We’d like to invite you to a special seminar on Tuesday 18 March as part of the FoDOCS Inaugural Lecture Series.

Professor Igor Blum, Maurice Wohl Professor in Primary Care Dentistry & Advanced General Dental Practice will present on “The management of failing dental restorations: repair or replace?”

Inaugural lectures at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences are given by newly arrived or promoted professors, who use the opportunity to introduce themselves, to present an overview of their own research and to highlight the latest developments in their field.

The event concludes with a drinks reception.

Abstract:

All dental restorations will ultimately suffer deterioration and degradation in clinical service. While some restorations will inevitably require replacement, it is suggested that many deteriorating, yet serviceable, restorations may be given extended longevity through repair procedures. 

This lecture provides an overview of current knowledge and understanding of the clinical management of defective dental restorations and encourages clinicians to shift, if not already doing so, to considering minimally invasive interventions for managing deteriorating restorations.

The repair of such restorations is a minimally interventive means of extending the longevity of the restoration without sacrificing intact, healthy tooth structure and is in the best interest of patients in terms of biological cost and cost effectiveness. The indications, importance and benefits of restoration repair, together with details of criteria for repair, and operative techniques aimed at conserving sound tooth structure will be provided. Restoration replacement should be only considered as a last resort.

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Professor Blum is a restorative dentistry consultant with a research interest in dental restoration repair. He graduated in 1995 and subsequently completed an MSc in Oral Surgery in 1997 and a PhD in Restorative Dentistry in 2002. This was followed by working in dental practice for several years and as a clinical teacher in Manchester.He obtained his MFDS in 2004. In 2005 he was appointed clinical lecturer/SpR in restorative dentistry at Bristol.

In 2012 he completed the ISFE (restorative dentistry) and was appointed consultant at KCH. In 2018 he was appointed Reader and in 2021 as the Maurice Wohl Chair in Primary Care Dentistry & Advanced General Dental Practice at KCL. He is recipient of the 2021 ADEE Excellence in Dental Education Award and the 2024 IADR practice-based research Award.

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