We look back at the highlights of Dentistry Live 2024 and offer a sneak peek at what’s in store for this year.
Last year, Dentistry Live brought dental professionals closer to the forefront of innovation and expertise through a series of exciting live demonstrations. From cutting-edge implant surgery to the intricacies of hygienic prophylaxis, these sessions highlighted the latest techniques and provided useful information for UK dental professionals.
The interactive demonstrations offered dental professionals a unique opportunity to learn directly from some of the UK’s leading specialists by watching the procedures in real time. The 2024 session series covered a wide range of topics tailored to enhance clinical skills and confidence.
Here are some of the standout moments from last year’s sessions:
- Karen Walker addressed the growing concern of peri-implant disease in implant dentistry. Her session provided a comprehensive guide to diagnosis, treatment and maintenance protocols, allowing clinicians to gain confidence in managing the new disease
- This year’s endodontic sessions focused on practical solutions for complex procedures. Both Tom Brannen and Simon Barnwell offered valuable advice on accessing, shaping and cleaning root canals. Their detailed knowledge of root canal treatment equips participants with the knowledge to provide high quality endodontic care
- Camilla Morrison’s session focused on reviewing an orthodontic case, highlighting the transition to a temporary retainer and planning the next steps in the patient’s esthetic journey. He shared ideas for achieving predictable and successful results, showing case impact before and after. This session provided valuable strategies for achieving excellent results in orthodontics and cosmetic dentistry.
Dentistry Live 2024 in review
We hear from two of our 2024 session leaders as they share their favorite moments from their live streams.
Cat Edney – hygiene precaution
I loved being able to follow the Dentistry Live audience through the entire communication process throughout the appointment. I think it’s important to show what really happens during a hygiene appointment.
This isn’t scale and polish – this is a full consultation that takes into account much more than a plaque index! Seeing my patients reaction after her appointment, how engaged she was and how we both completely forgot there were cameras on us was priceless!
We did have one or two technical challenges, but isn’t that always the way in the clinic anyway? As clinicians, we become very experienced at managing these difficult situations (for me, it was a lack of power in my Itero scanner!), but we made it work and were able to get the communication we needed to educate the patient.
I would love to see more Dentistry Live sessions on minimally invasive dentistry, communication and more bringing the patient into the conversation. In dentistry, we often focus on treatment and clinical outcomes, but the long-term impact on our patient and their understanding is something we must focus on.
Watch the Cat’s Dentistry Live session here.
Simon Barnwell – Endodontics: a living root canal procedure
My favorite part of my session at Dentistry Live was the opportunity to connect with colleagues during the post-event Q+A, as we received so many great questions!
The biggest surprise during treatment was the need to manage unexpectedly large amounts of bleeding from the canal, which started an interesting discussion after the incident and hopefully provided some important learning points.
My interest in dentistry is very narrow, so I look forward to future endodontic content!
Watch the Cat’s Dentistry Live session here.
Upcoming sessions this year
As we reflect on the highlights of 2024, we are delighted to announce an exciting series of Dentistry Live sessions for 2025. Find out more below!
Webinar Dentistry – Live Webinar
27 February 19:00, London UK
Dentistry Live: root canal treatment
Join Dr Dhiraj Arora, one of the UK’s leading experts in dentistry and endodontics, on Thursday 27th February at 7pm.
Root canal treatment is a treatment option that often creates fear and anxiety in the dentist’s mind because of the preconceived challenges and difficulties. In this session, by observing a live root canal treatment, you will be able to create your own reliable and reproducible endodontic workflow, while also appreciating the key steps in making a ‘successful’ treatment.
Learning outcomes
- Understanding treatment planning to assess the restorative capacity of a tooth and endodontic treatment
- Get confident and comfortable with rubber isolation
- Achieving predictable endodontic access and root canal position by estimating the anatomy of a tooth
- Understand and apply modern engineering preparation protocols using the Hyflex OGSF file sequence
- Perform effective and safe endodontic irrigation
- Seal the channels in a predictable manner, without gaps and in sufficient length
- Understand how to effectively use modern endodontic materials and equipment.
Click here for more information and to register.
Webinar Dentistry – Live Webinar
12 June 19:00, London UK
Dentistry Live: increasing the effectiveness of root canal treatments
Join Dr William Holme on Thursday 12th June at 7pm as he demonstrates how to increase the effectiveness of root canal treatment.
Root canal treatment can be a daunting process, not only for patients, but also for dentists because of the number of technical steps involved throughout. Each stage comes with its own challenges and potential complications.
In this live demonstration, one of the UK’s leading dentists William Holme aims to provide practical advice and strategies that you can apply to the treatments you provide in your own surgery, not only to simplify, but also increase the effectiveness of his procedures your root canal and reduce the chance of complications.
During this event, we will cover important topics such as access cavities, canal placement, canal cleaning and shaping, and obturation. If you are a dentist looking to improve your root canal treatment skills, then we invite you to tune in and watch this root canal treatment live on Dentistry Live.
Learning outcomes
- Develop an efficient endodontic workflow
- Recognize root canal localization challenges
- Understand important concepts in root canal shaping
- Learn about effective irrigation techniques
- Recognize the benefits of using high quality endodontic files and equipment
- Discuss how to choose the right file size for the tooth/canal and the importance of peak measurement
- Develop an understanding of occlusion techniques when a warm vertical condensation technique may be beneficial against the corresponding cone.
Click here for more information and to register.
Webinar Dentistry – Live Webinar
13 November 19:00, London UK
Dentistry Live: Endodontics
Get exclusive early access to the upcoming Dentistry Live session on Thursday 13 November 2025.
Join one of the UK’s leading dentists live from Campbell Academy as they demonstrate an endodontic procedure and answer your questions.
Learning outcomes TBC.
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