With Keynote lectures from the CDO and NHSE, the BDIA Main Stage is the focal point of the 2026 Conference Programme playing host to headline speakers, government ministers, renowned clinical speakers, keynote addresses and must-attend panel debates.
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CPD Outcomes: A, C
Overview/Learning Outcomes: Fully guided composites is an excellent, additive restorative technique for treating the worn dentition. We will explore complications, maintenance and follow ups over 6 years.
CPD Outcome: C
Overview/Learning Outcomes: As digital technologies become increasing ubiquitous, integration of scanners with preventative, periodontal, and restorative patient workflows are increasingly achievable. In this session with Dr Raj Juneja, learn from his experience maximising the value of the iTero intraoral scanner, from routine patient reviews and prevention, to restorative workflows including implants.
Be ready for a high energy, future-focused session at BDIA Dental Showcase
This highly anticipated conversation with Spencer Kelly will be supported by Hello Pearl, making the important connection between broader AI-driven technologies and those designed specifically for modern dentistry.
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CPD Outcomes: C, D
Overview/Learning Outcomes: Discover how Minimally Invasive Non-Surgical Therapy (MINST) is transforming periodontal care. This session demystifies the technique, showcasing practical tips, instrumentation pearls, and case outcomes that prove how precision, magnification, and tissue respect can elevate your non-surgical results and redefine what’s achievable in everyday periodontal practice.
A thought-provoking conversation exploring how design can transform dental environments – moving beyond clinical function to create spaces that calm, inspire trust, and reflect modern wellness values.
Kelly Hoppen will share her perspective on design as psychological care, drawing parallels between hospitality, wellness and healthcare. The session will uncover how lighting, materiality, acoustics and brand identity can influence both patient experience and team wellbeing, while maintaining clinical excellence.
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CPD Outcomes: A, C
The ability to bond restorations to teeth, rather than cutting them to achieve retention, has developed immeasurably in recent decades. As a result, there are adhesive solutions to many common restorative challenges. For example, in contemporary dental practice, we now use minimal cavity designs for what previously would have been a large, conventional class II cavity, we can treat tooth wear conservatively when we crowned worn teeth in the past (to protect them!!), in some situations we can repair fractured teeth with the lost tooth fragment and we can repair broken crowns with clever adhesive technology.
This presentation will therefore include a brief history of dentine bonding from the past to the present Universal Bonding Agents and will include examples of the use of such materials in adhesive solutions from the presenter’s own clinical practice. It will also attempt to dispel some dental myths, such as the need to always place a liner/base or remove every last speck of caries.
But, how can that grow a practice? By advising patients that we will not cut their teeth until it is absolutely necessary, and then use the minimal amount of tooth preparation by using modern adhesive technology. Patients will not know that this is our philosophy unless we tell them! And, once they understand, they will entrust their mouths to you for life.
The same applies to prevention, which when carried out successfully, is another form of minimal intervention. In this regard, this presentation is kindly supported by Oral B.
Brand, Culture, and Care
Belonging is a powerful driver of loyalty. When done right, it can transform business success and longevity.
DeNovo Dental Partners will be speaking to none other than Mary Portas to find out how dental practices can create a sense of culture and community among patients and teams alike. They will explore the importance of brand and ethics in business and healthcare; elevating the patient experience; building community; fostering a growth-minded work culture; and so much more.
Mary comments:
“Businesses need profits to succeed, but a narrow focus on financial metrics alone is no longer enough. True success today comes from building community, empowering people, and creating environments where individuals feel valued and supported to shape the careers they want. I’m looking forward to engaging with the dental community to explore how these principles can translate into better patient care, stronger teams, and more sustainable practices.”
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CPD Outcomes: A, B, C, D
Overview/Learning Outcomes: This presentation will cover the reasons for aesthetic crown lengthening and the biological principles that are necessary for a predictable outcome for our patients. I will also cover how we assess which patients will benefit from aesthetic crown lengthening and some patients this may not be the best treatment
Three incredible female professionals blazing their own trails through dentistry will come together for this one-of-a-kind panel discussion. Dr Sara Hurley, Dr Fiona Sandom and Roz McMullan will offer a rich combination of career reflections, industry challenges, and hope for the next generation of clinicians and dental leaders. Their unique insights and perspectives will provide invaluable insights into what has come before and what is yet to pass, with fascinating and thought-provoking exploration of how females roles have evolved and the barriers that still need breaking down. With all panellists recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025, this will be a celebration of their achievements and an opportunity to drive further progress across the profession.
CPD Outcomes: C, D
Overview/Learning Outcomes: The hydraulic cements have been used in dentistry since the introduction of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA). Currently there are various formulations on the market and are used for all endodontic procedures. There is lack of clinical awareness and optimised protocols for the use of these material types.
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