Lectures and hands-on course in fibredontics
About the lecturer
Dr. Van Rensburg's special interest in Esthetic Dentistry introduced him to the exciting new field of fibre reinforced composites. He attended a course in Turku in Finland in 2003. Dr J. Van Rensburg has already done more than 700 successful clinical cases involving fibre reinforced composite restorations, both in England and South Africa. Currently he is practicing in the UK where he is also actively involved in an educational program focusing on fibre reinforced dentistry.
Lectures
Dr Van Rensburg (Jansie) lectured at numerous International and National Dental Congresses, Study Group Meetings, BDA (British Dental Association) meetings and post graduate centres throughout the UK and Wales. He has recently lectured at a minimally Invasive Symposium in Lindau, Germany as well as an esthetic Dental Congress in Warsaw, Poland. He published a number of articles including a peer review article published in the SADJ (South African Dental Journal), February 2005, on Fibre Reinforced Composite Restorations. As reflected by the feed back forms completed by the delegates who attended these courses the training sessions are very popular and more than 500 dentists have already been trained on the hands-on courses, throughout South Africa , the UK and Europe in the different applications of fibre reinforced composites. Dr. Van Rensburg was nominated as one of the best trainers of the year in 2005 by Stick Tech Ltd.
I.H.C.F 2006
Dr. Van Rensburg is one of the 13 lecturers from four countries who delivered a lecture at this prestigious international dental conference on using minimally invasive metal free dental techniques in Dentistry, in Lindau, Bodensee, Germany, on the 3rd and 4th of March 2006. The pictures above were taken at this event.
The year 2007 marked an important milestone for Stick Tech Ltd. (the company responsible for the manufacturing of the leading products in Fibre technology, the Stick and everStick fibres.) A great 10th anniversary conference took place in Turku, Finland on the 8th and 9th June 2007. Friday 8th June was devoted to a full lecture program by prominent speakers and the name of Prof Pekka Vallitu deserves to be mentioned.
Dr. Van Rensburg was honoured to be invited to speak at the conference on Friday 8th June 2007. He was one of 12 spreakers at this very prestigious event and he shared his knowledge of the fibre technology. The theme of his lecture at the Anniversary was “the splint make-over” on the periodontally compromised patient, with the abstract of his lecture being the following: “The restoration of the periodontally compromised mouth is one of the most demanding challenges that any dentist can face. Whenever we prescribe treatment, even in non-compromised mouths, it can be incredibly difficult to predict an outcome, but when we are working on teeth that have already 'entered the casino' we must see every treatment option as a gamble. For any patient who undergoes treatment there are two costs to be considered: the financial cost and the biological cost. It is our duty as clinicians to recognize the importance of each of these costs and to try to keep the risks of each treatment 'gamble' to a minimum. Dr van Rensburg has worked extensively in this field and would like to illustrate, by means of four clinical cases, how the everStick fibres can help to tip the odds in our favour whilst keeping the patient costs as low as possible.”
In Jan 2009 Dr Van Rensburg was again invited by StickTech to give a presentation to several fibre users from different parts of the world. The topic of this presentation was: “How to increase the profitability of your practice the minimally invasive way.”
Dr Van Rensburg
Dr Van Rensburg currently practises dentistry at Oak Lodge Dental Surgery, Hailsham Road, Heathfield, which is in scenic rural East Sussex. Tel no 01435 862685.
Future events
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Articles
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