Mission
To elevate the standards of dental care globally through excellence in postgraduate education, clinical training, patient safety, and lifelong professional development.
Institution Profile
International Dental Institute (IDI)
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Provider
An independent educational institution dedicated to providing postgraduate education and continuing professional development for dental professionals in the United Kingdom and overseas.
About IDI
Organisational Overview
The International Dental Institute is an independent educational institution dedicated to providing postgraduate education and continuing professional development for dental professionals. The institute collaborates with internationally recognised educators, specialists, and healthcare professionals to deliver programmes that combine academic knowledge with practical clinical application.
Training Delivery
- Face-to-face teaching
- Clinical workshops
- Simulation training
- Hands-on patient care sessions
- Online learning modules
- Case-based discussions
- Assessment and reflective learning
Purpose
Mission & Vision
Vision
To become a leading international provider of postgraduate dental education, producing clinicians who deliver safe, evidence-based, and patient-centred care.
Clinical Leadership
Faculty
Dr Catherine Greenhalgh
DMD, PgDip Orthodontics, MSc Aesthetic Medicine (Distinction)
Principal Dentist and Clinical Director
Areas of Teaching
- Invisalign and Orthodontics
- Digital Dentistry
- Aesthetic Medicine
- Clinical Governance
- Patient Assessment
- Medical Emergencies
- Conscious Sedation
Dr Beverley McClung
BDS, FRCS (Ire), MSc Endodontics, MSc Conscious Sedation
Specialist in Special Care Dentistry
Areas of Teaching
- Special Care Dentistry
- Management of Medically Complex Patients
- Patient Safety
- Clinical Risk Management
- SimplyEndo Faculty
Dr Peter Faber
Anaesthetist
Visiting Faculty
Areas of Teaching
- Pain management
- Anaesthesia
- Immediate Life Support for sedated patients
Visiting Faculty
The institute engages specialist educators and consultants from the United Kingdom and internationally in areas including:
- Oral Surgery
- Endodontics
- Conscious Sedation
- Anaesthesia
- Restorative Dentistry
- Implant Dentistry
- Digital Dentistry
Governance
Quality Assurance
The International Dental Institute maintains the highest standards of educational governance through:
- Evidence-based teaching
- Structured curriculum design
- Formal assessment processes
- Faculty calibration
- Learner feedback systems
- Continuous programme review
- Patient safety monitoring
Courses
Programmes
Open a course to read the full programme. Details stay on this page so you can compare conscious sedation training with ORE preparation for dental licensure.
Postgraduate Certificate in Conscious Sedation for Dentistry
Programme aim: To equip dental professionals with the knowledge, skills, and competencies required to safely deliver conscious sedation and manage sedation-related emergencies.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion, delegates will be able to:
- 1.Assess patient suitability for conscious sedation.
- 2.Understand sedation pharmacology.
- 3.Deliver inhalation sedation safely.
- 4.Deliver intravenous sedation safely.
- 5.Monitor sedated patients.
- 6.Manage sedation-related complications.
- 7.Apply current international guidelines.
- 8.Recognise and manage medical emergencies.
- 9.Maintain appropriate clinical records.
- 10.Develop safe sedation protocols within clinical practice.
Programme Structure for Live Workshop
- Day 1
- Immediate Life Support and Management of Sedation Complications
- Day 2
- Inhalation Sedation
- Day 3
- Intravenous Sedation
Assessment
- Written examination
- Practical assessment
- Case-based discussion
- Reflective learning exercise
Certification: Certificate of Completion issued by the International Dental Institute.
Target Participants
- Dentists
- Dental Specialists
- Dental Hygienists
- Dental Therapists
- Dental Nurses/Assistants (where permitted by local regulations)
Overseas Registration Exam Revision Preparation Courses
We offer a 12-week ORE Part 1 Preparation programme.
