Flying Start: Predictable Posterior Composite Restorations

Dr Gordon Penman 
Friday 9th October 2026
9:00am- 16:30pm
Clayton Hotel 
 

What is the Flying Start Programme?

The Flying Start Programme is a year-long initiative designed for dentists who have qualified within the last five years. It combines high-quality education with valuable networking opportunities, providing CPD with a programme value of £5,000, fully funded by Clyde Munro.

Through a series of carefully designed training days, participants will develop practical skills, enhance their clinical confidence and build connections with peers and experienced clinicians.

 

About the Day

Predictable Techniques for Posterior Composite Restorations

This course provides an update on contemporary materials and evidence-based techniques to help general dental practitioners place high-quality posterior composite restorations with greater confidence and predictability.

Aims:
To provide an update on contemporary materials and techniques to allow GDP’s to place predictably good quality posterior composite restorations

Learning Objectives:

• Describe when direct posterior composite restorations are predictable and when they are not

• Outline the advantages of a sectional matrix system

• Understand the importance of protecting adjacent teeth

• Understand when and how to use SDR to simplify placement of posterior composites

• Illustration of a simplified stratification technique to achieve

• Anatomically accurate restorations with minimal finishing

Development outcomes: A and C