Courses and CPD
The Bracon International Training and Education Centre, otherwise known as BITE, is our exciting new state of the art training facility. This will provide a hub in the South of England for all Dental Professionals and is part of Bracon’s continued commitment to the Dental Team. Though this we offer fully compliant in-house CPD courses to aid you in your development and to give you an opportunity to get hands-on with some of the products and equipment that we can supply.
Bracon has always strived to stay up-to-date with the ever-changing world of dentistry and is constantly reviewing and improving its product range and service. In line with this policy is the ability to provide training courses and demonstrations of new products and techniques. Together with its suppliers, Bracon is able to bring innovation and new technology directly to its customers, all based at its comfortable new laboratory, seminar and conference facility. Contact our sales team for more information or keep an eye on our social media pages; We hope to see you on a course soon!
Please contact us to register your interest and be updated on our next course dates Call 01580 817000 or email courses@bracon.co.uk
CPD
Keeping skills and knowledge up to date throughout your career is at the heart of what it means to be a dental professional. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) can help all dental care professionals maintain and update their skills, knowledge and behaviour throughout their working life. CPD may also contribute to the delivery of good quality care and service which patients and the public trust is safe and the best it can be.
Undertaking CPD is a compulsory part of GDC registration and they also require any dental professional wishing to restore their registration to provide them with evidence of the CPD they have completed.
CPD helps to maintain public confidence in the dental register by showing that dental professionals are staying up to date and ensures that you can give your patients the best possible treatment and make an effective contribution to dentistry in the UK.
Bracon are able to help you with your CPD requirements by holding courses and lectures throughout the year with both our in-house technicians as well as visiting manufacturers and experts from around the world.
EXOCAD Course - A Practical Introdution to Crown & Bridge - Location: BITE, Broad Oak, East Sussex, TN21 8UP
Available on request
This course is designed to give delegates with no, or little experience in Exocad, the opportunity to learn how to produce functional and aesthetic crown and bridge restorations. From creating the order, to exporting your design to mill or print. Get a practical understanding of workflow and methods used to produce full contour crowns, bridges, substructures, diagnostic planning and models for printing.
The course will demonstrate and teach users Exocad’s basic, yet powerful features, as well as tips and tricks to achieve desired results;
• Gain an understanding of Exocad’s simple but powerful 3D environment, and how to navigate within this.
• Understand how to create a new case in Exocad, and select correct design parameters to match your needs.
• Import and prepare intra-oral scans for crown and bridge work.
• Understand tooth libraries, cut back variations and manipulation of these.
• Design crowns and bridges using various features of Exocad.
• Knowledge of how to use the virtual articulator for functional occlusion.
• Save and export design files for printing or milling.
• Create designs for crown and bridge models, as well as diagnostic models for printing.
Includes 6 hours verifiable CPD & a light lunch; £300 + VAT per delegate - Call 01580 817000 or email courses@bracon.co.uk to reserve you place or find out more information.
AIDITE Biomic hands-on ceramic course - An Introduction to Biomic, revolutionising your aesthetic results - Location: BITE, Broad Oak, East Sussex, TN21 8UP
Available on request
Discover the difference that Biomic can make to your daily crown and bridge workflow, instantly upgrade your ceramic skills to produce highly aesthetic results. Simple techniques and predictable results that can be used in conjunction with a whole range of different brands of ceramics. This course is designed to introduce delegates to the revolutionary new materials and enable them to create natural looking 3D gingivae as well as other 3D characterisation, when used on the surface of any zirconia or other ceramic restorations. Learn new techniques that will uplift the aesthetic quality of your restorations, with easily reproduced predictable results. Each delegate will work on a prepared zirconia demonstration unit consisting of three anterior crowns and associated gingivae, which they will be able to take away with them at the end of the course.
Course presenter Sergio Polisi originally qualified as a Dental Technician in Italy and since then has specialised in highly aesthetic restorations, from analogue to digital. He is a keynote international speaker and a highly experienced trainer. An expert in Smile Design and with more than 12 years in CAD/CAM, he has a wealth of experience in working in commercial laboratories. He is currently working for New Life Teeth in Belfast but also as a key opinion leader for Aidite and previously Zirconzahn worldwide. He has won many awards and had many articles published in the dental press. Having worked for many years in the UK, Sergio is also bilingual, speaking both his native Italian and English languages.
Includes 6 hours verifiable CPD & a light lunch; £250 + VAT per delegate - Call 01580 817000 or email courses@bracon.co.uk to reserve you place or find out more information.
EXOCAD Denture Module - Location: BITE, Broad Oak, East Sussex, TN21 8UP
Available on request
This course is designed to give delegates with no, or little experience in Exocad, the opportunity to learn how to produce functional and aesthetic digital dentures. From creating the order, to exporting your design to mill or print, it gives a practical understanding of the workflow and methods used to produce full arch digital dentures. It will demonstrate and teach users Exocad's basic, yet powerful features, as well as tips and tricks to achieve desired results.
