Managing the Non-Responding Periodontal Patient with optimal Periodontal Instrumentation & Maintenance
Learn how to confidently understand and manage challenging periodontal cases when patients don’t respond as expected. Using evidence-based techniques, you’ll discover how to reassess treatment, refine your instrumentation skills, and create personalised maintenance plans that help to stop disease progression, support healing, and protect long-term oral health.
Course Information
Location: Bristol Dental School, Clinical Skills Suite
Date: 27th March 2026
Time: 09:00 - 16:30
Cost per applicant: £150.00
Speakers: Alison Grant RDH- Tutor Hygienist at Bristol University Dental School and Judy Caesley RDH- Tutor Hygienist at Bristol University Dental School
CPD hours: 7 hours
Course requirements: For Dental Hygienists, Therapists and Dentists. Must be registered with the GDC and provide GDC number upon booking.
1. Review & use evidence-based documentation to formulate relevant treatment plans with the aid of case studies for the non-responding periodontal patient
2. Recognise effective instruments for ‘Professional Mechanical Plaque Removal’ and describe instrument features
3. Identify successful techniques with a variety of hand & mechanical instruments for the treatment & maintenance of advanced periodontal disease
4. Demonstrate a safe sharpening technique for different periodontal instruments
The course is sponsored by the below companies:
