To provide an overview of orthognathic surgical planning, progressing from conventional techniques to 3D virtual surgical planning methods - To explore the clinical application of digital technologies in the pre-operative planning phase and surgical guide design - To highlight the impact of 3D methods on efficiency, accuracy, and treatment outcomes.

To share an honest award journey from a dental technicians perspective - To inspire confidence and motivation for technicians to enter industry awards - To recognise how daily laboratory work can lead to recognition.

To critically compare traditional photographic shade matching with advanced digital and AI-driven technologies, highlighting how they overcome the limitations of human visual perception. • To demonstrate practical applications of AI platforms like Matisse for achieving precise, predictable results in monolithic restorations such as full zirconia crowns.

The aims of this presentation is to show the current status and challenges of CDTs in the UK and what the future for CDTs could look like. The greatest transformation for CDTs since they were formed in 2008

To demonstrate that all UK dental professionals can have roles in providing custom-made devices - To establish the activities that are subject to custom-made medical device regulations - To examine the legal responsibilities that GDC registrants have when providing custom-made devices in the UK and the EU - To review the legislative requirements for custom-made device manufacturers.

Design Like a Boss, Finish Like an Artist” showcases the predictability of digital workflows for All-on-X restorations with exocad, while highlighting the artistic application of MiYO Liquid Ceramics to enhance esthetics, replicate natural tissue characteristics, and seamlessly bridge the gap between digital precision and artistic finishing.

The session aims to promote awareness of these patterns, encouraging a more inclusive and flexible approach to career development. Attendees will gain insight into the challenges that may affect both themselves and colleagues, supporting better teamwork, empathy and professional wellbeing in line with expectations set by the General Dental Council.

My aim is to engage with the audience directly. I want to answer all the questions people have honestly, rather than just giving the usual almost sales type pitch people deliver when speaking about something they're passionate about. Digital dentures are the most devise aspect of dental technology at the moment, I want to correct the over selling and the scaremongering.

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This session explores the evolution of dental technology from traditional techniques to digital workflows, highlighting challenges and opportunities of rapid change. Through reflection and experience, it addresses the gap between analogue skills and digital processes, and the need to uphold professional standards, quality, consistency, and ongoing development in line with GDC expectations.

This joint session explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping dental CAD workflows. Through real clinical cases, the speakers demonstrate how AI-assisted design improves efficiency, accuracy and collaboration from digital planning to patient delivery.

- Inspire clinicians and technicians to embrace digital transformation as a pathway to independence, efficiency, and growth - Demonstrate how digital dentistry enables efficient, scalable production of implant restorations and dentures - Explore contemporary and emerging dental materials in digital implant restorations and dentures

This session aims to examine how dental laboratories can be rethought when designed from the ground up, in response to digital, workforce, and clinical pressures. It introduces the incubator model as a pathway to reduce barriers, support innovation and sustainability, and strengthen clinician–technician collaboration, with Ameri Dental Lab as an early-stage reference.

Have a comprehensive understanding of the ELOS ecosystem offered by Skillbond, and the impact their new solutions and workflows can have on the efficiency and longer-term stability of the implant cases we restore with our clinical partners.

To provide a clear understanding of the GuidedSMILE digital workflow for full-arch implant cases. To demonstrate how precise planning enhances surgical predictability and restorative outcomes. To equip participants with strategies for overcoming common challenges in FP1 and FP3 cases. To highlight effective collaboration techniques between clinicians and technical teams for optimal patient care.

This session is designed to help clinicians and technicians simplify AOX and full-arch workflows using digital tools and software's for a more streamlined fully digital workflow. The goal is to share practical, real-world strategies that improve efficiency, reduce turnaround time, and support predictable, accurate results in everyday cases.

We will deliver a PowerPoint presentation about medical emergencies within in the dental laboratory. Including a practical demonstration on CPR and defib allowing you time to have a practice to perfec ...

Are our CAD/CAM restorations stronger than natural teeth but biomechanically inferior?Why the future of CAD/CAM dentistry may depend less on stronger ceramics and more on smarter biomimetic materials. ...

Are our CAD/CAM restorations stronger than natural teeth but biomechanically inferior?Why the future of CAD/CAM dentistry may depend less on stronger ceramics and more on smarter biomimetic materials. ...

This presentation explores the evolving dental laboratory landscape and its impact on practices, labs, and patients. Rapid advances in materials and technology are reshaping the industry, raising questions about benefits and risks. With fewer training programs and a declining workforce, labs face strain. Can innovations like AI, liquid ceramics, zirconia, and 3D printing help bridge gaps?

learn how inconsistent communication affects trust and how to improve it. They’ll explore how leadership, systems, and expectations influence team performance, with strategies to build consistency in workflows. The session highlights professionalism through consistent behaviour and processes, and helps identify gaps in practice, offering practical steps to strengthen skills and values.

To demonstrate that successful digital denture outcomes rely on high-quality clinical input, and to equip technicians with the skills, confidence, and frameworks needed to guide, educate, and collaborate with clinicians to achieve predictable, patient-centred results.

To explore what has changed and why these changes matter by examining the drivers behind the revision, the impact on dental technicians' responsibilities, and how to apply the updated guidance in daily practice.

At the end of the lecture delegates will Be able to provide guidance to clinicians on how to improve clinical work to assist laboratory staff Be able to appreciate why some clinical work may seem sub optimal Be able to offer solutions that everyone can improve work satisfaction

This session supports newly qualified and early-career dental technicians by bridging the gap between undergraduate study and professional practice. Using NHS hospital laboratory case studies, it shows how foundational skills translate into real-world work and offers insight for educators, supervisors, and lab managers on early-career development and training needs.

This session explores imposter syndrome in dental technology and its impact on confidence, wellbeing, and professional practice. Using the seven deadly sins as reflective metaphors, it highlights comparison, self-doubt, and overworking. Through practical strategies and reflection, it promotes peer support, resilience, professionalism, and safe patient care aligned with GDC standards.