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1-Day Restorative & Aesthetic Masterclasses

Explore our one-day Restorative & Aesthetic Dentistry masterclasses, where you can enhance both theoretical and clinical skills alongside Tipton Training’s expert tutors, including Professor Tipton. Stay ahead in the field with the latest theoretical and scientific insights, 

enabling you to provide advanced treatment options to your patients.

Explore our one-day Restorative & Aesthetic Dentistry masterclasses, where you can enhance both theoretical and clinical skills alongside Tipton Training’s expert tutors, including Professor Tipton. Stay ahead in the field with the latest theoretical and scientific insights, enabling you to provide advanced treatment options to your patients.

Porcelain Veneers

Enhance your expertise in aesthetic dentistry with this in-depth Porcelain Veneers masterclass. This course is designed to provide you with both the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to excel in veneer preparation.

 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

Upcoming Dates

Manchester: Friday 26th February 2027

Watford: Thursday 15th April 2027

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Aesthetic Perio

Enhance your understanding of soft tissue management and periodontal surgery to achieve more predictable aesthetic outcomes. Following a focused morning seminar, you'll apply the techniques during a practical hands-on workshop using pig's heads.

Key areas covered include:

  • Miller classification for marginal tissue recession

  • Treatment planning for periodontal surgery

  • Crown lengthening techniques

  • Connective tissue grafting

  • Apically repositioned, replaced and laterally repositioned flaps

  • Free gingival grafts

  • Frenum repositioning

  • Indications for different grafting techniques

  • Harvesting connective tissue grafts from the palate

  • Practical crown lengthening and connective tissue grafting on pig's heads

Upcoming Dates

Watford: Wednesday 30th September 2026

Manchester: Monday 5th October 2026

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Treatment Planning

Join us for an immersive one-day masterclass dedicated to advanced treatment planning, designed for dental professionals seeking to master the complexities of large restorative cases and fine-tune their planning strategies. Led by experts in the field, this course offers both theoretical and practical insights to enhance your clinical outcomes.

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

Upcoming Dates

Manchester: Friday 9th October 2026

Manchester: Friday 9th October 2026

Manchester: Friday 15th January 2027

Watford: Thursday 4th March 2027

Watford: Thursday 4th March 2027

Watford: Tuesday 6th July 2027

Watford: Tuesday 6th July 2027

Manchester: Thursday 15th July 2027

Manchester: Thursday 15th July 2027

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Principles of Occlusion

This immersive masterclass introduces the essential principles of occlusion — the foundation for predictable, comfortable, and long-lasting restorative outcomes. Through a combination of focused lectures and hands-on practical exercises, delegates will gain a clear understanding of occlusal concepts, guidance patterns, and registration techniques that underpin successful restorative and aesthetic dentistry. 

AM, Seminar: 

  • 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 each other 

  • Facebow registration practical on each other 

  • De-programming techniques 

Upcoming Dates

Manchester: Thursday 22nd October 2026

Watford: Monday 26th October 2026

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Advanced Occlusion

Join us for a comprehensive one-day masterclass focused on advanced techniques in occlusion. This seminar is designed for dental professionals aiming to refine their skills in managing occlusal relationships and joint function for improved patient outcomes. Led by leading experts, this course combines in-depth theoretical knowledge with hands-on practical experience.

AM, Lecture:

  • 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 each other

  • The use and introduction of Modjaw and T Scan in Restorative Dentistry

  • Jaw registrations

  • De programming

  • Splint adjustments

Upcoming Dates

Manchester: Friday 23rd October 2026

Watford: Tuesday 27th October 2026

Watford: Tuesday 27th October 2026

Manchester: Friday 12th March 2027

Watford: Tuesday 13th April 2027

Watford: Tuesday 13th April 2027

Manchester: Thursday 16th September 2027

Manchester: Thursday 16th September 2027

Watford: Tuesday 21st September 2027

Watford: Tuesday 21st September 2027

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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TMJ / Splints

Join us for an expert-led masterclass on TMJ Splints, designed to provide you with a deep understanding of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) and the effective use of splints in treatment. This course combines essential theory with hands-on practice to enhance your clinical skills.

AM, Lecture:

  • 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 each other

  • The use of T Scan in adjusting & fitting splints

Upcoming Dates

Watford: Wednesday 28th October 2026

Manchester: Friday 29th January 2027

Watford: Wednesday 31st March 2027

Manchester: Thursday 20th May 2027

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Adhesion Composites

Enhance your expertise in adhesive dentistry with this comprehensive one-day masterclass on Adhesion Composites. This course covers essential concepts and hands-on techniques to help you master composite placement and bonding.

AM, Seminar:

  • 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

Upcoming Dates

Manchester: Friday 13th November 2026

Manchester: Friday 13th November 2026

Watford: Wednesday 16th December 2026

Watford: Wednesday 16th December 2026

Watford: Tuesday 2nd February 2027

Watford: Tuesday 2nd February 2027

Manchester: Friday 9th April 2027

Manchester: Friday 9th April 2027

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Occlusal Examinations

Join us for an intensive, hands-on day led by expert dentists, designed to deepen your understanding of occlusal examination and TMJ assessment. The day will commence with a seminar in the morning, covering theory, followed by a practical occlusal examination on each other, allowing you to apply your newfound knowledge in a real clinical setting. 

