Advanced Occlusion

&
Wax Up
Hello & Welcome

Welcome to one of UK’s most hands-on dental training academy where you will be
receiving the best hands on teaching in ‘Advanced Occlusion’

Please read through this booklet carefully as it contains details regarding the course.

We hope you enjoy the course as much as we have putting it together.

If you have any questions at any point or require any further information, please do not
hesitate to contact us.

Aspire Dental Academy

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.aspiredentalacademy.com

Tutors:
Richard is a Consultant Specialist in Restorative and Implant Dentistry and
Oral Rehabilitation. He is a vastly experienced teacher having run over 100
hands on courses. He has a higher diploma in post graduate dental and
medical education and is well published in peer reviewed journals in
subjects including tooth wear, composite build ups, crown and bridge,
gerodontology, occlusion and Endodontics. He is a lead clinician in restorative
dentistry at St. Georges Hospital, London, and has a very successful private
practice based in London. He has placed and restored over 2000 implants,
has completed over 5000 root canals and countless direct and indirect
restorations. He is on the GDC specialist list for Restorative Dentistry,
Prosthodontics, Endodontics and Periodontology, is a father and husband and
welcomes you to this great opportunity with The Aspire Dental Academy.

Richard Porter
Raheel works in a private practice in Notting Hill. After graduating with
honours from Biomedical Sciences, Raheel qualified as a dentist from King's
College London, having won multiple awards as a student. In 2009, he won
student clinician of the year and was 1st runner up in the UK finals. He also
won the UK Dentsply/Ceram.X Case Contest in 2010, amongst many others.
Raheel graduated receiving the prestigious 'Academy of Operative
Dentistry' Award. He has also won awards since graduation. Raheel had his
first publication in 'Aesthetic Dentistry Today' as a final year student and
has since been published many times in several journals including the
Journal of Oral Implantology, International Journal of Dentistry, Journal of
Craniofacial Surgery and Dental Update. He has also been interviewed in
the British Dental Journal and Dentistry magazine.

Raheel Malik
 Alan Smyth - Dental Technician
Alan has been in the dental industry since 1998.
A multi-disciplined crown and bridge technician
for the first 10 years of his career saw him
manage two high end private laboratories
simultaneously, growing his knowledge and skill
base into implant and prosthetic fields through
the next 10.

In 2018 Alan took the reigns at precision dental

lab and now oversees the day to day running of
the laboratory. His role is three fold, to make
sure the highest standards of quality and service
are maintained within the laboratory, to strive to
improve quality and maintain our position at the
cutting edge of technology, and to use his
knowledge and skill-set to offer advice to clients
on all aspects of dental technology.
The Course

Learning outcomes for the course:

Understand the normal static and dynamic

determinants of occlusion and how they apply to
everyday clinical practice

Understand and see how occlusion can change over

time.

Understand the challenges that complex occlusal

This two-day course on practical
patterns can pose such as AOB, Cross bites, last tooth in occlusion is a blend of theory and
the arch syndrome, and how to manage these
hands on and in true Aspire fashion
Understand how pathological wear can lead to rapid commits to giving delegates a detailed
occlusal change and how to manage the occlusal aspects and above all, usable deep level of
of repairing this wear, such as increases in occlusal
vertical dimension (OVD)

knowledge and skill in occlusion.

Understand how elective aesthetic treatments can

incorporate occlusal factors to optimise success

Avoid occlusal problems - these are very broad and can

be vague but the risks of these happening can be
detected

Understand how to manage occlusal force distribution

on restorations

 Day 1 Day 2
Comprehensive assessment of the occlusal system:
Wax ups & Occlusal Morphology:

Extra-oral assessment:

• Learn and understand detailed anatomy

• Assessment of the Temporomandibular joint
and morphology of anterior and posterior
• Assessment of the muscles of mastication and teeth

identification of possible parafunction

• Learn how to wax up teeth and produce

Intra-oral assessment:

your own diagnostic wax ups

• Assessment and recording of occlusal patterns

• Learn how to make changes to your lab’s

Obtaining Records:
diagnostic wax up

• Understand which occlusal records are required

Splints:

• Understand how to correctly locate centric occlusion,

centric relation and initial point of contact and the
• Understand the importance of splint
importance these positions have on restorations
therapy

• Understand the use of leaf gauges and Lucia jigs for • Understand the different splints available
deprogramming
and their indications

Facebows and articulators:

• Understand the use of a facebow as well as the pros

and cons of using one

• Deeply understand the function of an articulator

Understand customised incisal guidance tables and how
to prescribe them

• Understanding the use of photographs to support your

lab transfer
 Venue

Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge

200 Westminster Bridge Road

London

SE1 7UT

United Kingdom

How to get there:

The closest underground

stations are Waterloo (Mainline,
Jubilee, Northern and Bakerloo
lines) and Westminster (Jubilee,
Circle and District lines), both
5-7 minutes walk away from
the hotel.

 Course Dates:
Day 1: Thursday 29th July 2021

Day 2: Friday 30th July 2021

Registation 8:30-9:00am
Course 9:00-5:00

Investment:
Total Investment: £1,250 + VAT

To reserve your place on the course a deposit of £200 is required, which will be deducted
from the final amount.

Payments are accepted through bank transfer. Cash, Credit Cards, Cheques are not
accepted.

CPD & Reading Material:

Each day is worth 7 verifiable enhanced ‘Continued
Professional Development’ (CPD) hours. A certificate will be
produced at the end of the course provided the course has
been completed.

There is no formal assessment in order to gain the hours,

however each participant is required to sign in as proof of
attendance.

To Book or ask any further questions, please feel

free to contact us:

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.aspiredentalacademy.com

Aspire Dental Academy