Fundamentals of Periodontal Disease in General Dental Practice
Course Description
Course Date & Details
📅 Date: Choose any weekend that suits you
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
🪪 CPD: 8 Hours GDC Verifiable CPD
📍 Venue: Sage Academy, Southall, London, UB1 1SQ
Course Description
Enhance your periodontal knowledge and clinical skills with our One-to-One Fundamentals of Periodontal Disease Mentorship Programme, an intensive personalised training experience designed to improve confidence in periodontal diagnosis, treatment planning, and non-surgical periodontal therapy.
This exclusive one-to-one mentorship provides dedicated guidance from an experienced clinician, allowing every aspect of the training to be tailored to your learning needs, clinical experience, and professional goals.
Throughout the day, you will develop a structured understanding of periodontal assessment, diagnosis, disease classification, treatment planning, instrumentation, and patient communication. Practical sessions provide extensive hands-on experience in periodontal probing, charting, ultrasonic instrumentation, hand scaling, and oral hygiene instruction under close supervision.
By combining evidence-based theory with personalised practical training, this mentorship enables clinicians to deliver predictable periodontal care with greater confidence and clinical accuracy.
Educational Aim
To provide clinicians with personalised one-to-one training that develops the knowledge, practical skills, and confidence required to diagnose, assess, and manage periodontal disease using evidence-based non-surgical periodontal techniques.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this mentorship programme, delegates will be able to:
- Understand periodontal disease classification and diagnosis.
- Perform comprehensive periodontal assessments.
- Carry out accurate periodontal probing and charting.
- Develop evidence-based periodontal treatment plans.
- Identify appropriate referral pathways.
- Perform effective hand scaling techniques.
- Use ultrasonic instrumentation safely and efficiently.
- Improve patient communication and oral hygiene instruction.
- Understand peri-implant disease assessment.
- Recognise links between periodontal and systemic health.
- Apply periodontal protocols confidently in daily clinical practice.
What You Will Learn
- Periodontal diagnosis and classification
- Periodontal screening and assessment
- Comprehensive periodontal charting
- Treatment planning
- Hand instrumentation
- Ultrasonic scaling techniques
- Probing techniques
- Peri-implant disease
- Oral hygiene instruction
- Patient motivation
- Referral criteria
- Clinical workflow for periodontal management
Chronology of this course
Theory & Practical Training (8 CPD Hours)
Morning Session (3 Hours – Theory)
- Introduction to periodontal diagnosis, screening, and history-taking
- Record-keeping and clinical documentation
- Overview of peri-implant diseases and systemic links
- Treatment planning principles and referral guidelines
- The role of the hygienist in periodontal care
- Case-based discussions
Afternoon Session (5 Hours – Practical)
- Ultrasonic scaling with Piezo scaler
- Developing control, precision, and confidence
- Probing techniques: angulation and pressure control
- 6-point pocket charting on models and peer practice
- Oral hygiene instruction (OHI) delivery
- Communicating treatment plans to patients
- Mastering hand-scaling techniques
- Tactile sensitivity exercises (e.g., scaling quail eggs)
- Phantom-head model practice to apply the full technique
Dr. Mandeep Birah
Dentist + InstructorBDS, MSc Clinical Periodontology (UCLan), MFDS RCS (Edinburgh) Dr. Mandeep Birah is a highly experienced dentist with a special interest in periodontology. She holds an MSc in Clinical Periodontology and is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr. Birah is passionate about gum health, patient education, and disease prevention. She also serves as an MFDS examiner and is a member of the British Society of Periodontology.