The event will take place on April 5, 2025, at the Kensington Conference and Events Centre in London. Six renowned speakers will deliver a series of lectures to enhance delegates’ understanding of the fundamentals of occlusion and how these principles can support the placement of successful, long-term restorations for patients presenting with tooth wear and other conditions.
Tom Bereznicki, a general dental practitioner with a special interest in restorative dentistry and founder of the Tom Bereznicki Dental Educational Foundation, said, “Occlusion is the cornerstone of everything that happens in your mouth and sometimes young dentists don’t appreciate that to maintain somebody’s healthy dentition you still have to consider their occlusion. You have to prevent wear which is very often occlusally-related. And when providing restorations, whether simple fillings, advanced multiple crowns, or indirect restorations which you want to last as predictably and as long as possible, if you don’t take the occlusal scheme into consideration then they are likely to fail prematurely.”
The opening lecture will be delivered by Tom, whose dental education charity also funds the CGDent-GC Award for Foundation Trainees and the college’s new ‘Award for Advanced Aesthetic Dentistry’.
Further lectures will then be delivered by Paul Tipton, Ken Harris, Tif Qureshi, Shiraz Khan and Koray Feran.
Tom added, “To cover the length and breadth of the subject of occlusion would in all probability take a week. In the time available we will try to deal with the basic fundamental principles involved, particularly the intraoral occlusal examination which is crucial in treatment planning. In addition, examples of clinical success’ as well as occlusally-related failures will be covered.”
Alongside the programme of lectures, delegates can visit a selection of education stands to learn more about leading postgraduate courses available in the field.
The event is open to dentists who qualified in the UK or overseas between 2019 and 2023 and have been practising in the UK for at least the past two years. To ensure the symposium is accessible to early career dentists, the fee has been set at £75.
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