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Amber Aplin teaches two things: how to identify high-risk teeth before they break and restore them so they last, and how to restructure a practice so that every clinician works to the top of their scope.
The Gentle Touch dental practice is a working example of everything we teach. It is the world’s largest fully biomimetic dental practice and the UK’s only fully private therapist-led practice.
Everything Amber teaches, from a free download through to two days with your whole team in your own practice. Start wherever makes sense for you.
Free treatment planning framework
Start here: Which tooth first? A framework for assessing structurally compromised teeth.
Which teeth to treat, in what order, and what treatment is recommended for each. This system is used by all clinicians, every day at The Gentle Touch dental practice. This can be printed and laminated and used as an in-surgery aide memoire.
Free // Receive our fortnightly bulletin with clinical cases, and receive the free gift ‘Which tooth first guide.
Free webinar: Cracks and their management
View the NEOS Online Lecture Biomimetics with Amber Aplin
Free Webinar // Cracks and their management.
Courses & training
Biomimetic Restorative Care, Level 1
Decade-lasting direct composite restorations. The biomimetic philosophy and the evidence behind it, red flag assessment, caries removal to an objective endpoint, immediate dentine sealing, layered composite placement and live observation next door. Accredited by the BSDHT and open to dentists and dental therapists.
£595 // One day at The Corn Exchange, Kelso. Ten places per course, two courses a year
Biomimetic Restorative Care, Level 2
Indirect and complex cases. Onlays and overlays, the permanent bio-base, managing cracks at depth, deep margin elevation and laboratory communication. For dentists who have completed Level 1. Dental therapists are welcome and gain a great deal from understanding the indirect workflow.
£595 // One day at The Corn Exchange, Kelso. Ten places per course, two courses a year
Therapist-Led Care
A one day implementation course for practice owners and their dental therapists, taught from over twelve months of real financial and clinical data. Delegates leave with a written plan for their own practice, agreed between owner and therapist before they go home. Business/ practice managers are welcome to join alongside their team free of charge.
£1,995 per practice // Twelve delegates per date, from up to four practices
Mentorship Day
One clinician, one full clinical day over Amber’s shoulder at The Gentle Touch, watching biomimetic restorative dentistry as it is actually done via a microscope and big screen. Then six months of direct access while you put it into practice.
£2,500 // Twelve days a year, typically one a month
Training delivered in your practice, or group
Two days at your practice with your whole team, delivered by Amber and a team of four. Direct restoration on day one, indirect on day two, with the nursing and treatment coordination team trained alongside.
£12,000 plus travel at cost // Four bookings a year
Not sure where to start
Most clinicians start with Level 1 and level 2 on consecutive days.
Practice owners looking at the business side rather than the clinical side usually start with Therapist-Led Care.
If you would rather talk it through, get in touch and Amber will recommend the best fit.
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