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 each other 

Upcoming Dates

Watford: Tuesday 17th November 2026

Watford: Tuesday 17th November 2026

Manchester: Thursday 19th November 2026

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Endodontics

Join us for an in-depth masterclass on Endodontics, designed to enhance your understanding and skills in endodontic treatment. This course combines comprehensive lectures with practical, hands-on experience.

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.

Upcoming Dates

Watford: Wednesday 25th November 2026

Manchester: Wednesday 13th January 2027

Watford: Tuesday 26th January 2027

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Articulators

Deepen your expertise in dental restorations with our specialised masterclass on Articulators. This course will guide you through the essential principles and practical applications of using articulators in your practice.

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

Upcoming Dates

Manchester: Friday 27th November 2026

Manchester: Thursday 10th December 2026

Watford: Thursday 17th December 2026

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Digital Smile Design

Learn how to integrate Digital Smile Design (DSD) into your everyday workflow to improve treatment planning, patient communication and case acceptance. After reviewing the key concepts introduced in the pre-course webinar, you'll take part in a hands-on practical workshop using digital tools to create predictable, patient-centred smile designs.

Key areas covered include:

  • Applying Digital Smile Design in practice

  • The language of digital dentistry

  • Using DSD for treatment planning

  • Hands-on dental photography and video for DSD

  • Using intra-oral scanners for diagnosis

  • Creating patient DSD presentations using PowerPoint and Keynote

  • Integrating Smile Design apps and digital technologies into practice

Pre-course webinar includes:

  • The principles of Digital Smile Design

  • The digital workflow in practice

  • Digital smile analysis

  • Designing smiles using facial landmarks in PowerPoint and Keynote

  • Capturing the essential records for DSD, including photographs, videos and intra-oral scans

Upcoming Dates

Watford: Thursday 26th November 2026

Watford: Thursday 26th November 2026

Manchester: Friday 11th December 2026

Manchester: Friday 11th December 2026

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Advanced Composites

Refine your anterior composite techniques and discover contemporary methods for delivering highly aesthetic, predictable direct restorations. Following a concise theory recap, you'll take part in a hands-on practical workshop focused on improving composite bonding, tooth anatomy and finishing techniques.

Key areas covered include:

  • Contemporary techniques for labial composite bonding and diastema closure

  • Revisiting anterior tooth anatomy

  • The Unica Anterior Matrix System

  • Predictable reconstruction of cervical and interproximal margins

  • Hands-on build-up of UR1 and UL1 to create balanced central incisors

  • Advanced finishing and polishing protocols

  • Diastema closure using the "Frontal Wing" technique

  • Creating ideal emergence profiles, tight contact points and highly aesthetic restorations

Upcoming Dates

Watford: Wednesday 6th January 2027

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Periodontics

Join us for an intensive one-day masterclass on Periodontics, delivered by Dr Hugo-Grancho Pinto, a GDC-registered Specialist in Periodontics with extensive experience in both clinical practice and postgraduate dental education. This comprehensive course is designed for dentists seeking to deepen their understanding and refine their skills in periodontal care.

AM, Seminar:

  • 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

Upcoming Dates

Watford: Wednesday 27th January 2027

Watford: Wednesday 27th January 2027

Watford: Wednesday 10th February 2027

Watford: Wednesday 10th February 2027

Manchester: Monday 8th March 2027

Manchester: Monday 8th March 2027

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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Treatment of Tooth Wear

Develop a structured approach to diagnosing and managing tooth wear, from identifying the underlying causes through to predictable restorative treatment. Following a focused morning seminar, you'll apply these principles during a hands-on practical workshop using contemporary composite techniques.

Key areas covered include:

  • Identifying and managing the aetiological factors of tooth wear

  • Diagnosis, classification and prevention of tooth wear

  • The Dahl technique for localised anterior tooth wear

  • Improving restorative success through accurate diagnosis

  • Laboratory communication and analogue/digital wax-ups

  • Predictable restorative solutions to restore function and aesthetics

  • Hands-on composite build-ups using silicone indices

  • Palatal putty index techniques for anterior tooth wear

  • Translucent silicone and injection moulding techniques for erosion cases

Upcoming Dates

Watford: Wednesday 3rd February 2027

Watford: Wednesday 3rd February 2027

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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PFM / Zirconia / Emax Preparations

Advance your skills in dental restorations with our focused masterclass on PFM, Zirconia, and Emax Preparations. This course combines in-depth theoretical knowledge with hands-on practice to ensure you master the latest techniques in restorative dentistry. 

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 

Upcoming Dates

Manchester: Thursday 25th February 2027

Watford: Wednesday 14th April 2027

Time

9:30am – 5pm

CPD Hours

6

Fee

£625 (inc. VAT)

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