Day 2 of Tom Giblin's Fixed prosthodontic course

 Just finished the second day of the course. It was another full day and as usual went after the allocated hours but Tom was fine to stay back and finish things off and answer questions. He went through more theory, a lot on diagnosis and occlusion and we prepped some more on the model and he finished off with some case studies. 

Prepping on the model was a lot better as we found the sweet spot dialing down the handpiece power and developed a lighter touch of the bur. I found that prepping benchtop was very awkward and I found that I had to redevelop the way I hold the handpiece and utilise the finger rest. 

The course itself felt more like a stitch together of multiple other courses i.e implant, treatment planning, occlusion courses rather than a stand alone course which makes sense as he had not run this course before and had most of the slides from an onlay course he had run a number of years ago. It felt as though a broad base of the basics were covered which were good but we didn't really power past that much to more in depth topics. Obviously he'll be taking feedback on board and he'll refine the course over time and I expect it will improve a lot with time.

I do have the familiar feel of enthusiasm and inspiration after attending a course and will be trying preps and temporaries on my plastic models at work. I am unsure as to how much of an impact this course will have on my clinical practice but I'm sure it will allow me to think more critically about how I approach simple and complex cases and in assessing my own work. I did have a chat about options for courses in the future as I'm unsure what the next step is for me as well as the benefits and costs (monetary and other) of specialising. I might make a post in the future to draw out my thought process.