Advanced aesthetic dentistry award launched
Successful candidates will receive a fully funded place on a two-day digital dentistry course.
CGDent and Dentsply Sirona have launched the Tom Bereznicki Award for Advanced Aesthetic Dentistry.
The award is open to dentists who qualified in the UK, Ireland or overseas between 2019 to 2023 and have been practising in the UK for at least the past two years.
Thirty six successful candidates will each receive a fully funded place on a bespoke, hands-on two-day digital dentistry course at the Dentsply Sirona Academy in Weybridge. The course is repeated on three separate dates. Travel costs, hotel accommodation and subsistence are included in the prize.
The course has been designed by Dr Tom Bereznicki BDS (Edin), FDS RCS (Ed), MFDTEd, FCGDent, MFDSEng and Dr Chris Leech BDS, MAGDS RCS (Ed), MFDS RCPS (Glasg), Dip Imp Dent RCS (Ed), FDS RCS (Ed), FCGDent. Created solely for the Award, it is aimed at dentists with limited or no experience of working with a digital workflow.
Delivered predominantly through short demonstrations and comprehensive hands-on sessions, participants on the course will be guided step-by-step through the complete process of creating a digitally produced crown, from scanning to cementation. Theory modules, such as material science, will be provided through pre-course and post-course videos.
To enter, candidates must submit pre-op photographs of an aesthetic case they are about to start treating and upload a final case report when treatment is complete. The case must involve more than one tooth, including at least one anterior tooth, and the use of composite to restore teeth. It must mainly follow an analogue workflow. Full case eligibility guidance is outlined on the Award web page.