Course Description

Crowns & Bridgework – 1-Day Intensive Course

Mastering Tooth Preparation, Impression Techniques, and Temporisation

From confident case selection to a crown or bridge that fits first time — one intensive day of theory and hands-on typodont practice.

Why This Course Exists

Crown and bridge preparation is one of the most frequently performed — and most technique-sensitive — procedures in general dental practice. A margin that's placed a fraction too deep, an impression with a void near the finish line, or a temporary that doesn't seal properly can turn a straightforward case into a remake, an unhappy patient, or an awkward call from the lab. Most dentists learn the theory at dental school, but rarely get repeated, structured, hands-on repetition on the specific judgement calls that make the difference chairside: how much to reduce, where to place the margin, how to manage the tissue, and how to get an impression right the first time.

This course exists to close that exact gap — giving you a full day to rehearse the whole crown-and-bridge pathway, from diagnosis to temporisation, under direct guidance, before you're doing it solo on a patient.

Who Should Attend

•     General dental practitioners who want to prepare crowns and bridges with more speed, precision and predictability.

•     Dentists returning to fixed prosthodontics after time away from regular restorative work.

•     Associates and recently qualified dentists building a solid, repeatable foundation before taking on more complex cases.

•     Any clinician who wants fewer remakes, fewer sensitivity call-backs, and more confidence discussing crown and bridge options with patients.

Course Overview

This one-day course is designed to build confidence in performing anterior and posterior crown and bridge preparations with precision. The day covers the principles of preparation, soft tissue management, impression techniques, temporisation, and cementation, with a heavy emphasis on hands-on application using typodont models.

What You'll Gain — And How It Improves Your Everyday Practice

•     Fewer remakes: Prepare to the correct occlusal clearance and finish line first time, whatever the material — metal-ceramic, zirconia or E.max — reducing lab rejections and costly remakes.

•     Better impressions, first time: Correct tissue management and cord/paste technique mean cleaner margins, fewer voids, and impressions the lab can actually work with.

•     Fewer patient call-backs: A repeatable, tissue-friendly protocol means less post-cementation sensitivity and fewer emergency call-backs from uncomfortable patients.

•     Stronger treatment planning: Understand pontic design, span length and abutment assessment well enough to plan — and explain — bridge cases with genuine confidence.

•     Reliable temporaries: A go-to chairside method for provisional crowns and bridges that protects the prepared tooth and keeps patients comfortable between visits.

•     More confident case acceptance: Patients trust a dentist who explains crown and bridge treatment clearly — this course sharpens both your clinical execution and your chairside conversation, supporting higher case acceptance.

•     CPD you can evidence: 7 hours of verifiable CPD toward your annual requirement, backed by a knowledge-check assessment.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

•     Identify appropriate clinical indications for crowns and bridges.

•     Prepare anterior and posterior teeth using modern, minimally invasive guidelines.

•     Perform tissue-friendly margin design and retraction techniques.

•     Take accurate digital or analogue impressions.

•     Fabricate provisional restorations.

•     Understand cementation protocols for different materials.

What's Included

•     A full day of hands-on typodont practice: posterior crown prep, anterior crown prep, a 3-unit bridge, and impression/temporisation technique.

•     Post-course resource pack: tooth prep guideline chart, impression protocol summary sheet, and provisional materials/technique guide.

•     A 10-question knowledge-check assessment before your CPD certificate is issued.

•     Ongoing WhatsApp discussion group for follow-up questions after the course.

•     CPD certificate confirming 7 verifiable hours.