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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A highly respected specialist in prostho- dontics, Paul has published many scientific articles in the dental press and is an expert lecturer in his field with Tipton Training Academies in Manchester, Leeds, London and Dublin. After gaining his Masters Degree in Conservative
be followed by sealing of the dentine and then by impression techniques using addition cured silicone. Against this backdrop of tooth preparation techniques, other principles need further examination and explanation: 1. Two-handed tooth preparation
2. Use of the speed- increasing handpiece
3. 12 o’clock positioning for anterior restorations
4. Magnification and loupes 5. Fibre-optic handpieces 6. Bur size (Fig 7) 7. Preparation guides (Fig 8) Tw o-handed t ooth preparation is both easy and
Continued » Fig 6 Continued » Traditional gold onlay and gold 3/4 crown preps Fig 5 Maryland bridge preparation Fig 4 Definitive bridgework cemented Fig 7 Measuring the thickness of burs used
Dentistry in 1989, he was awarded the Diploma in General Dental Practice by the Royal College of Surgeons four years later and received Specialist status in Prosthodontics in 1999 from the GDC. An ex-professional cricketer with Lancashire County Cricket Club, he is a past-president of the British Academy of Implant Dentistry (
www.baid.org.uk). He is one of the UK’s most successful dental teachers in the fields of restorative, cosmetic and implant dentistry over the last 20 years with more than 2,000 dentists completing a year- long certificate courses from one of the Tipton Training Academies (www.tip
tontraining.co.uk). His new practical restorative course starts in Dublin in March 2011. He takes referrals for advanced restorative dentistry, implant prosthodon- tics and cosmetic dentistry from his clinics in London, Leeds, Liverpool and Edinburgh
(tel: 0845 528 0088). Ireland’s Dental magazine 31
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