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Predictable indirect dentistry depends on much more than preparing a tooth well.
The decisions made before, during and after preparation all influence the final result — from selecting the right restoration and preserving tooth tissue to margin design, scanning, temporisation and adhesive cementation.
This course brings those individual stages together into one structured clinical workflow.
Over two intensive hands-on days, you will work through veneers, onlays and crowns from planning to final cementation, with an emphasis on practical techniques that can be applied immediately in everyday practice.
Why this course?
What you'll learn
CASE ASSESSMENT & RESTORATION SELECTION
Learn how to assess the tooth, plan the case and decide when a veneer, onlay or crown is the most appropriate restoration.
CORE BUILD-UP & PREPARATION PLANNING
Understand how to manage the existing tooth before preparation and plan reduction according to the restoration, material and clinical situation.
VENEER PREPARATIONS
Develop a systematic approach to conservative veneer preparation, including reduction, margin design and finishing.
CERAMIC ONLAY PREPARATIONS
Learn a predictable approach to posterior ceramic onlays with an emphasis on preserving sound tooth tissue while creating appropriate space and geometry for the restoration.
ANTERIOR CROWN PREPARATIONS
Practise controlled anterior crown preparation with appropriate reduction, margin placement and finishing.
MARGIN REFINEMENT & SOFT-TISSUE MANAGEMENT
Refine preparations and margins using appropriate rotary and sonic instrumentation, and manage the tissues to achieve a clean, readable restorative margin.
SHADE & CLINICAL COMMUNICATION
Understand the information your technician needs and how photography and shade communication can improve the restorative workflow.
DIGITAL SCANNING
Work through the scanning stage and understand what is required to provide the laboratory with accurate clinical information.
TEMPORISATION
Learn practical techniques for provisional restorations that protect the preparation and maintain aesthetics and tissue health.
TRY-IN & ADHESIVE CEMENTATION
Work through restoration try-in, isolation, surface treatment, adhesive cementation, finishing and the final clinical checks.
Dr Ian Cline, Course Director
Ian Cline is a practising restorative dentist, national and international dental educator, and Founder and Course Director of DENTER.
He has taught restorative and aesthetic dentistry for many years, with a particular interest in simplifying clinical techniques so they can be applied predictably in everyday practice.
Ian is an International Key Opinion Leader for Dentsply Sirona and has worked in advisory and educational roles with a number of dental companies.
His teaching focuses on structured clinical workflows, hands-on learning and helping dentists understand not only how to perform a technique, but when and why to use it.
Unsure whether this 2 day course is right for you? Speak to Ian, Course Director.
Theory Online. Hands-on in Person. For dentists who want greater confidence in everyday clinical practice.
The theory is completed before you arrive, so your time at Weybridge is focused on practical dentistry. Around two to three hours of pre-course online training per hands-on day (theory, fundamentals, procedure walkthroughs) is delivered through DENTER's dedicated online learning portal, so the hands-on days are spent doing — not listening. You'll keep portal access, including all PDFs, manuals and references, for three years after the course.
Across the two days you will work through the clinical stages of veneers, ceramic onlays and crowns — preparing, refining, scanning, temporising and working through the cementation workflow. With a maximum of just 8 delegates, there is time for individual supervision, feedback on your preparations and the opportunity to repeat and refine techniques.
Maximum 8 delegates
Two full hands-on days
Individual tutor feedback
All instruments and materials, refreshments, lunches provided
Pre-course online learning
Three years’ access to DENTER course materials
Two days designed for doing.
What do others say…
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Ian is friendly, approachable and his enthusiasm is very inspirational. The techniques taught are modern, informative and readily applicable. This simplified approach gives you the confidence required for day-to-day cosmetic dentistry. I cannot recommend it enough.
Dr. Charlie Attariani D.M.D Dentist EGO Cosmetics - London
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Ian is world class in his teaching. He simplifies difficult concepts and makes sure that you understand how to implement the new techniques. Excellent course and highly recommended for updating your skills to a new level.
Dr Naazi Marouf-Key, Dental Surgeon, BUPA Dental
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Excellent — pays for itself both financially and in terms of professional esteem. Invaluable in my conversion to private practice. Career changing.
Dr Kazimierz Szulist, Dental Surgeon
FROM PLANNING TO FINAL CEMENTATION
Two intensive hands-on days covering the complete clinical workflow for predictable ceramic veneers, onlays and crowns.
Learn a structured, repeatable approach to indirect restorative dentistry — from case assessment and restoration selection through preparation, scanning and temporisation to final adhesive cementation.
23–24 October 2026
Dentsply Sirona Academy, Weybridge
Maximum 8 delegates
FAQs
Do I need prior experience with ceramic prep to attend?
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Some experience is helpful but not essential. If you have placed crowns or onlays — even occasionally, even with results you weren't entirely happy with — you are the right delegate for this course. The blended learning format means you arrive with the theory already covered, so the two days are spent refining technique rather than starting from scratch. If you have never prepared a tooth for a ceramic restoration, we would suggest completing a DENTER composites course first to build your restorative foundation.
I still work predominantly in the NHS. Is this course relevant to me?
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Yes. The clinical principles taught on this course are relevant regardless of practice setting.
The course is designed for dentists who want greater confidence with ceramic veneers, onlays and crowns and a more structured, predictable approach to indirect restorative dentistry.
The emphasis is on practical techniques that can be applied immediately in everyday clinical practice — from case assessment and preparation through to scanning, temporisation and adhesive cementation.
What scanner is used on the day?
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The course is delivered at the Dentsply Sirona Academy in Weybridge, and delegates will scan their own preparations using Dentsply Sirona equipment on site. No prior experience with intraoral scanning is required — the scanning component is introduced and supervised as part of the workflow.
Do I need to bring anything?
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No. All instruments, burs, handpieces, phantom head models, and materials are provided. Your course manual, refreshments, and lunch are included in the fee. Simply arrive having completed the pre-course online material — that's the only preparation required of you.
Venue
Dentsply Sirona Academy, The Heights, Building 3, Weybridge KT13 0NY
TIMINGS
Arrive from 9.00am for Coffee & Pastries, Prompt Start 9.30am, Lunch 1-2pm, Finish approx. 5.00pm
DIRECTIONS TO DS ACADEMY
By road
A few minutes from the M25 and both the A318 and A245, and approximately 21 miles from Central London, road communications to The Heights Brooklands office space are excellent. On arrival at The Heights, please park in Bays marked with a Yellow Circle.
By train
Weybridge Railway Station (approximately 1 mile away from The Heights Brooklands) provides a 35 minute service into London Waterloo with four to five trains per hour. A courtesy bus runs from Weybridge station to The Heights every 8 minutes during peak times.
By air
The Heights is situated 13 miles from Heathrow Airport (approx. 35 minutes drive) and 25 miles from Gatwick Airport (approx. 45 minutes).
STAYING OVERNIGHT
Recommended Hotel | Brooklands Hotel, Brooklands Dr, Weybridge KT13 0SL https://brooklandshotelsurrey.com/