- Understand Exocad’s simple but powerful 3D environment and how to navigate within this.
- Understand how to create a new case in Exocad and select correct design parameters to match your needs.
- Import and prepare intra-oral scans for denture design.
- Understand tooth libraries and manipulation of these.
- Creating a denture base plate and optimising fit settings for acrylic teeth.
- Knowledge of how to create natural gingival contours using digital sculpting tools.
- Saving and exporting design files for printing or milling.
- Preparing files to print in 3D printer software.
Includes 6 hours verifiable CPD & a light lunch; £300 + VAT per delegate - Call 01580 817000 or email courses@bracon.co.uk to reserve you place or find out more information.
Ultimate Guide to Zirconia: Produce highly aesthetic restorations, maximise profitability and optimise your laboratory - Location: BITE, Broad Oak, East Sussex, TN21 8UP
Available on request
Bracon Ltd in partnership with Aidite Technology will be delighted to host this exciting and exclusive one day course. It incorporates detailed information with hands on practical sessions. Ideal for Dental Technicians and CDTs with existing digital workflows or those looking to evaluate and take advantage of digital CAD/CAM, either in-house or by sub-contracting to a milling centre and finishing in-house. Dental Lab owner and former R&D consultant to Sirona CAD-CAM and VITA, Switzerland, Vanik Kaufmann Jinoian discusses marketing these services to your existing dentists or prospective clients, with or without intra-oral scanners, so that your business can take advantage of the new opportunities and grow with increased profitability, regardless of the existing type of work that you currently offer.
- How to choose the right materials, all zirconia is not the same
- The right material for each application
- An Introduction to Aidite 3D Pro Zirconia and why this disc is unique in the world, the features and benefits to the laboratory, dentists and their patients.
- Creating highly aesthetic restorations, simple precise procedures, improved quality control and productivity. Increased profitability, whilst reducing stress in the laboratory.
- New shade selection techniques, achieving perfect shades time after time, modifying shades and characterisation techniques for perfect matches.
- Reduced numbers of remakes and why these reductions are possible.
- Correct finishing and glazing protocols, tips and tricks.
Includes 6 hours verifiable CPD; Course fee TBA - Call 01580 817000 or email courses@bracon.co.uk to reserve you place or find out more information.
An Introduction to Exocad RPD Module and Asiga 3D Printers - Location: BITE, Broad Oak, East Sussex, TN21 8UP
Available on request
This course will give you an understanding of the basic concepts of the digital environment and in so creating STL files with first-level use of Exocad with the aid of the very intuitive, user-friendly Exocad DentalCAD software. It will also help with giving the participant an understanding of 3D printing using the Asiga MAX 3D printer and utilising the Asiga Composer software to prepare for printing.
- Exocad framework worksheet creation
- Preparing of model and scanning
- Blocking of undercuts and preparation for clasps
- Exocad framework design of case (upper and/or lower)
- Saving and export of STL file for 3D printing.
- Preparing files to print with Asiga Composer software and Asiga MAX 385 UV 3D printer.
Includes 6 hours verifiable CPD; Course fee TBA Call 01580 817000 to reserve or email courses@bracon.co.uk
An Introduction to Exocad DentalCad Basic Crown & Bridge and Asiga 3D Printers - Location: BITE, Broad Oak, East Sussex, TN21 8UP
Available on request
Similar to the previous course with these alternative outcomes:
- Knowledge of the basic concepts of scanning, single unit tooth, 3 unit bridge,
- Start work from impression or gypsum model
- Exocad worksheet creation (offset coping crown, full anatomic crown and cut-back crown)
- Exocad CAD design of crowns and bridges with dental cement, pontic and connector - step by step
- Easy change of reconstruction type of work with the Expert module, trick and tips.
- Saving and export of the STL files for milling, 3D printing or laser melting.
- Preparing files to print with Asiga Composer software and Asiga MAX 385 UV 3D printer.
Includes 6 hours verifiable CPD; Course fee TBA Call 01580 817000 to reserve or email courses@bracon.co.uk
Digital Dentistry, Scanning and Printing Overview (Course A) - Location: BITE, Broad Oak, East Sussex, TN21 8UP
Available on request
Delegates will have a great opportunity to learn more about Digital Dentistry processes and the procedures involved in scanning and 3D printing. Delegates will gain an understanding of what can be fabricated using current materials and how this technology is already changing the Dental landscape.
Course fee: TBA includes 2 Hours of verifiable CPD.
An Introduction to Digital Dentisry, Scanning and Printing (Course B) - Location: BITE, Broad Oak, East Sussex, TN21 8UP
Available on request
A more comprehensive session for those that want to know more, including hands on practical sessions in scanning and printing.
Cost: TBA includes light lunch & 6 Hours of verifiable CPD.