IDI ORE Part 1: Core Syllabus
- Cranial nerves
- Trigeminal and facial nerves
- Muscles of mastication
- TMJ
- Blood supply and lymphatics
- Oral cavity and salivary glands
- Tooth morphology
- Dental anatomy
- Embryology and development
- Eruption and occlusion
- Cardiovascular physiology
- Respiratory physiology
- Renal function
- Endocrinology
- Haemostasis
- Pain pathways
- Salivary physiology
- Bone metabolism
- Calcium regulation
- Oral microbiome
- Dental caries microbiology
- Periodontal pathogens
- Odontogenic infection
- Viral/fungal disease
- Immunity
- Hypersensitivity
- Cross-infection and antimicrobial resistance
- Inflammation and healing
- Cysts
- Odontogenic tumours
- Potentially malignant disorders
- Oral cancer
- Salivary pathology
- Bone pathology
- Ulceration and mucosal disease
- Cardiovascular disease
- Respiratory disease
- Diabetes/endocrine disease
- Renal and hepatic disease
- Haematological disorders
- Neurological disease
- Immunosuppression
- Cancer
- Pregnancy
- Infectious disease
- Patients with multimorbidity
- Local anaesthetics
- Analgesics
- Antibiotics
- Anticoagulants/antiplatelets
- Corticosteroids
- Bisphosphonates/antiresorptives
- Immunosuppressants
- Drug interactions
- Adverse drug reactions
- Prescribing principles
- Composite
- Amalgam
- Glass ionomers
- Ceramics
- Metals
- Cements
- Impression materials
- Denture materials
- Adhesion
- Polymerisation
- Material selection/failure
- Study design
- Bias/confounding
- Sensitivity/specificity
- Predictive values
- Risk
- Statistical significance
- Confidence intervals
- Evidence hierarchy
- Critical appraisal
- History taking
- Medical history
- Dental history
- Examination
- Special investigations
- Differential diagnosis
- Risk assessment
- Treatment planning
- Prognosis
- Referral
- Consent
- Caries diagnosis and management
- Direct restorations
- Indirect restorations
- Tooth wear
- Cracked/fractured teeth
- Failed restorations
- Treatment planning
- Pulp protection
- Minimal intervention dentistry
- Pulpal/periapical diagnosis
- Radiographic interpretation
- Vital pulp therapy
- Root canal treatment
- Irrigation
- Working length
- Obturation
- Endodontic emergencies
- Complications
- Failed RCT
- Referral criteria
- Classification
- BPE
- Periodontal assessment
- Diagnosis
- Risk factors
- Non-surgical periodontal treatment
- Supportive periodontal care
- Periodontal-systemic relationships
- Referral
- Complete dentures
- Partial dentures
- Crowns
- Bridges
- Occlusion
- Treatment planning
- Maintenance and complications
- Extraction assessment
- Surgical extraction principles
- Impacted teeth
- Third molars
- Haemorrhage
- Oro-antral communication
- Dry socket
- Infection
- Nerve injury
- Anticoagulated patients
- MRONJ
- Referral
- Development and eruption
- Caries risk
- Prevention
- Pulp therapy
- Trauma
- Stainless-steel crowns
- Behaviour management
- Safeguarding
- Dental anomalies
- Occlusion
- Malocclusion
- IOTN
- Growth/development
- Timing of referral
- Interceptive orthodontics
- Orthodontic emergencies
- Retention
- Ulcers
- White/red lesions
- Oral cancer
- Potentially malignant disorders
- Pigmented lesions
- Salivary disease
- Orofacial pain
- TMJ disorders
- Oral manifestations of systemic disease
- Selection criteria
- Radiographic anatomy
- Caries/periapical/periodontal interpretation
- OPG interpretation
- Radiation physics
- Radiation protection
- UK legal framework
- Justification
- Optimisation
- Quality assurance
- Disability
- Autism
- Learning disability
- Older adults
- Dementia
- Medically compromised patients
- Capacity
- Reasonable adjustments
- Consent
- Fluoride
- Diet
- Smoking
- Alcohol
- Oral hygiene
- Population health
- Epidemiology
- Screening
- Prevention strategies
- Health inequalities
How a safe UK dentist is expected to respond to scenarios involving:
- Consent
- Capacity
- Confidentiality
- Duty of candour
- Complaints
- Professional boundaries
- Social media
- Raising concerns
- Working within competence
- Referral
- Record keeping
- Indemnity
- Delegation
- Teamworking
- Equality and discrimination
- Safeguarding
The practical UK dental implications of:
- Mental capacity
- Consent
- Safeguarding
- Data protection/confidentiality
- Prescription requirements
- Controlled drugs
- Radiography legislation
- Health and safety
- Medical devices
- Employment/team responsibilities
- Complaints and regulatory responsibilities
- Standard precautions
- Hand hygiene
- PPE
- Sharps
- Needlestick injuries
- Decontamination
- Sterilisation
- Waterlines
- Waste
- Occupational exposure
- Blood-borne viruses
Recognition and immediate management of:
- Anaphylaxis
- Syncope
- Hypoglycaemia
- Asthma
- Seizures
- Angina/MI
- Stroke
- Adrenal crisis
- Choking
- Cardiac arrest
IDI 12-Week ORE Part 1 Programme
| Week | Focus |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | ORE orientation, UK dentistry, GDC standards, consent |
| Week 2 | Applied anatomy, physiology, dental sciences |
| Week 3 | Human disease, the medically compromised patient |
| Week 4 | Pharmacology, prescribing, medical emergencies |
| Week 5 | Restorative dentistry, dental materials |
| Week 6 | Endodontics, dental trauma |
| Week 7 | Periodontology, prevention |
| Week 8 | Oral surgery, oral medicine/pathology |
| Week 9 | Paediatric dentistry, orthodontics |
| Week 10 | Prosthodontics, special care dentistry |
| Week 11 | Radiology, IPC, health & safety, law/ethics |
| Week 12 | Full Paper A and Paper B mock examinations, intensive review |
Coming Soon
ORE Part 2 Revision: Coming Soon
- Manikin
- OSCEs
- Dental Treatment Planning
- Medical Emergencies
Values
Core Values
Excellence
Structured education delivered against recognised clinical standards.
Integrity
Clear provider information, verified credentials, and accurate accreditation wording.
Patient-Centred Care
Training focused on safer access to dental care for anxious and complex-care patients.
Lifelong Learning
Continuing professional development that supports current, reflective clinical practice.
Accreditation
Commitment
The International Dental Institute is committed to supporting the Professional Regulation Commission's objectives of promoting lifelong learning, professional competence, patient safety, and excellence in healthcare delivery.