A 1-hour course on building a plan you can defend: diagnosis first, options the patient can understand, staging what is urgent, and not promising dentistry you cannot deliver.
Course aim
Help Foundation and PLVE dentists plan care that fits the mouth in front of them, the NHS or private setting they work in, and their own competence.
What you will be able to do
- 1Separate diagnosis, prognosis, and the menu of options before you pick up a handpiece
- 2Give options a patient can understand, including doing less or referring
- 3Stage urgent, disease-control, and elective work instead of starting everything in week one
- 4Match the plan to your competence, time, and the setting you actually work in
Written for: Foundation dentists, PLVE dentists, and other dentists new to UK primary care. Therapists and hygienists who plan or refer will also find it useful.
This is PrismCPD knowledge CPD. It is not COPDEND, NHS England, DFT, PLVE, or GDC accreditation, and it does not replace your educational or clinical supervisor, indemnity advice, or current national guidance.
Course Content
Begin with lesson 1 — later lessons unlock as you progress.
Start course: 1. Diagnosis before dentistry