Oral Surgery Workshop for GDPs

5 November 8:30AM – 6 November 5:30PM 2026

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Date: 5 November 8:30AM – 6 November 5:30PM 2026
Location: MANDEC, 3rd Floor, University Dental Hospital, Manchester, M15 6FH
Price: £1,349.00 + vat

Our most comprehensive oral surgery training programme is designed to give you extensive hands-on experience across a wide range of essential surgical techniques. Suitable for all levels of experience, you’ll work with pig heads, models and phantom heads to develop and refine your skills in extractions, retained roots, flap design, suturing, tooth sectioning, bone removal, luxation, elevation, forceps techniques and wisdom tooth surgery.

The programme combines 6 hours of online pre-course learning, followed by two hands-on training days, giving you maximum opportunity to put your learning into practice. You’ll then receive a further 6 hours of online post-course material to reinforce your knowledge and support you in applying your new skills with greater confidence in practice.

Aims & Objectives

- To look at oral anatomy and how it relates to surgical planning
- To understand the range of instruments and materials available to the surgeon (to include types of sutures and haemostats available) and the technique to use them
- To look at how we assess different patients and teeth
- To review basic exodontia techniques
- To progress on to simple surgicals and the principles of flap design, removal of obstructions and bone removal
- To discuss different extraction plans for different teeth
- Look at the correct terminology and nomenclature for impactions
- Look specifically at wisdom tooth removal and the relevant approach to different types of impaction
- Look at the surgical approach relating to relevant anatomy like the IDC and lingual nerve
- Look at some of the sequelae of treatment and non treatment
- To provide an overview of key medical conditions relevant to the clinician
- To discuss and outline when to refer patients with certain medical conditions (referencing physical reserve and ASA rating)
- To understand what sepsis is, its effect on the body and risk factors for developing it
- To understand medical histories/assessments for the dental practice
- Review our role in antibiotic stewardship and promote best practice in oral surgery
- Revise some basic nerve anatomy, relating to innervation of the teeth and jaws
- Revise different local anaesthetic techniques (including IDB v infiltrations in the mandible)
- Look at reasons for failure of anesthesia
- Show some top tips for successful LA and patient anxiety management

Benefits

- Achieve GDC learning outcomes A, B, C & D
- Gain 28 hours of CPD (certificate provided)

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