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About the Speaker
Martin Kelleher is a Consultant in
Restorative Dentistry at Kings College
London Dental Institute.
He is a past president of the British
Society for Restorative Dentistry.
He is on the board of Dental Protection
and chairs the Dental Claims
Advisory Board.
He was President of Southern Counties
Branch of the BDA 2008 - 2009.
He is on the GDC specialist lists in
Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics.
He is a dental fellow of the Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Glasgow and the Royal College of
Surgeons of Edinburgh.
He is the author of many peer r eviewed
papers and a book on Dental Bleaching
published by Quintessence in 2008.
He is in private practice in Bromley.
Course Outline
Makeover Myths from the "Land of the fee"
- Destructive dental procedures are
often undertaken for elective
aesthetic reasons and can involve
considerable costs.
- It is a myth that patients who
request an improvement in their
dental appearance suffer from
`Hyperenamelosis` - too much enamel -
or `Porcelain Deficiency Disease` – a
condition where sound tooth tissue
needs to be electively removed and
replaced with porcelain.
- Patients and dentists need to be mor e
aware of the high price paid in tooth
tissue and money for aggressive dental
`makeovers` which provide
questionable benefits.
- Fashion or fee driven makeovers
may not be in patients` best
long term interests.
- There are smarter, minimally
destructive, ways of helping patients
with their aesthetic concerns.
Education Objectives
Education Objectives
- Patients need to be made more aware
of the high price paid in teeth, time
and money for dental treatment for
questionable fashion reasons.
- The fallback position when the
restorations and teeth deteriorate
over time can be disappointing and
sometimes disastrous.
- It is a myth that patients suf fer from
`Hyperenamelosis` or
`Porcelain Deficiency` disease.
- There are smarter, more sensible and
minimally destructive ways of dealing
with aesthetic problems which do not
have high biologic or financial costs.
- Dentists should discuss the various
options with their patients including the
adverse, irreversible nature of some
procedures and provide them with the
best care for them.
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