton on his courses around the world, helping technicians to learn being an Ivoclar Opinion Leader, showing dentists how DIgital Smile Design can help them motivate and communicate with them and their team to achieve predictable beautiful results.

I have my own lab in Sheffield, Art Dental Studio is a small and beautiful lab with a dedicated team giving my private clients the results and service their patients deserve.

Giles Round

BDS(Birm) MFGDP(UK) MPhil

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Giles qualified in 1999 from Birmingham Dental School, where he also went on to complete an MPhil in Endodontics in 2011. In addition, he gained the UCL Certificate in Endodontics from the Eastman Dental Institute.

Giles regularly lectures to dentists on a variety of endodontic subjects and has had an extract of a research project published at the International Association of Dental Research conference.

Giles has a young family and loves spending time with his wife and two daughters. He also unwinds by playing the piano.

Dr Jagdeep Saimbi

BDS (distinction, Bristol 2014) MFDS RCSEd PGDip (Restorative dentistry)

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Jagdeep qualified from The University of Bristol in 2014 with distinction. During his time as an undergraduate, he was awarded numerous academic prizes, including one for Prosthodontic dentistry.

Since leaving university he has completed exams to become a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. He has also completed two year long courses at Tipton Training with the prestigious Professor Paul Tipton in which he now teaches on the course, as well as completing the appropriate examinations and case studies to be awarded his Postgraduate Diploma in Prosthodontic Dentistry.

He is passionate about all dentistry however he particularly enjoys endodontics, fixed crown and bridgework as well as removable dentures.

In his spare time Jagdeep regularly attends Dentistry courses to ensure he is in touch with the latest advancements and is a regular gym attender.

Dr Xander Howell

BDS, MFDS RCSEd, MAGDS RCSEd, MSc Endo

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Xander qualified from the University of Manchester in 2012, following which he moved to the North East. He completed the MFDS with the Royal College of surgeons of Edinburg in 2014 and is one of only a handful of dentists to have passed the MAGDS with the Royal College which he achieved in 2021.

Xander has a keen interest in all aspects of restorative dentistry, in particular Endodontics. He gained his MSc in Endodontics in 2019 and works in a private Endodontic referral practice taking complex case referrals from around the North of England. He has completed all of the Tipton Restorative Certificates (Operative, Restorative and Aesthetic) and continues to enjoy postgraduate education.

Over the last couple of years he has been involved with Deanery teaching, lecturing for Foundation Dentists and at a post graduate level as well.

Dr Wahab Shakir

MClinDent Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry

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Wahab qualified at Newcastle University and then moved to London to work in private practice.
He has gained a wealth of knowledge in cosmetic and general dental procedures as well as the treatment of TMD (Temporo-Mandibular Joint Disorders). As a professional, Wahab is especially known for cosmetic excellence. He has a strong belief in prevention and will only remove tooth structure after all other avenues have been exhausted.

He returns smiles back to functional aesthetic beauty with minimally invasive techniques such as tooth whitening, bonding, veneers, inlays and crowns. He also has a high level of ability in the treatment of the TMJ jaw joint and its related muscular pain, tension and tooth wear and grinding.
Wahab is passionate about dentistry, has a friendly and caring approach and he is also great at helping nervous patients and children feel relaxed. He is also a certified provider of Invisalign® and Cfast tooth alignment systems.

He is always making sure he keeps up to speed with the constant developments in dentistry. As part of his on-going professional development, he regularly attends courses by other well respected dentists.

Wahab has gained a Certificate in Restorative Dentistry from the Tipton Institute and a second Certificate in Hands-on Dentistry for which he was presented the Best Dentist Award. He is completing a Masters (MClinDent) in Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry.

Why should I do the Level 7 Diploma in Restorative Dentistry?

The Level 7 Diploma in Restorative Dentistry teaches you the theory behind Restorative Dentistry, lets you get confident with your tooth preparation techniques and then provides you with the tools to understand, plan and deliver high quality private Aesthetic Treatments. The range of treatments you’ll feel confident in offering will increase massively by enrolling on to this course. The three components of the course complement each other perfectly. You will taught the theoretical foundations developed over many years in the forms of scientific papers. You will then take the knowledge gained in fundamental areas such as Occlusion to ensure that the Aesthetic treatments you provide do not fail. The theory that you are taught will fit perfectly when you prep teeth on Phantom Heads.

What is the benefit of doing Level 7 Diploma and not just to the Level 7 Certificate in Restorative Dentistry, Level 7 Certificate in Operative Dentistry, and Level 7 Certificate in Aesthetic Dentistry.

The Level 7 Diploma in Restorative Dentistry is essentially the best way of getting into the higher end of providing private aesthetic treatment and managing different patient cases confidently. Should you choose to do the Level 7 Diploma in an standard format and complete it within 18 months you can also reap the advantages of improved treatment delivery earlier. You can choose any options you feel suitable as Tipton Training has a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) policy which will ensure that your existing education within another Tipton Training course is taken into consideration. Every time you do a Level 7 Diploma or a Level 7 Certificate you must pay additional registration fees. So, should you choose to register for each course separately, you are paying 3 registrations fees. The flip side is you also get 3 certificates. It all depends on what your ambitions are.

How to form a clear pathway to a Master's Degree.

If you complete our Level 7 Diploma in Restorative Dentistry, you can move onto a MSc Degree course at Plymouth University comprising only of a part time distant learning dissertation.

PG Diploma course options

Diploma in Dental Implantology (Level 7)

Diploma in Prosthodontics (Level 7)

Diploma in Implant Prosthodontics (Level 7)

Diploma in Aesthetic Dentistry (Level 7)

     
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