17/10/2025 – NIMDTA Dental Conference – Focus on Diagnosis (ES)

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Course Information

Date: 17/10/2025

Start Time: 09:30AM

Completion Time: 6 Hours

Venue: Mossley Mill, Newtonabbey

Speakers: Greig Taylor, Orlagh McPolin, Riaz Yar, Seamus Napier, Amanda Willis, Tina Calder.

Course Description

Conference with 2 parallel programmes “Focus on Diagnosis” and “Supporting Our Patients”

Focus on Diagnosis Aim – To provide dental professionals with an opportunity to reflect on the process of patient diagnosis in General Dental Practice and discover techniques to assist them to do this more effectively.

Course Aims

To provide dental professionals with an opportunity to reflect on the process of patient diagnosis in General Dental Practice and discover techniques to assist them to do this more effectively.

Course Objectives

By the end of the conference you will be able to:

  • Identify occlusal issues and how this impacts your patient diagnosis
  • Explore the area of temporal mandibular disfunction and when to refer patients and what resources are available to assist patients.
  • Identify when patients may be suffering from sleep disorders, how and when to refer.
  • Explore using artificial intelligence tools to assist you within your practice.
  • Review the use of cone beam imaging within dentistry
  • Identify how to manage carious 6’s in general dental practice including the painful tooth.
  • Address the issues of interfacing with laboratories and interactively identify clinicopathological biopsies, white/ red patches and oral malignancies.

Course Learning Content

This conference will be mainly lecture based giving an opportunity to reflect and grow in relation to how to diagnose and correctly refer patients within general practice.

GDC Development Outcomes

  • Focus on Diagnosis – A, B, C, & D

Resources

Dietary Requirements

Please advise the Dental Foundation Training Team DentalFoundation.nimdta@hscni.net if you have any dietary requirements.

Ticket for Focus on Diagnosis

FREE